Detroit Lions: Here We Go Again

Published on: 27th September, 2010

It always goes that way, does it not? The one constant has always been Bill Ford. It is the only discernible fact in the futurity of the franchise. Despite all the coaches, general managers, a couple of CEO “bean counters,” one constant has stood the test of time, and his name is ...

Detroit Lions: Now Is The Time, Carpe Diem!

Published on: 16th December, 2009

From every generation comes a moment of unparalleled opportunity not likely to be duplicated for years to come. For professional football enthusiasts, 2010 is a moment like no other. What this means for a team like the Detroit Lions is that past mistakes, gross incompetence, and current failures can be ...

Detroit Lions: A Retrospective Of Failure.

Published on: 10th December, 2009

Being a Lion fan represents a feeling much like a salmon swimming upstream if one is going to have any fun at all. So how did it ever get this bad? Is there really any “hope” in our collective future? If one consults with Bleacher Report authors, one would be inclined to think ...

Detroit Lions: A Culture Of Excuses

Published on: 23rd September, 2009

Watching the new Lions coach Jim Schwartz dodge and weave at his weekly press conference tells me a lot about the culture of incompetence and perpetual "wimp-hood" of those types who have been employed by Bill Ford Sr. over his 45-plus years of ownership of the Detroit Lions. Schwartz unleashed a ...

Detroit Lions: The Beautiful Dreamer

Published on: 19th September, 2009

How does one really understand the beautiful dreamer of professional sport? If you have not guessed it, I am talking about the fantasy elite who remain ever vigilant to squeeze every drop of blood out of their pet rock. In this case, the "pet rock" is the perpetual comedy known the ...

Detroit Lions: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same.

Published on: 24th August, 2009

I settled in to watch the Lions/Browns game with an ice-cold six-pack of Rolling Rock. During my first sip, Josh Cribbs takes the kickoff right up the gut of Lion defenders like a hot knife through butter. A penalty saves the Lions, and the TD is voided. The Browns line up for ...