4 The Lions converted 11 of 18 chances on third down

Westphal’s experience with him taking the 1993 Barkley, KJ, and Majerle loaded Suns to the Finals and a winning percentage of 63 percent of 426 games coached, has an admirable resume that has the competence to teach this young team. Known for notably clashing with then superstar Gary Payton whilst in Seattle from 1998 to 2000, Westphal won’t have such egos to manage, making his “player’s coach” life a little easier to mould and grow with this Kings team. 1. Predicted team record30-52, fifth Pacific Division, 15th seed Western Conference (RSVP for NBA Draft Lottery 2010, front row seat) With what I believe will be another very exciting and close Western Conference race this year, I believe most of the bottom-feeder teams will show improvements in their regular season results compared to last year. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Thunder will ward off the energetic Kings. With a notable increase from last year and 1 year more of experience and the gelling of players and coaches, hopefully the Kings can steer on to the right track, also heading into the free agent bonanza of summer 2010. After breaking necks with his exclusive Air Jordan 23 that year, expect Martin to come through with possible exclusives of the 2009, Element, 6Rings and other Jordan Brand footwear during the course of the season. I was shocked also to see in NBA Live 2009 Spencer Hawes running up and down the court in a pair of quickstrike Jordan 20’s, but now with Adidas, expect some Commander PE’s. The team, most likely will be littered with Nike Blue Chip 2’s (e.g.

on Rookie Omri Casspi, Sean May and Jason Thompson) Marvin Ely in those sweet Hypermax’s and the ever-present Hyperize will continue to make an appearance on Tyreke Evans- hopefully to get his own PE’s too. . ) Heres my take on the Steelers 28-20 victory against the Detroit Lions Sunday afternoon:1 Once is an accident; twice is a trend. But what do you call three or four times Fatal, thats what.Once again, the Steelers took a lead into the fourth period, and once again they had one foot over a cliff at the finish. And remember, this was against a toothless Lions team.Anyone one who thinks the problem can be solved at the flip of a switch has chugged too much black-and-gold Kool-Aid lately. This group has too much age and too little focus to put teams away any more.2. For the record, the Steelers havent had a wire-to-wire blowout since Week 17 of last season, a span of eight games.

And that was against the Cleveland Browns, so it doesnt count, right3. The Browns are next on the schedule, which is why safety Troy Polamalu should play on pass downs only if he tests his strained knee ligament at all.4 The Lions converted 11 of 18 chances on third down. Draws, screens, short passesit didn't matter what they called. Not only that, but they did it without their best player (Calvin Johnson) and best quarterback (Matthew Stafford).5.

Let's not pile on the defense for what took place in the fourth quarter.The offense totaled one first down on 11 plays from scrimmage, only five for positive yardage. Four runs resulted in 11, minus five, eight, and minus two yards, and seven passes included one incompletion and three sacks for minus six, minus nine, and zero yards.In other words, the o-line doesn't impose its will late in games any more, and the onus is on an aging D to protect leads as a result.6. William Gay has been a capable replacement for McFadden at the left side, but Deshea Townsend is a step down from Gay as the nickel back. And Keiwan Ratliff is another step down from Townsend in the dime package.7.