On November 4, 2007 the Lions were 6-2. Up to that point in history 76 percent of NFL teams that began the year 6-2 made the post season. "This is real," said defensive tackle Cory Redding at the time. "This is a different team. It's not the same-old Lions anymore." Then Detroit proceeded to go 3-37 from November 5, 2007 to January 5, 2010. And the natural order of the … [Read more...] about Dept. of Suck:Lions “Improved” Season no Cause For Hope
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Time to draft another football team
By H. Jose Bosch For as long as I can remember December brings about more than snow and long, cold nights. It also brings an exciting free agency period. No, I’m not talking about MLB’s winter meetings. I’m talking about Lions fan free agency. Let’s face it: being a Lions fan sucks. I’ve met fans of the Browns, Bungles and Raiders who feel sorry for me. And it’s not … [Read more...] about Time to draft another football team
The Detroit Lions: Where Depression Happens
By H. Jose Bosch Now that the NFL Network has started to show Thursday Night games, the NFL has made an effort to make clever commercials to create buzz for each week’s game. This is no surprise as both NBC and ESPN do the same thing for their night games on Sunday and Monday nights. But why stop there? Sure, many of these games are key match ups but as the season … [Read more...] about The Detroit Lions: Where Depression Happens
Matthew Stafford is set up for failure
By H. Jose Bosch At least we know the Lions can score points when they’re spoon fed good field position. Unfortunately that’s about the only thing they could do right on Sunday afternoon. So, to quickly recap: the Lions best offense is a … bad opposing offense. I’m not even giving the defense credit when you consider what happened the rest of the game. But let’s zero … [Read more...] about Matthew Stafford is set up for failure
The Detroit Lions can’t get worse, but they aren’t any better
By H. Jose Bosch After watching the Lions-Redskins game I remember telling my dad that the Lions looked like they finally might be turning things around and it wasn’t just because they broke their putrid losing streak. What I saw was a quarterback that actually had potential and a coach you just might get more out of the players than his predecessors. If anything it just … [Read more...] about The Detroit Lions can’t get worse, but they aren’t any better