Get ready now because if you had a moment in your life when you realized you have had enough of Michael Vick. Just wait. There will be a two week window of MEGAcoverage. NFL live will be on location with locker room coverage from Ed Werder. I say this to you now so you can brace yourself. I'm somewhat surprised over the lack of sportstalk about week 13 in the NFL.



Week 13 is when Michael Vick's Philadelphia Eagles travel back to face Vick's former team the Atlanta Falcons. It has Monday Night Football written all over it but it is set for Sunday December 6th 1pm. Maybe the NFL isn't exactly excited this game is on the schedule. Especially with the game being in Atlanta.

I'm not sure when ESPN's Monday Night Football's flex scheduling starts but you can guarantee they will be trying to add this game! Especially if Vick is making an impact with the Eagles. Who knows with Donavon McNabb's injury history he could be starting by then. Until then get ready, you have been warned!

I am now on Twitter.  Yes I have gone to the dark side.  If you would like to follow me there search for "Bob Green" or "FlintcityBob".   You can also find some of your favorite celebrities and athletes there!

  Comissioner Roger Goodell stopped into Detroit Lions camp Saturday and said he didn't think Detroit was in danger of losing the Thanksgiving game. He did say the league will not alter its blackout policy. Five Lions games were not broadcast on local television last season because tickets to those games did not sell out. They were the first blacked out Lions games since the team moved to Ford Field in 2002.

Blackouts are a big mistake.  The NFL misses a chance of putting its product on TV to an entire market with ad revenue.  Why would the NFL even consider this as an option.  No other sport does this.  The ad revenue alone would be worth it.  The same amount of people will go to the games anyway.  The better the team is the harder the tickets are to get.  

  The NFL is pricing out the average fan more and more every year.  This year the Detroit Lions off an 0-16 season will sell you the following items feel as if two hot dogs and a pop for $17 and $9 beers are ok.  Not with me.  I will watch them for free until they get blacked out again.  Then I will just do something constructive on that Sunday.

The Lions are clearly rebuilding after an 0-16 season.  They have new coaches and about 50% new players.  Why aren't the tickets sold at rebuilding price?

 As the 2009 version of the Detroit Lions rolled out on Friday so did the new era.  The only way this team goes from here is up.  They were the preseason champs at 4-0 and the completely defeated 0-16 bottom feeders. 

 Matt Stafford is likely going to start very early in the season.  He could even be the opening day starting quarterback.  He is the first QB pick the Lions have had that I like.  He has been the man his whole life leading up to this moment.  It could have been worse.  They could have drafted Tim Tebow instead if he had come out.  What a disaster that would have been.

Matt Stafford will have the Lions in the playoffs in three years.  That is my prediction.

The Lions also picked up several key veterans Larry Foote, Jon Jansen, and Julian Peterson.  They now have a dynamic set of three linebackers.  All three are top players.  If Jon Jansen can give the Lions 14 starts this year the Lions will run and pass the ball better with one more solid blocker.  Four of the Lions five lineman are solid and drafting TE Brandon Pettigrew who may blossom about the same time as Stafford.

  I have been away from this community for a while because of the changeover and then a computer crash.  I am all set up now.

The Red Wings edged closer to their second cup in as many years last night with a 5-0 route of the Penguins. The Red Wings showed why they are the current Stanley Cup Champions with a dominating performance all around.

Pavel Datsyuk returned to the line-up after missing 7 games and showed why he is a Hart Trophy finalist for the NHL league MVP. Datsyuk showed little effects from a foot injury that kept the star sidelined for so long.

Sidney Crosby has been a complete NON-factor once again against the Red Wings. Considering how much NBC and NHL promotions talk about him off the ice and with commercials, they really don't say his name very often during gameplay. How has he not been the player of the game even once. Darren Helm of the Red Wings has had a much bigger impact thus far and Justin Abdelkader has more goals (2) than Crosby. I am not saying they are better players but they sure have played better. Crosby doesn't even play the penalty kill!

Evgeni Malkin sat for a few minutes of alone time in the sin bin for stupid penalties. Malkin and Crosby combined for 8 penalty minutes and zero points in a critical game 5. Datsyuk and Zetterberg tallied 4 points and zero penalty minutes.

Will Marian Hossa score in the finals? Hossa has yet to score a goal in the Stanley Cup Finals against his old mates. Although he would settle for hoisting the cup in Pittsburgh over getting a goal.

Red Wings coach Mike Babcock  had a few good points during his post game presser.  He said the return of Datsyuk was huge.  Its like the Penguins having Malkin or Crosby out. Babcock also responded to some of the Penguins who said he thought the Wings looked tired. Babcock said "When we play well do you hear our guys talking about them like that?" You also don't see the Red Wings taking stupid penalties either. Especially their star players.