Remember when watching a Bucs-Lions game was a twice-a-year thrill?

Joe’s been studying the 0-10 Lions, who will take on the Bucs in Detroit on Sunday. It’s seriously ugly up in Motown.

But the reality is that Duante Culpepper and Calvin Johnson are capable of several big plays, and our field goal happy Buccaneers love to keep games way too close. …Don’t give the points.

In Detroit, columnist Michael Rosenberg of the Detroit Free Press is writing a regular Road to XVI feature. It takes a fun look at Detroit’s march towards Loserville.

The Lions don’t have a single impact player on defense, and their only true impact guy on offense, Calvin Johnson, is hamstrung by mediocre quarterbacking, poor play-calling and constant attention from defenses.

How do you beat the Lions? However you’d like.

Joe would like to order a Bucs touchdown drive on the opening possession and a 10-0 first quarter lead, please.