 | 2008 Season Preview: Detroit Lions
This team has the best chance of any Lions team this century to break through and win more than 8 games and secure a playoff berth. Of course, these are the Lions and this long-time Lions fan (my #20 Lions jersey says “Sims” and it isn’t a throwback) knows better.
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| Lions Pre-Draft Summit
Most people think Jon Kitna is crazy for thinking that the Lions can win ten games this season, but some Detroit fans tend to disagree.
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| Condition Critical For Matt Millen
While most of the Lions' faithful cringe at the prospect of another draft and talent evaluation led by GM Matt Millen, Jeff Risdon doesn't share that sentiment.
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| The Life Of Guarantors
Anthony Smith joins Jon Kitna and others as a famous guarantor that can't seem to deliver.
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| 2007 Season Preview: Detroit Lions
This is the best overall team the Lions have fielded in at least 6 years, but it’s awful hard to overcome such a culture of losing, negativity, and ineptness. Their games should be entertaining, as they should be able to score but also not be able to sop most other teams from scoring either.
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| 2007 Draft Review: Detroit Lions
GM Matt Millen was quite active, as only the #2 overall pick originally belonged to the Lions. The Calvin Johnson pick is controversial, but there's not one talent evaluator anywhere who didn't have Johnson as the top overall talent in this draft.
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| Mental Mistakes
When Rod Marinelli took over as head coach of the Detroit Lions he did so saying he would bring discipline, execution, and accountability with him. In Detroit’s lopsided 34 to 7 loss to the Chicago Bears, the Lions mustered only one of those, accountability. Which is not the one you want to see in your football team‘s post game press conference.
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| 2006 NFL Team Preview: Detroit Lions
The Lions have have a lot of players who are merely adequate, nothing special. It keeps them from being terrible, but it also limits how high the ceiling is for their success. I like the needed changes in coaching and philosophy, but it’s going to take a little time for it to really pay off.
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| Preseason Focus On The Lions
On Friday the 11th the Detroit Lion’s will play their first preseason game. Fans await with a combination of uncertainty and optimism, something familiar with the last decade of Lion’s football. This preseason however fans will be more curious as to a changing of team demeanor rather than performance. They want to see a change from recent years.
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| City Of Champions Awaits The Lions
Rod Marinelli and Co. seems to have brought toughness, a sense of urgency, and a no-excuses mentality with them to Motown. But as refreshing as these characteristics may seem, Lion fans have heard tough pre-season talk and walk before from each and every one of Marinelli’s predecessors. At this point to Lion fans, talk is cheap. Action is paramount.
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| Post-Draft Analysis: Finally A Solid Non-Flashy Draft For Detroit
Detroit made a good move addressing defense early and another good move looking at the offensive line later in the draft. In a year with a good talent level, the Lions come out of this thing with a solid group of players.
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| The Right Mix?
In Tampa Bay, Marinelli coached one of the best defensive lines in the NFL over the last 10 seasons. His defensive set an NFL record with 69 consecutive games with a sack and was consistently in the top 5 in total defense overall. The Lions defensive line has been the one constant strength of the Lions organization over the last 5 years. Players like Shaun Rogers, James Hall, Dan Wilkenson, and Kalimba Edwards will all benefit from Marinelli’s experience.
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| D-Day
While driving westward on Interstate 80 through Cleveland Ohio enroute to my hometown of Detroit Michigan this afternoon, I found myself scanning the AM channels looking to see if there were any good sports shows on the radio. Specifically, I was searching for a sports radio host to bear positive news that the University of Michigan men's basketball team had regained prominence by defeating the UCLA Bruins.
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| Letter to Mr. William Clay Ford Jr.
I am writing to you, Mr. Ford, to tell you how appropriate it was that your Detroit Lions wore black uniforms to their own funeral against the Atlanta Falcons yesterday. Your leadership’s atrocious ability to prepare its players for gridiron warfare, to call common sense plays, and to show intestinal fortitude has certainly earned them the right to feast on unemployment in the NFL. After watching the Lions get demolished on their home turf for the second year in a row, I wonder how much longer you will be able to uphold your undying loyalty towards the ensemble of mediocrity called Mariucci, Tollner, and Jauron.
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| Happy ThanksFootball!
As picturesque float after picturesque float rolls slowly down Eighth Avenue, past Central Park in Manhattan New York and as millions of stuffing-filled turkeys, honey-baked hams, and spiced pumpkin pies prepare for devouring in American made ovens this Thanksgiving morn, another tradition is preparing to take center stage in Detroit Michigan. This tradition is like none other in the World. It is a tradition that has sparked the excitement of football fans since 1934 when a mortal named G.A. Richards purchased a football team in Portsmouth Ohio and deployed it to the Motor City where it became the Detroit Lions.
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| Damn Vultures
This morning, Detroiters cruising northbound on Interstate 75 towards their respective places of unionized employment were exposed to an utterly painful but ever so familiar situation; as they drove their F-250s, Explorers, and Utility Vans past Ford Field – home of the Detroit Lions – they witnessed hundreds upon hundreds of vultures hovering over the stadium waiting to devour whatever is left of their beloved but woeful football teams’ season.
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| Disarray In Detroit
Following the 21 to 20 defeat at the hands of the Carolina Panthers the Detroit Lions are questioning everything. Front to back, top to bottom, nothing is right, and it may start with the coaching staff not just the quarterback.
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| Time To Tear Up The Blueprint
We’ve all seen the blueprint. It seemed like a good idea at the time. The Detroit Lions came across as a strong team with a solid foundation. Just one problem. There’s a glitch in the plans. Something that can be fixed, but hasn’t been. Instead the cracks have grown and now are threatening the entire building. Simply put, Joey Harrington has to go.
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| Licking Their Wounds
There are let downs and then there are let downs. The Detroit Lions have been chalked full of let downs their whole existence, but last weeks loss to the Chicago Bears may have taken the cake. Not since the Lions lost to the Redskins in the second round of the NFL playoffs in the early 90’s have fans been so deflated.
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| Detroit Luck City
You are Dan Orlovsky, and one man’s misfortune has just given you the chance of a lifetime. The recent injury to teammate Jeff Garcia will give the rookie a chance to earn some NFL experience during the early part of his career. Garcia, who is expected to be out for at least six weeks, was a serious threat to last years starting quarterback, Joey Harrington. Even though Harrington enters the season as the preferred starter, he hasn’t performed up to expectations in his first three seasons.
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| From Cubs To Lions: Poised For Breakout Season In The Motor City
For the first time since the early 1990s, the Detroit Lions will be a powerful force to be reckoned with. Go ahead; roll your eyes football fans. Laugh heartily if you will. But the following facts are indisputable.
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| Monday Night Meltdown
Joey Harrington’s first Monday night game couldn’t have been worse. Not that he got the chance to showcase his improving talents.
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| Three's Company
Charles Rogers, Roy Williams, and Mike Williams should scare the hell out of every team on the Lion’s schedule. They are quite possibly the most talented group of young players, at one position, ever drafted by the same team. They encompass the 2nd, 7th, and 10th overall picks in the NFL’s last three drafts.
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| It's Not All On Joey In Detroit
With the surprise drafting of Mike Williams and the return of a healthy Charles Rogers, the conventional wisdom for most Lions' fans puts the burden of the 2005 season squarely on the shoulders of Joey Harrington.
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