The Lions aren’t sure who will start at quarterback tomorrow at Minnesota, but they are sure about one thing: They won’t ask their quarterback to run the no-huddle offense.
Lions offensive coordinator Jim Colletto called the decision to run the no-huddle last Sunday against the Bears “a mistake,” and he said the team won’t run it again. Center Dominic Raiola went further than that.
“There was no communication,” Raiola said, per the Detroit News. “It looked like we were a Pop Warner team, people running ‘Go’ routes and throwing underneath, and throwing long routes and [receivers] running underneath. It was terrible. I was embarrassed to be out there. I mean, like coach [Colletto] said yesterday, I’d have booed myself.”
Of course, instead of just scrapping the no-huddle, another option would be to practice it until the Lions get to the point where they’re able to run it without looking like a Pop Warner team. Lions wide receiver Roy Williams suggested earlier this week that he thought that’s what the team should do.
“We reached for something and it didn’t work. So we get rid of it because it didn’t work,” Williams said, per MLive.com. “It is what it is. It doesn’t matter whether I agree or disagree. A lot of things don’t work but we don’t throw it out.”
Starting quarterback Jon Kitna is listed as doubtful with a back injury, so Dan Orlovsky, who has been with the Lions for four years, will likely get his first start tomorrow.
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October 11th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Booooooooooooooooooooo
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October 11th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Dan Orlovsky, R.I.P. You’re going to get killed.
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October 11th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Apparently the Lions are trying to make last year’s Fins look good.
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October 11th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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October 11th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Orlovsky is starting? Vikings lose. History repeating itself. Lion backup quarterbacks usually beat the Vikings.
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October 11th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Yeah even teams with bad players (Dolphins) can look good if coached up…Lions take notice.
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October 11th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
What a pathetic franchise.
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October 11th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
He wasn’t embarrassed already?
Haha! Sorry. Lame joke. All the players should be proud to play for all the professional football teams. And the Lions.
Haha! Sorry. Even worse joke. I have a gig tomorrow night and I’m bombing already. That’s gotta be some sort of record.
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October 11th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Dan Orlovsky has been on the team for 4 years? He should be gone for not being ready to play. Lions are a embarressment to Detroit and every football fan in Detroit. This entire organization is awful.
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October 11th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Back to the old drawing board…GoLions!…
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October 11th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
where is drew stanton?
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October 11th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Orlovsky isnt the next backup lion qb to beat the vikes. his first pass against frisco in relief of kitna was a badly thrown screen pass.
only one player on either team could have caught it. and justin smith bagged it. he isnt a lion.
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October 11th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
oh, how i long for a rams-lions game…..
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October 11th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Mucho Gayo
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October 12th, 2008 at 1:07 am
A Lions/Rams game? I’d rather watch a blind man describe a Creed concert to a deaf man.
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October 13th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Lions driving, down 3 points with 8 seconds left, no timeouts left deep in their opponent’s territory….. “HUDDLE!”
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