Before picking the Lions, read this little ditty on Jeff Garcia (& pay attention to the modern music allegory at the end).
Jeff Garcia is this week's Vinny Testaverde.
Like Vinny a few weeks ago, Garcia played just well enough to beat a bad team last Sunday. Some Detroit fans now think he can save the season. Bob Wojnowski of the Detroit News called Garcia "one of the NFL's classic troubleshooters," adding that "maybe we have stumbled across the appropriate Lions quarterback, someone just old enough and confident enough to think he truly can make a difference." Mitch Albom was more skeptical in the Detroit Free Press. "To the winner goes the selective memory," he said of Garcia's rickety victory over the stumbling Browns.
Garcia, like Testaverde, is no season-changer. He's better than Joey Harrington, but he's a dink-and-dunker who goes into slumps and blames teammates and coaches when things go wrong. He can win with good receivers, but injuries have knocked out Detroit's fleet of former No. 1 picks. So this week, Garcia will be throwing to the likes of Scottie Vines, not to be confused with Bobby Strokes, Tommy White Stripes or Franz Ferdinand.
Mike Tanier, FootballOutsiders