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We might as well get used to it

The Lions are going to sign Jeff Garcia. Let's just get used to it. Mooch can't seem to help himself.

Here's a comment I posted on the Detroit Lions Weblog in response to the Valentine Romeo Crennel sent Jeff Garcia yesterday.
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My reaction has been that signing Jeff Garcia is exactly the kind of day-late, dollar-short manuver that has been killing the Lions for years. Also, it smacks of a continuing effort to rebuild the dying years of the 49er dynasty in Detroit.

I also was just treated to the NFL pundits on the radio expousing the certainty that Garcia would end up in Detroit.

So, since it appears I may have to get used to the idea, my question is three-fold.

1. Was Garcia's high suck factor only due to a bad relationship with Butch Davis? In fact, he hasn't had a QB rating over 90 since 2001--the last three seasons were 85.6 (2002), 80.1 (2003), 76.7 (2004), a steady decline.

2. Will he push Joey to a higher level?

3. Are we ready for non-stop QB controversey everytime Joey overthrows a receiver?

Time will tell. Its apparent its likely to happen, so let's hope it has the desired effect. The best possible scenario, IMO, is it pushes Joey to the next level.