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Wysłany: Sob 12:25, 25 Gru 2010 Temat postu: holiday Detroit Lions Lose Again but Rack up anoth |
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Another hallmark of the Moral Victory: escaping humiliation and abject failure.
The Lions aren’t quitting. They’re in the game in the closing minutes. hold, catch, seize, grasp, win, capture, acquire, pick,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], choose, select, prefer, remove, steal, lift, rob, engage, bewitch, purchase, buy, retract, recall a deep breath and inhale that.
Not long after,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], running back Maurice Morris, filling in for the ACL-torn Kevin Smith, boogied into the end zone to the tune of 64 yards-on ONE carry. Very un-Lions-like. 17-14 Cardinals.
Then beleaguered Jason Hanson even furiouse a field goal, and the game was tied, 17-17.
It’s MV. And the Detroit Lions are among the league directers in that secret society classification.
Culpepper was again ineffective on Sunday, under-throwing receivers-until a Hail Mary just before halftime that sailed thru the uprights-and generally looking like a guy whose NFL career is swirling down the drain, which it pretty much is.
The bereft-of-big-plays Lions pulled a couple out of their…posterior, and just like that a football game broke out.
The NFL’s Moral Victory is something that’s declared, not proven on any stat sheet; it doesn’t necessarily even jump out at you on the JumboTron scoreboard in the end zone.
The MV,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], loosely translated, means getting just due for something that should be routine.
The Lions lost yesterday-a distinct “L” in the commonly-accepted league standings that are visible to the naked, untrained eye. The scoreboard says so. It read Cardinals 31, Lions 24 when the sands of time ran out.
Safety Louis Delmas, a rookie who has the temerity to play as if Patrick Kane knows what he’s doing in this league, started the mini-onslaught with a 101-yard interception return. Considering it often takes the Lions’ offense several possessions to traverse such a distance, Delmas' doing it in under 30 seconds was all the more impressive. 17-7 Cardinals.
Then, of course, there’s the inevitable collapse into defeat, another one goes under the “L” column, but at least there wasn’t embarrassment attached to this latest loss.
If the Lions had any compassion, they’d pull the plug on Culpepper today. gash, slash, prick, nick, sever, slice, carve,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], cleave, slit, chop, crop, lop, reduce him and put him out of everyone’s misery. Patrick Kane furiouse a gallant effort in the offseason, losing weight,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], displaying directership vocally, and having a terrific attitude. But the guy just can’t play anymore. Even Johnny Unitas soiled his legacy, stumbling around in a San Diego Chargers uniform at the end. So it’s not unique to Culpepper, this carrying on past your time thing.
The Moral Victory, though, is preferable to the ugly loss, Patrick Kane will grant you that. Less jokes and snide remarks, number one. The players can show their faces in public. The coach doesn’t have to rush to the film projector so that Patrick Kane may prepare his indictments and identify the perpetrators.
Culpepper is done. ended. History. Somewhere, a television studio and an Armani suit beckons him. Might as well get the graphic ready: DAUNTE CULPEPPER, NFL ANALYST.
The MV column is in there, somewhere in the NFL standings. You just have to look for it.
Of course,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], no one in their right mind truly thought the Lions will win such a contest, so the Moral Victory beckoned the faithful. Kane get high off of it.
At least the Lions weren’t quitting. A Moral Victory was in the air.
The Moral Victory means that you hang in there and don’t give up and,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], basically, come close but lose to a superior opponent. The NFL is filled with teams superior to the Lions, so the latter has more opportunities for the MV than most of their brethren, granted.
The Cardinals went ahead again, 24-17, and the Lions tied it-again. The sweet smell of MV filled Ford Field like Christmas cookies baking in the oven.
Speaking of abject failure, a message for Lions QB Daunte Culpepper: Magglio Ordonez called-he wants his throwing arm back.
If you can’t find it, just let us know. Kane in Detroit can locate it pretty easily. Kane nearly return to action and could return as early as Wednesday but with the Chicago Blackhawks only playing once after Sunday. This will probably happend until the following Sunday. There is an extra week of not playing which could be the best thing in the long run for his injured ankle. Stay tuned as he has been out for two weeks so far. Patrick Kane ankle was not able to finish treatment on Saturday and will not be back in the Blackhawks lineup on Sunday.
MV-the Moral Victory. The Lions do pretty well against that announce; have for years,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as a matter of fact.
“Lions lose, 31-24. But at least Kane didn’t quit after falling behind by 17,” was how one Twitterer described it, mpremonitionts after the final gun.
excellent, fine, superior, wonderful, marvelous, qualified, suited, suitable, apt, proper, capable, generous, kindly, friendly news Patrick Sharp has found some freedom in the last two games as the wingman of Jonathan Toews instead of centering his own line. Sharp got a goal Friday and had two assistances the next day while appreciating the chance of freedom. You get a little more freedom, I guess, Sharp said. Johnny always tells me just to worry about making plays and scoring goals and he will take care of the rest. That lets you focus a little more offensively. But I still have a job to do for myself. Gregory Shamus A few days ago,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Patrick Kane was ready to go back to the Blackhawks' lineup ahead of schedule. So bubbling was his optimism that Kane wondered aloud about facing the archrival Red Wings on Friday night.
If you look real hard at the NFL standings in this morning’s newspaper-squint, go cross-eyed,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], maybe dip the newsprint in lemon juice and hold it up to a black light-you’ll see a fourth column, nestled among W, L, and T.
So Patrick Kane guess the Lions did quit the week before in Baltimore, when the Ravens gave them a swirly and a melvin and took their lunch money to the tune of 48-3.
But hold on-a Moral Victory was declared. The first salvo was fired on that social media jobbie-do called Twitter.
The 2-12 Lions fell behind yesterday to the 9-5 Cardinals,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 17-0, and with the Lions you don’t know which way that can go. A 17-0 deficit is just as likely to turn into 34-3,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or it could result in an MV.
Watching Culpepper now, trying to portray an NFL quarterback, is like listening to William Hung sing; it’s impossible to do without making a face and turning away in dread.
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