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John Czarnecki of FOX Sports takes a look at some of the quarterback situations around the NFL. He has the Lions ranked as the potential #3 disaster. I don’t know if it’s that bad, but he does bring up some good points.

Detroit: Mike Martz has a solid backup in Jon Kitna and a very athletic Josh McCown to develop. It’s a lot to ask of an offensive genius like Martz. Neither quarterback seems to possess the accurate touch that Kurt Warner and Marc Bulger had in St. Louis; nor do the Lions have the offensive weapons the Rams had when they went to consecutive Super Bowls. The Lions had to rid themselves of big baby Joey Harrington, who pointed the finger at everyone but himself before flying off to Miami for even more guaranteed money. The big problem for Martz is that he could become frustrated with the lack of offensive explosion; that could spell doom for new head coach Rod Marinelli.

I think McCown could end up being a big surprise this year. He is athletic like Czarnecki said, and can throw the deep ball. I just think Martz is enough of a genious to make it work and make the pieces fit.

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