Oh, and before some jackass brings it up, this isn't a thread about the time some of the Pacers went up into the stands to fistfight some Pistons fans. Thanks for your restraint.
The Packers have lost once (the Bears beat ‘em I think) and the Lions, well, they’d better come through, because Mariucci got fired a couple years ago for losing on Thanksgiving Day. It took Millen and Ford until the following Monday to fire Mooch, because Millen and Ford are both unfit for the roles they play.
The only way the Lions can wind up 10-6 (which would be decent) is to win four more games, out of the six which remain, and they have to play the Packers twice (including tomorrow), as well as the Cowboys, (Vikings), Chargers, and Chiefs. If they don’t at least split with the Packers, I don’t like their chances of making 9-7, much less 10-8.
If the Lions wind up with a winning record, great. If they do, I’d guess that they’ll beat the Vikings and Chargers.
If the Lions beat the Packers JUST ONCE this season I’ll be overjoyed. It sez here that the Lions beat ‘em on Thanksgiving in 2003:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071121/SPORTS01/311210034
It also sez there that the Lions will lose tomorrow. I cheddar to think that’s true.
Bounties?
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hOjIjDtGtbdOPhch-5cv4Z_pAmUg
Lions’ 2007 season:
http://www.detroitlions.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=51&top=1&level=3
Perdogg boils down the championship race:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1935844/posts?page=135#135
Lions lost to Chargers, 51-14, one week after they nearly x’ed the Cowboys. This is pathetic. I’m glad I didn’t waste a minute watching them live up to their nickname, which is still feline, but isn’t something I can post here.
Y’think the Lions will beat the Chiefs at home, or the Packers on the road? To finish 8-8, they’ll need both wins.
I know! Let’s start to complain about the QB!!! Or call for another new coach (it’s not too soon)! Let’s get chased around the stadium carrying “Fire Millen” signs! He’s been picking the coaches and hiring the players!
I’ve come to the conclusion that we’re witnessing the “Major League” scenario — WCF is trying to come up with a team so bad that when he moves it out of Detroit, no one will care. What’s the alternative interpretation — that he wants to sell it and is destroying what’s left to minimize the price?
Link only, not a quotable site, last season tickets for this guy, he blew off the last home game, and won’t go again until either Ford or Millen (or both) are gone.
http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2007/12/at_least_one_lions_fan_has_giv.html
The Lions were headed for a blowout of the Chiefs, had ‘em down 19-0, then nearly lost the game. Had it not been for a small mental error by a KC receiver, the Chiefs might have won it with a no-time-left TD.
What happened instead is, Millen keeps his job for at least another year, and probably gets a raise. I don’t have the kind of money to get season tickets, but if I did, I wouldn’t. I’ve never been to a live game, and wouldn’t start now.
Nothing will help the Lions except a winning season, followed by another winning season and an earned trip to the Super Bowl (not just sitting in the stands, playing in it; not necessarily winning it, but playing in it). Without that, they’re just going to continue to be pathetic Honululu Blue and Silver losers.
Green Bay wins, 34-13. What a huge surprise.
Gee, blame the QB has started in earnest:
http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2007/12/lions_play_laughable_at_lambea.html
Writing in the Detroit Free Press, Drew Sharp sez it’s time to scorched-Earth the whole Lions organization, and notes that Rod Marinelli has already replaced the defensive coordinator once, and that the Lions have been WORSE on defense since then. The good news is, since they’re worst in the NFL on defense, they can’t get worse per se. He also recounts that the Lions just finished their best-ever season during Millen’s regime, 7-9, with a 31-81 record overall.
The GR Press’ Brian VanOchten lays down the Five Simple Rules for Fixing the Lions. Huh, I just read through it, and saw nothing about beeotch-slappin’ or drug testing. Oh well, talk about missing the boat. ;’) Actually, these look like five good and necessary steps. My view is, the Lions should be putting together an over-the-hill gang, but drawn only from teams which have a history of winning. Everyone else on the team can learn from them.
http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2007/12/fivestep_plan_how_to_fix_the_l.html
I think I read that the Pistons and Sixers had a 50-50 split during the regular season, and were even 50-50 on each other’s floors. The saga continues...
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080427/SPORTS03/80427054/0/SPORTS01
My Sundays have been fabulous! It’s must be 20 years since I sat down and watched a Lions game. Do yourself a favor. Life is short.
As the paper said yesterday, it’s the Bye week, how appropriate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Millen
[snip] However, on September 24, 2008 Matt Millen’s tenure as team president and general manager ended. [21] Whether he was fired or resigned was not made immediately clear. However later in the day, Lions owner William Clay Ford announced that Millen had been relieved of his duties as Lions General Manager and Team President. [end]
...just one more thing to do — bring in the drug sniffing dogs!
The worst part is his unforgivable walk off the field, with his helmet off, while a play was still going on. Yeah, he was intercepted and while the guy was returning the interception to the end zone, Kitna turned the other way, took off his helmet, and walked off the field.
That is not a leader. I don't care how bad things get. He has lost his team too. He has a LOT to do to gain his team mates back.
I don't think he can.
Well, we now know it isn’t the quarterback.
Most of the Lions teammembers will be at the Super Bowl. They’ll be working concessions.
I’m pretty sure that getting rid of Marinelli isn’t a good idea. But that’s the next thing to be tried. I mean, replacing the head coach about once a year has *really worked* for the Lions during the 21st century.
QB Drew Henson was cut, now he’s been resigned to the Lions’ practice squad:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j5DooxV4JzE1VfJb6MfemhQPy5WAD94F06080
Here’s a semi-serious call to move the Lions to Los Angeles:
http://blog.mlive.com/benchwarmer/2008/11/one_suggestion_move_the_lions.html
thanks for the ping.
Are the 2008 Detroit Lions the Worst Team in NFL History?
AOL SPORTS | 28 NOVEMBER 2008 | AOL SPORTS
Posted on 11/27/2008 5:40:18 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2139354/posts
Fire Millen EVERYONE...including the fans that are stupid enough to buy tickets
The team will be sold to L.A., and will win a super bowl within 3 years...
The Detroit Lions...Fords revenge against organized labor...and unfortunately any other Michigan sports fan.
Knock, knock...
Who’s there?
Owen.
Owen who?
0 and 12.
deetroit hasn’t been the same since Lem Barney played for them.