Late in Sunday's game, the players were plotting. Lions coach Rod Marinelli was about to beat his old team, Tampa Bay. So some guys went up to defensive end Dewayne White, another former Buc. Did he want to dump a Gatorade cooler on him?
"I was like, 'Dude, I am not putting any water on Coach,' " White said later, laughing. "I know him too well."
White didn't do it. But Mike Furrey and company did, shocking Marinelli with an icy shower to celebrate a 23-16 victory that made the Lions 4-2. They won only three games last season.
DETROIT 23, TAMPA BAY 16: Run & gun: Lions rush for 147 yards, and Kitna passes for same