Lions head coach Jim Schwartz singled out offensive right tackle Gosder Cherilus for his mistakes Sunday against Arizona.
That's a good and bad thing. It's good because it keeps his feet held to the fire for mistakes, like moving before the snap. It's bad because many fans don't really watch offensive line play that closely, but are quick - especially in this town - to make the offensive line the scapegoat for everything that is wrong about the Lions.
In actuality, Cherilus has made significant progress this season from last and has a chance to be a very good NFL player.

- What a night for college basketball in this state. Everybody lost except Michigan. Wow.

- The Pistons haven't been playing well on the road and it is a concern. They should beat Charlotte. Those are the type of games that will determine whether or not they make the playoffs. Road games against bad teams from the Eastern Conference.

- Brian Rafalski has the flu and may not play tonight against the Blackhawks. Can this get any worse for the Red Wings? The Blackhawks are outstanding - clearly the best in the Western Conference perhaps the entire league.

- I think Fernando Rodney pitched well for the Tigers last season in this bottom line sort of way, but don't expect him to repeat his performance this season, if he is a closer. Best role would be as a setup man.

- Lets see, the Tigers don't really have much of a bullpen nor much when it comes to left-handed hitting. Still much work for Dave Dombrowski to do.

- To put Magglio Ordonez's 2009 season into full perspective - he nine home runs with 50 RBI in 465 at bats. Ryan Raburn had 16 home runs and 45 RBI in 261 at bats. And Raburn won't even make a tenth as much as Ordonez this coming season.

My column in Wednesday's Oakland Press on the Red Wings, a long with updated "Caputo And His Boss" video http://tinyurl.com/yche7cb