Anyone Else Feeling A Playoff Vibe This Week?

[12thMan]

I think that's why everyone was so pissed about losing to the Giants. Honestly, we'll get another shot at that one. And the expectation should be to split East games. This game could be a deal breaker.

I get the feeling FedX is going to be nuts!

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I think that's why everyone was so pissed about losing to the Giants. Honestly, we'll get another shot at that one. And the expectation should be to split East games. This game could be a deal breaker.

I get the feeling FedX is going to be nuts!

Speaking of Fedex being nuts, Aikman made a good point about RFK & how Fedex doesn't give us the advantage RFK did.
Did you look at the seats at the start of the 2nd half last week? There are so many empty seats. It looks like everyone is in the bathroom or concessions. That really has to change. Teams need to come out in the 2nd half & feel the noise of the fans right off the bat.

I've only been to fedex once & it was crazy loud - Dallas game in 05. But from what I can tell from watching on tv, that game was an exception. Sure, it gets a little loud at times, but it usually doesn't sound the way rfk used to, or the way some stadiums do all the time.

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

Speaking of Fedex being nuts, Aikman made a good point about RFK & how Fedex doesn't give us the advantage RFK did.
Did you look at the seats at the start of the 2nd half last week? There are so many empty seats. It looks like everyone is in the bathroom or concessions. That really has to change. Teams need to come out in the 2nd half & feel the noise of the fans right off the bat.

I've only been to fedex once & it was crazy loud - Dallas game in 05. But from what I can tell from watching on tv, that game was an exception. Sure, it gets a little loud at times, but it usually doesn't sound the way rfk used to, or the way some stadiums do all the time.

Same thing with the Big House in Ann Arbor, a shitload of folks and they are rather complacent( not very loud) since they are the winningest program of all time. With Fedex it is just huge and the jacked up ticket prices have helped to keep your more rabid fans at home while corporate folks or more wealthy casual fans have taken over. You can see that at a lot of the pro sports here in Detroit. Most rabid sports fans are blue collar to lower white collar folks who can't justify spending a paycheck or more to show the family a good time. I think if you go to more pro venues, regardless of the sport you will see the same dynamic. RFK was small and the acoustics amplified the sound more. Also with the more rabid fans you could get that place literally rocking. Fedex is just too big and the fan base is not as rabid.

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I think that's why everyone was so pissed about losing to the Giants. Honestly, we'll get another shot at that one. And the expectation should be to split East games. This game could be a deal breaker.

I get the feeling FedX is going to be nuts!

Fedex should be nuts every home game!!!!!! Also as a Detroiter and with the Lions being a lesser fav team of mine from the Skins a win is nice, but not huge. Thing is the Lions are up one week down the next, this is a pattern that goes way back, even before the Millen era. They can play like SB contenders and win then lay an egg the next week. Just look at them vs the Eagles then the Bears. It might be time for them to lay another egg on Detroit fans. To me the real test will be via GB and TB and how well we play them. Detroit is all offense and not much D so a victory really doesn't mean that we are playoff bound, just means we exposed a one dimensional team. We should take this game, but the Giants game has me wondering about our coaching staff. Lions put up 34 pts against the Bears in the 4th quarter, we can't afford another sit on our asses second half or even a quarter. We need to score a lot!!