Nate Burleson is known as a big talker. The Lions receiver has predicted victories in successive years and was wrong on both accounts. Now the man with the mouth is boldly declaring that the lowly Detroit Lions are going to start winning games.
Speaking about the team’s desire to win during the preseason (they went 4-0), Burleson said “There’s certain omens that people have about it, but we want to create, I guess, a habit of winning, so I don’t care if it’s preseason or not – we’re going to start winning games around here.”
Burleson added that the team feels really good heading into the regular season. Pessimists will point out that the last time Detroit went 4-0 in the preseason they finished the year 0-16. Optimists like me have been predicting a breakout season for them. Matt Stafford is going to have a monster year and the offense will put up points. The defense, led by Ndamukong Suh, will make life difficult for opposing offenses.
Saying they will make the playoffs might be too bold, but an 8-8 finish or better is a reasonable prediction. I’ll go with 9-7.
