Are you
ready for some football? Can you believe the time has come? It is no longer
weeks of anticipation now it is coming down to hours, minutes and seconds until
kickoff.
Matchups to watch for:
Jared Allen
vs 2nd year Left Tackle, Reily Reiff
(Lions 1st round draft choice in 2012 chosen at # 23)
Vikings
linebackers vs. Lions 2 Tight ends (Brandon Pettigrew and Tony Scheffler) this
will be a great start for Erin Henderson in show casing his coverage ability as
Lions like the deep seem pass.
Vikings
middle of the offensive line (Center –Sullivan and Guards, Fusco and Charlie
Johnson) going against Lions Defensive Tackles, Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairley)
Lions QB
Matthew Stafford vs. Vikings young secondary
Lion’s Wide
receiver, Calvin Johnson vs. Chris Cook or Xavier Rhodes
2 rookie
punters- Minnesota’s Jeff Locke drafted in the 5th round at # 155
and the Lions’ Sam Martin also drafted in the 5th round but at #
165. Which rookie punter will punt like a veteran?
Prediction:
Vikings 31 Lions 10
The Vikes
will score 4 touchdowns. I predict Ponder will throw a TD to Kyle Rudolph for
one score. AP will have 2 rushing TD’s along with 161 yards on the ground. The
final TD comes by way of a special teams return. I believe Marcus Sherels will
return one for a 2nd year in a row in Detroit or a kick return to
start either the game or half by Cordarrelle Patterson.
The Lions
ended at 4-12 in 2012. I believe they are way better than their record showed.
This team will be a high scoring offensive team this year but Sunday they will
only get 1 TD.
Lion’s
receiver Calvin “Megatron” Johnson is just too good to get shut out. I believe
Stafford will find him for the lone TD of the game for the Lions.
Notes from around the league:
78 undrafted rookie free agents made the 53
man roster of 32 teams. That is a little over 2 per team. What a feat to
accomplish. Vikings, Zach Line is one of them. Congrats to Zach!
Other NFL
news: Former Gopher quarterback, MarQueis Gray was cut from the 49ers but made
the 53 man roster for the Cleveland Browns. I am hoping he is still on the
Browns when they come to Minnesota for the home opener.
One fantasy
note: I had my draft and was able to get Kyle Rudolph. I really feel he is due
a big break out season.
Thanks for
reading
Purplestick
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