Wow, that was a pretty vicious play. And that’s the best way I can describe Ndamukong Suh; he’s a vicious competitor. Jay was body slammed by Suh in the second quarter and he laid on the turf for a couple of minutes afterwards. He came back in. A writer for the Chicago Trib said it shows you how fragile the NFL is. If Jay had cracked his ribs or broken a collar bone, he’s out for several weeks, maybe the season, and we’re in trouble. Luckily, Jay came back in the game in the second half. He said afterwards to Lisa Salters of ESPN that he’s got some sore ribs and that when he was going down, “I knew it wasn’t going to be pretty.” But that’s one of the things I love about Jay; he’s tough. If Jay is out for a while, Jason Campbell is our quarterback, and while Campbell is a tremendous upgrade from Caleb Hanie last year, you just don’t know if he could get the ball to Brandon Marshall like Jay can. Jay and Brandon just have an amazing chemistry. They’re both playmakers. You would lose that with Jason, even though he’s a pretty decent quarterback. Jay said it wasn’t a dirty hit, though Marshall tweeted that it was. The NFL deemed it clean, so that’s the end of that. I was just proud of the way we kept competing, particularly on defense. Charles Tillman only allowed Calvin “Megatron” Johnson to catch three balls on 12 targets from Matthew Stafford. Megatron only had 45 yards receiving and no TDs. Tillman is terrific. Matt Forte ran for 96 yards on 22 carries. Michael Bush had some nice runs. We ran for 171 yards on the night. As Jay said, their front four is so tough that you have to be able to establish the run to keep them from just teeing off on pass plays. Jay was only 16-of-31 for 150 yards with a seven-yard TD pass to Brandon, but he said he was not able to follow through on his throws in the second half because of his sore ribs. He did say there is no doubt he’s playing Sunday against Carolina. Just gotta keep the momentum going; need to get better in the passing game and keep the running game solid, if not spectacular at times, and the defense needs to keep doing what they’re doing. We recovered three fumbles, two in the red zone, and D.J. had an interception. They moved the ball on us; Stafford threw for 261. They ran the ball pretty well at times, but our defense bent but didn’t break. Detroit is a pretty good football team, so to grind out a 13-7 victory, was what we needed to do last night. We’ll get better in the passing game. I think it had a lot to do with Jay’s injury. After Carolina, which will be tough, because you never know, Cam could go off, then we have the Tennessee Titans on the road, the Houston Texans on a Sunday Night at home and then @ the 49ers on the following Monday Night. So a lot of work left. Just need a solid week of practice. Jay says he will practice Thursday. Bears off until Thursday to heal up. Good win though. Not Mozart, but good enough.