Wednesday practice notes

By Eric Steven Johnson

Matthew Stafford was seen throwing a football at Wednesday's practice. Relax, he played catch with Stanton and Hill to test out his arm. He's not coming back this weekend, or the next one for that matter. The Schwartz announced today that Shaun Hill will once again lead the Detroit Football Lions onto Ford Field to take on the St Louis Wammies.

Nate Burleson participated in practice and was able to cut upfield at full speed despite soreness. He will play on Sunday. Thank goodness. He takes pressure off of Megatron and adds missing depth back to the receiving corps.

Jahvid Best is also set to play and will hopefully be over any linger turf-toe issues on Sunday. He fell down several times against Green Bay and his top end speed and cutting ability seemed to be impeded. He should be able to get something going against the Rams defense.

DeAndre Levy did not practice. Gimpy groin syndrome has been a killer for the Lions this year, affecting both Louis Delmas and Levy. Landon Johnson will likely be your starting middle linebacker again.

The Lions waived Manny Ramirez this week. Funny, I thought he played for the White Sox. In all honesty, this isn't news because Manny Ramirez sucked and they replaced him with OT Jamon Meredith who no doubt also sucks. According to my stat sheets, Jamon worked the night shift at 7-11 before being signed by the Lions. Actually, worse than working at 7-11, he was cut by the Buffalo Bills. Great signing guys.

Well, on paper, the Lions are supposed to win this game. The odds makers in Vegas are actually giving them five points. Yep, they are SUPPOSED to win this game. Will they win it? Who knows?

Will the game be televised? 4500 tickets remain. That's a lot of tickets to sell by 1pm tomorrow. I have a feeling I'll be searching for a stream and watching grainy footage uploaded from Kuala Lumpur to maintain my blog.