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The Detroit Paper Headlines as the Curse reached 50 years. I doubt a paper would waste all that ink and paper on something they thought did not exist.
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Intro-How did this mess get started?
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Proof-Lets take a before/after look at the Lions
Remember that Christmas day not too long ago, the Lions rushed out their field goal unit and Jason Hanson kicked a field goal as time expired. That year once again the Lions were battling for high draft picks and that field goal dropped the Lions about 6 places, although it was an awesome victory on Christmas day.
The point is, the Lions were bad and the Saints were worse. Now the Saints are in the Superbowl. I feel like the Lions are living on the island of misfit toys, always waiting for next year to come.
So the Saints now go to the Superbowl for the first time, and the Lions are still bad and heading into the draft with the second pick overall.
It’s worse than the island of misfit toys, because the Lions seem to be all by themselves on that island, all the other toys have found homes, including now the Saints.
Glad to know Lem is on the side of tradition in regards to the Lions Thanksgiving Day Game. Check out the articel Lem Barney relishes Detroit Lions playing on Thanksgiving – chicagotribune.com
This was interesting, according to this list the Curse of Bobby Layne is 4th, check it out Top 10 Spooky Sports Curses
First, they will lose all away games so the absolute best they can do is 8 and 8, figure they will split their home games so 4-12 for next year is a good bet. There are also certain bets, such as the Lions will lose any game played in San Francisco, Green Bay, and Washington.
Do you think there is any chance we might get a Monday night game? Not next year but perhaps the next next year.
Last year the Lions traded Roy Williams and came away with a slew of draft picks from Dallas, coupled with their own and the lack of Matt Millen at the helm, the Lions had a good, no, they had a great draft. They also only won 2 more games than they did the year before, kind of shows how bad they are. Now, the way I see it, they do not have all those picks this year, and everyone else in the league hopes to improve as well, what makes anyone think that this draft will produce more than 2 more wins?
Fact is they were damn lucky not to go winless again this year.
Trade away the #2 pick, even if Soo is available, trade it, trade it, trade it. If its a good team with a good record take their #1 and #2 pick for this year and next year. We need more talent, trade down please. We need a foundation, trade down please.
Look for the Lions to hit 4 wins next year, if they are lucky and have another good draft. I see no salvation for this team for at least 3 years, probably 5.
Seeing the Chicago game really made it sink in. We are this bad. I thought they might win this game, Chicago at home, no motivation for the bears. But it ended very poorly for the Lions with a double digit loss in front of their home crowd. You just can’t do that, not against mediocre teams.
I remember when the Lions went 2-14 not too long ago, so many games were close. You can’t really say that this year. We are not even close. I have no doubt in my mind that the 0-16 Lion team that started the year in 08 would beat the 2-14 Lions that finished this year. They have so many needs still, if they can get someones 1st and 2nd round picks for their first pick they should do it, they need both quality and quantity.
We need another good draft like next year, and we may win 4 or 5 games with a little luck, which would put us in the lower end of mediocre.
Nothing but good news from the Lions, Staffords surgery went well and he will be ready for “next year”, they are guaranteed a first, second, or third pick from the draft for “next year”, and Coach Schwartz says “winning will bring people into the stands” in an obvious reference to “next year”.
I am so tired of waiting for “next year”
Really, what did anyone expect considering that the Lions have not won in San Francisco since 1975. They started out like gang bangers for sure, but in the end it was another double digit road loss, their 20th in a row.
This road loss thing is simply unGodly. They currently have the 4th consecutive road losses in NFL history, they have not won a road game in over two years. The most pathetic thing about this is that they already own the record at 24 which they did earlier in this decade (2001-2003) so now one has to ask themselves what the most pitiful road record in a decade is and I am pretty certain the Lions will claim that prize as well. I remember the first streak and they had a couple close games, these games have been double digit losses going back to probably the Minnesota loss (Orlovski, Safety, ring a bell) if my memory serves. How can you draft so high for so long and be this bad.
I think the players tried today, but there is just not enough talent anywhere for this thing to go anywhere. I can’t see Calvin Johnson resigning with us either. He’ll probably end up traded next year ala Roy Williams. Why would he or anyone stay here with a bit of talent when all that will happen is double and triple teams.
To show how far down the totem poll the Lions are, the 49ers are trying to break .500 for the first time in 7 years. They are mediocre at best, but the Lions are at least two touchdowns below mediocre it appears.
Next week a sub mediocre team will come to Ford Field, the Lions actually might have a chance to pull something off here but I don’t expect to see it happen, probably just another blacked out game-a fitting end to another wasted year with another record setting losing streak to try and break next year.
What a pathetic decade.
According to what I have been reading, football card collectors are going to be going after Stafford cards this off season because they believe they will be cheap until he proves that he can come back from the off season surgery. So if you wanted a Matt Stafford rookie card but thought they were too expensive this year, wait till this season is over and you should do well at the card collector shop.
Hope everyone has a great Holiday season. This has certainly been a tough year, unemployment still at record heights, value of home falling, and certainly not a banner year for our sports team. The Red Wings gave up a 3 games to 2 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals, losing in game 7 to Pittsburgh, and what the Tigers did was certainly very Lionesque. What makes Christmas so great is that for one day none of that stuff matters.
We need to know if he’s has anything.
Stanton takes over as Lions’ QB
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