LIONS: WHO WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ON SUNDAY?

Interesting question...glad I asked it, frankly. Well, I've already blogged about how positive I thought the game was, particularly for the defense, and I see promise for the offense. But, to me, we've got a top flight player in Shaun Rogers, a top 3 d-lineman in the league in my opinion. When you combine everything, age, productivity, etc., of all the other DTs in the NFL I would take ahead of him would be Chicago's Tommie Harris...maybe.

So, Shaun gets the award, but some other guys need a shout out, too...Cory Redding and James Hall for starters. Particularly Hall...people can forget he was a Pro Bowler a couple of years back and played hurt all last year (Hey, you don't get all the love you deserve in the NFL when you're team goes 5-11 every year, its just that simple)...I also thought Cody looked solid and Tyroka Jackson gave us some good downs which bodes well for our depth...maybe we won't miss Big Daddy Wilkinson as much as I thought we would...

Fernando Bryant looked real good, I can see why the coaching staffs, past and present , wanted to wait out his injuries...got to keep him healthy, though. (Note to Fernando: Stay healthy, brother)

And, of course, big shout out to Ernie Sims. Some of you who were reading this blog during draft time know I liked Kiwanuka or Jimmy Allen for the Lions if Vernon Davis was gone at 9, but you've got to love Sims so far...we haven't had a guy who wants to hit like this since the days of Blades and Spielman. 10 tackles, looked great.

Also, I liked Mike Furrey, too...I feel good about that slot position for the first time in a while.