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What I saw when I rolled out of bed and flipped on SportsCenter: The Washington Redskins introduced their new coach this morning. My next thought was to go back to bed. Obviously, this day was off to a bad startùand it wasn't even 8am yet. Shanahan with the Lions is a situation that Lions fans can only dream about, which is what I tried to do upon going back to sleep. No ...

In the NFL the difference between an 0-16 season and a 2-14 season is not great. It's like comparing horrible to awful, filthy to dirty. If you ask the players, they'll tell you that going 2-14 this season was almost worse than the 0-16 debacle of 2008. Why? Because after that historical bad 0-16 season, Detroit cleaned house. They fired the entire coaching staff, they fired the GM, they gave 40% of ...

It figures. Many Lions fans watched and listened at the edge of their seats last Sunday, as they watched the star rookie quarterback complete a thrilling game that ranks as the greatest comeback in Detroit Lions history.á And he did it with a separated AC joint (shoulder). It's the archetypal birth of a legend story, and it will be told for years to come when Stafford is a perennial pro-bowler, when the ...

In one gameùin one instant, reallyùMatthew Stafford won over the hearts of Detroit. In possibly the most insane game I have ever witnessed as a Lions fan, the Detroit Lions found their quarterback.á This is huge. You might now be writing me off as a delusional Lions fan raving about a meaningless game between 1-8 teams, but I assure you, I am anything but. I long ago severed any emotional attachment to the Lions, ...

We're going to call this a blessing in disguise. I'm referring of course to the fact that Sunday's comical impersonation of an NFL game between the Detroit Lions and St. Louis Rams, which was blacked out locally. It was a joke. In one corner we had a team that had lost 17 consecutive games, coming dangerously close to surpassing the Lions recent 19-game disgrace. In the other corner, we had a team that ...

Jim Schwartz said he didn't have anything to feel good about as his 1-5 Lions headed into the bye week. I can't say I disagree much.á Although the Lions have made some semblance of stride in transforming from the playful furry cats to...I don't know, farm cats that aren't very good at catching mice, they still have a long long way to go. Now, you can point to a couple things that ...

Man this is getting repetitive isn't it? After writing about Lions losses for 16 games last year, I thought it couldn't get any worse. Sure, they could keep losing, but there would be no intrigue left. The nation watched last season as the Lions stumbled to the NFL's first and only 0-16 record. Now they continue to lose, but no one cares anymore. They already accomplished the most dubious feat in ...

That was pretty bad wasn't it? Two rookie quarterbacks debuted on Sunday. The Detroit Lions' Matthew Stafford, and the New York Jets' Mark Sanchez. While Sanchez was adequate, Stafford was borderline bad. Yet, Stafford almost certainly has the higher upside. He may not have shown it against the New Orleans Saints, though. On Sunday, Detroit's shiny new quarterback completed a God-awful 43.2 percent of his passes for 205 yards and three interceptions. ...