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La Marcha De Suh Y La Ley De Murphy, Duros Obstáculos 170 DETROIT LIONS (NFC NORTE) (NFC NORTE) DETROIT LIONS 171 NFL NFL DETROIT LA HORA DE LIONS LA VERDAD. Matthew Stafford ha LA MARCHA DE SUH Y LA LEY conseguido llevar a los Detroit Lions a los playoffs, pero aún ha DE MURPHY, DUROS OBSTÁCULOS de demostrar si puede La marcha de Suh, hacerles Fairley y Mosley luchar por el título. ntes de empezar, vamos a deja en suspenso la el draft ha sido a priori para enmar- Asituarnos. La defensa de evolución de unos car y en el ataque sigue estando los Lions fue en 2014 la segunda Calvin Johnson, el mejor receptor en yardas permitidas de toda la Lions que ya han de la NFL actual, para bajar por NFL. Sí, segunda. Sólo por detrás demostrado que arte de magia cualquier balón que de los Seahawks. Pero la defensa se quedan en nada surque el cielo a una distancia ra- de los Lions de 2015 ha perdido a zonable, o hasta irracional. Aunque Ndamukong Suh, a Nick Fairley y cuando la defensa no hay que olvidar que el año pasa- a C.J.Mosley. Una vez sabido esto, no acompaña a su do el ataque de Detroit sorprendió llega la gran pregunta: ¿Serán los con una variedad inesperada de so- Lions capaces de sobrevivir sin los explosivo ataque. luciones mientras Megatrón estuvo tres defensive tackles que eran el lesionado. De ser unidimensional corazón de su defensa? con Stafford buscando permanen- Si nos remitimos a los antece- temente a su estrella, multipli- dentes, la respuesta es no. Duran- có sus armas con un sorprenden- te el siglo XXI la ley de Murphy ha te Golden Tate, Joique Bell y Theo sido inexorable con Detroit. Si algo Riddick convirtiendo en superfluo podía salir mal, terminaba saliendo a Reggie Bush y Eric Ebron dejando peor inevitablemente. Pero tras la sus primeros detalles de un talento llegada de Jim Caldwell algo pare- casi inabarcable. ce haber cambiado en la tierra del Matthew Stafford tendrá en Motown. En un equipo en el que rei- La crisis de 1929 impidió que 2015 toda la presión del mundo. naba el caos, los sube y bajas cons- los Portsmouth Spartans cuaja- Hasta ahora ha sido un niño bonito tantes y la irregularidad, de pronto ran, por lo que en 1934 fueron al que se le han perdonado los alti- ganó protagonismo la estabilidad adquiridos por un grupo inversor bajos de rendimiento porque su ta- sin histrionismo. Curiosamente, la de Michigan liderado por George lento es innegable, pero con tantas marcha de Suh puede ser perjudi- Richards, quien siguiendo la este- armas a su alrededor, y tantas ex- cial para el juego, pero beneficiosa la felina del baseball local, llamó pectativas, se quedará sin excusas para un vestuario que solo necesita Lions a la franquicia, “porque si si no consigue auparse definitiva- madurar un poquito y ser más disci- el león es el rey de la jungla, mi mente a la élite de los quarterbacks plinado para demostrar su auténti- equipo será el rey de la NFL”…y de la liga. Aunque la elección de co potencial. en cierta medida han sido y son Ameer Abdullah en el draft presagia Si repasamos la plantilla de los los reyes…de las derrotas. Nadie que veremos a unos Lions mucho Lions, descubriremos que es un au- excepto Detroit ha perdido los die- más pegados a la tierra. téntico lujo. Las bajas en el centro ciséis partidos de la temporada Detroit lo tiene todo para tocar de la defensa han quedado cubier- regular, ni nadie ha perdido más el cielo. Ahora solo queda confirmar tas por un Ngata que no es Suh, partidos seguidos on the road. que la maldita ley de Murphy se ha pero en teoría se parece bastante, mudado a otra ciudad. IMAGES/AFP GETTY 172 DETROIT LIONS (NFC NORTE) (NFC NORTE) DETROIT LIONS 173 NFL NFL PROPIETARIO HEAD COACH COORDINADOR OFENSIVO MARTHA FIRESTONE FORD JIM CALDWELL JOE LOMBARDI Detroit. Firestone. Ford. Desde luego, Cuando Jim Caldwell fichó por los Lombardi ha tra- todo encaja. La industria del automó- Lions se dijo que había consegui- bajado con los vil es la gran protagonista en la zona. do un puesto de esos que no sue- New orleans Martha se convirtió en propietaria el año pasado tras el len quedar libres, con estrellas casi Saints, y con Drew Brees en concre- fallecimiento de su marido, William, dueño histórico de en cada línea. Pero eso no puede to, pero que nadie se engañe: está la franquicia. Sus hijos también forman parte del accio- restar méritos a haber consegui- en los Lions para ayudar a Stafford nariado, por lo que la sucesión está asegurada dentro de do cambiar a un grupo que jugaba sobre todo con el juego de carrera. la familia. Tampoco se sabe si eso es bueno o no pues más para conseguir records de yar- Ha dejado claro que quiera ganar los Lions son uno de los grandes perdedores de la his- das y pases que para ganar parti- yardas dominando el reloj y quitan- toria reciente de la NFL. dos. Bajo Caldwell, la defensa de do presión a su pasador y, a la vez, los Lions experimentó un cambio aprovechando las dobles defensas dramático y el ataque se volvió mu- sobre Calvin Johnson. cho más equilibrado. Eso les llevó a MANAGER GENERAL playoffs y a sentir que, al fin, la fran- MARTIN MAYHEW quicia avanzaba. Pero ahora es ne- cesario dar un paso más, y ese es ESTRELLA OFENSIVA Mayhew ya estaba en los Lions cuan- el realmente complicado: aspirar a CALVIN JOHNSON do se produjo la catástrofe Matt Millen pelear por una Super Bowl. Lo ha- como general manager. Fue elegido rán con los principios clásicos que Megatron es de esa clase de para recoger los restos del naufragio y, desde entonces, les han traído hasta aquí. receptores que monopolizan el la franquicia encontró el rumbo. Aún no han llegado a la ataque por completo. A la que tierra prometida, pero Mayhew ha drafteado con sensa- UN PASO MÁS. A Jim haya alguna duda, balón hacia tez y ha movido al equipo muy bien para ser uno de los Caldwell se le va a pedir las inmediaciones de Johnson aspirantes, un notable conjunto que sólo está a un paso que sea capaz de llevar y él se encargará de convertirlo de poder ser considerado como un grande, y eso tiene a los Lions un peldaño en yardas ganadas. mucho mérito viendo de donde venían. GETTY IMAGES/AFP más arriba. GETTY IMAGES/AFP ASÍ ES EL ATAQUE DE LOS LIONS MATTHEW KELLEN RILEY LAKEN MANNY LARRY WARFORD LAADRIAN JOIQUE AMEER CALVIN GOLDEN COREY LANCE BRANDON ERIC 9STAFFORD 17 MOORE 71 REIFF (LT) 72 TOMLINSON (LG) 63 RAMIREZ (C) 75 (RG) 66 WADDLE (RT) 35 BELL 42 ABDULLAH (42) 81 JOHNSON 15 TATE 10 FULLER 16 MOORE 87 PETTIGREW 85 EBRON QUARTERBACKS LÍNEA OFENSIVA CORREDORES RECEPTORES TIGHT ENDS Si Stafford usara la potencia de su brazo adecuadamen- Los Lions se movieron bien en el de su QB. En el lado derecho tienen La unidad de RBs ha sufrido la baja Cuando en tu equipo juega alguien cambiar de dirección en espacios A pesar de que se esperaba más de te, estaríamos ante uno de los QBs que más espectáculo draft para reforzar una OL que pa- al mejor hombre de la línea. War- de un jugador importantísimo para como Calvin Johnson, todo el ata- cortos. Es el arma principal, pero esta unidad en 2014, el peligro que podrían ofrecer en un campo de football. El problema es saba por problemas. La llegada de ford está jugando a un nivel bas- el ataque como era Bush. Sin em- que gira en torno a él. En cada par- no la única. Tate realizó un año ex- tienen los TEs de los Lions es algo que su cabeza no va en sintonía con su talento. Cada do- Ramirez les da veteranía y mil ba- tante bueno. A su lado, y como RT, bargo, los Lions se han hecho con tido de los Lions vemos dobles y cepcional en 2014, y fue capaz de evidente. Si Pettigrew y Fauria eran mingo somos espectadores de una jugada emocionante tallas a la espalda. Puede moverse Waddle está a la altura de su com- JUGADOR la que puede ser una de las sorpre- triples coberturas, ya que no hay echarse el equipo a las espaldas una pareja a tener en cuenta, la lle- por su parte, pero es más frecuente algún error colosal entre el RG y el C hasta que el roo- pañero, y su lesión resultó decisi- QUE MARCA sas de este año en la NFL. Abdullah otra manera de frenarlo. Jugar en cuando CJ21 fue baja por lesión. gada el año pasado de Ebron los DIFERENCIAS. en el momento menos oportuno. Su obsesión con lanzar kie Tomlinson aprenda lo suficiente va el curso pasado. La aparición es un corredor que puede darle ese individual contra él es un suicidio. Peligroso en rutas profundas, y ju- hacía más peligrosos. No supieron a Johnson se disipó el año pasado cuando el WR estuvo como para ser el RG titular, dejando de Lucas en el campo fue un las- juego polivalente. Tiene talento y Su físico le permite alcanzar el pun- gador que se desenvuelve muy bien encajar bien las piezas, y es algo lesionado. Fueron sus mejores momentos como QB ce- a Ramirez en la posición de center, tre para los intereses del equipo. BUEN buenas manos para incluso salir to más alto de ataque al balón en en rutas medias.
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