St. Louis at Detroit

Well something has to give in this one. The reigning team in futility the Detroit Lions, who recently broke the losing streak at 19, will be taking on the current contender the St. Louis Rams who have now lost 17 in a row. What is frightening to fans is that the Rams have now gone 2-25 in their last 27, while the Lions have gone 2-28. That is a combined mark of futility of 4-53. Now to the game. No matter how you slice it, or no matter who the opponent, the Rams certainly just can't move the chains. When they do, they turn the ball over, or something bad happens - a true trademark of a bad team. The Rams have failed to score 17 points in 17 of their last 23 games. The Lions aren't only a bad football team, the weapons they have on offense are all banged up. Daunte Culpepper (hamstring) and Calvin Johnson (knee) are both nursing injurys. Speaking of Culpepper - in his two starts since replacing Matthew Stafford, the Lions have averaged 10 points per game. This team has also shown a history of following a bad offensive performance with another. The Lions were shutout in their last game and history shows that when they score 13 points or less, the next week they come back and score an average of 15.6 points per game in their next game. Maybe the NFL should just start this game as if it was a 0-0 tie, with the first team to score getting the win, because there certainly isn't any interest in watching this one. The Lions have delivered five straight UNDERS off a bye week. In the end, these teams are just so bad that what we should expect is an ugly, low-scoring affair.