When you're overflowing with anger, bitterness, and sorrow, you need a big target to direct it at, and Shaun Rogers is the literal and figurative target Lions fans crave. He represents everything that's doomed the Lions for however long the Lions have been doomed. He represents the failings of the Matt Millen era. And he now looks like he's going to deliver on his promise for somebody else after all these years. Wonderful.Well, Lions fans let Rogers know how they felt about him every time his name was called in last night's 26-6 victory over Rogers' Browns. The Free Press' website even has a nifty headline -- Just like old times for Ex-Lions Shaun Rogers ... boos and a loss -- poking fun at the big guy.
Rogers was dominant, collecting five key tackles in one half of action. But it was his old team, the Lions, that looked like the team his current squad is supposed to be. While still facing some struggles in the running game, the Lions excelled on defense and through the air.
Losing Rogers and his immense, if mostly untapped, potential was the best thing for the Lions. The team now appears to have the right path, preseason or not, and it's no small coincidence that it finally appears to have happened in the post-Rogers era. Still, that won't temper the Lions' fans vitriol, and I love them for that.




