So...How Bad Can the Lions Get?

At this point we have seen many records broken in regards to the futility of the Detroit Lions franchise. They are literally the biggest losers of all-time in the record department.

Since they started 6-2 during Rod Marinelli's last year where he hounded players to lose weight fast in his Hitler regime two years ago this week, they have won just 2 games. They went 1-7 the second half of that season, 0-16 last year (1-23 to this point), and have gone 1-7 so far this year to send that record to 2-30. They have even lost to the team I thought would be the worst in the NFL this year in the St. Louis Rams. That was the Rams only win this year.

Now as we look at the rest of the schedule , many thought that maybe we could still win that game against the Cleveland Browns, but even my optimism isn't that high anymore. There is a very real possibility that the Lions could end up 2-40 over the last 2.5 seasons. There are NBA teams that have lost less games in that time frame before and they play 82 games a year! I can't think of accurate numbers off hand, but I remember the Bulls went 72-10 one year. Odds are that they didn't lose oaver 40 in that time frame.

It isn't even a situation where it is "to the point that..." anymore. We have watched this for so long that there is no point. No point in watching, not point in paying for tickets, no point in paying for gear, and no point in supporting the team at all. It's basically a running joke, and incredibly sad.

Lions Could Actually win this week

It doesn't come very often when you can be sort of confident that the Lions have a shot at winning. This week they take on the lowly St. Louis Rams, so they have a chance...

That doesn't mean they actually will win. The Rams probably feel exactly the same way as we do about their chances. Their fans might be in need of even more safety products if they fail to win this game as it is likely their only major chance since they want to avoid being the next team to go 0-16.

The Rams are one of, if not the worst teams in an NFL this season that features some seriously bad teams. It may be the worst bottom of the league in history with the Rams and 2 other teams yet to win a game after Week 7. The Lions haven't fared much better, being 1-5. Sadly, being at 1-5 doesn't even put them as one of the bottom 5 teams. There are 2 other teams with 1 win, but they have yet to reach their bye week so they are 1-6.

This game is a battle of futility. Usually when games of this sort happen we see things like a 6-3 final score. Sometimes we get lucky and neither defense shows up so we get to see a high scoring game tat is a bit exciting. Let's hope for all our sakes this is the case tomorrow.

Lions Roster Looked Like the 4th Quarter of Preseason Against Packers

Man, what a brutal game. Lions came into the game losing about 75 games in a row to the packers and even more in Wisconsin. Then on top of it Stafford, Calvin, and half the D-Line was out. Culpepper after sucking more than a central vacuum motor pulled his hamstring in the middle of the 2nd quarter. That meant that the worst back up in the NFL, Drew Stanton was now the QB. His first pass of the game practically put Bryant Johnson in the hospital it was so bad.

After several more injuries the Lions refused to take advantage of the PAckers penalties that came every other play. Tackling was atrocious. Offense was laughable. They ended up getting shut out 26-0.

This might be worse than any game they played last year. It was a complete and utter disaster in every phase of the game.

Lions actually hang with Super Bowl Champs

A game that many thought would be a complete and utter blowout wasn't actually half bad. The Lions kept the game close and literally had an opportunity to send the game into overtime trailing 28-20 in the final minutes. The horrible offensive line decided they were done for the day, however and let Culpepper get sacked 3 straight times to go from inside the 30 to outside the 40.

The honolulu hawaii blue, were able to hold them in check on offense, but ultimately the Pit D took control when it needed to.

Worst play of the day: Ben Rothlesberger threw an interception early in the game. The referees called a personal foul saying that it was a knee hit. The call was absolutely horrible. Pit ended up scoring a TD after the penalty. Game over.