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I grew up near Windsor, Ontario just across the river from Detroit, so the Lions were my first team. Greg Landry was probably the best QB they had until Stafford, and I remember thinking when I first saw him that Detroit maybe had found their QB... then they proceeded to waste his time there. I went from being a fan of one sad-sack franchise to another when I moved to the west coast in 1993... so to see the Lions maybe on the cusp of doing well at the same time the Seahawks are loaded with good albeit young talent is fun!

This is going to be a tough game. It is going to be fascinating to see if Witherspoon makes a difference to the D and how he plays, and to see if Waldron can devise a game plan to keep Geno upright and slinging. The Lions are not guaranteed a win on Sunday, but a victory for the Seahawks will have to be well-earned.

I hope Pete does have the whole team "pissing hot"--this is a character test as much as anything to show what this team is really made of.

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The Lions are a good team and will be ready to play. I can only say that I hope we are. My optimism level isn't high.

There's almost always a sentence or two that sticks with me in these newsletters. Today's was this one: "I much prefer Gee Scott playing the role of “ignorant fan who needs to have the game explained to him” (because that’s me) than trying to get an interview answer to go viral."

I always rather liked Gee on 710, but man, I wish he wasn't on KJ's show. I still usually listen, but he alone moves it way down my Seahawks podcasts feed. I get that his job might be to bring energy, but in my opinion he just brings noise. You could start a drinking game with it. Well, there might be nothing dumber than a drinking game, so let's make it Bingo. I can think of a few right off the top of my head:

1) KJ will be saying something level-headed and thoughtful and Gee will just start yelling.

2) A member of the LOB era will be on and Gee will ask about the final play in the Super Bowl.

3) A member of the LOB era will be on and Gee will ask their "real feeling about Russ."

4) Something won't seem political/racial/hot button in any way and he'll try to make it that.

I get it, they need soundbites to go viral to promote the podcast. But he's so obsessed with the end of SB LI that I sometimes wonder if Gee Scott even remembers the Super Bowl that we won. He's a likeable enough guy, but the energy he brings contrasts more with KJ's own rather than compliments it, for this listener at least.

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