Published on: 30th September, 2010
For all of the things the 2010 Detroit Lions are not (namely, a complete football team), there have been occasional moments of serendipity for die-hard Lions fans, those adept at finding the “silver lining” amidst the darkest of billowing clouds. I think most fans have heard of the “up trend” being ...Published on: 12th September, 2010
Back to reality, Lions fans. Man, does this suck. Regardless the approximate 80,000 words I have offered since mid-June detailing how the Detroit Lions offseason acquisitions would produce a plethora of points, the Chicago Bears and their still-solid defense reminded the Pride faithful that good defense still matters, and if you ...Published on: 10th September, 2010
There are times in life when we allow our personal bias to far override the good senses of something that could be most promising and beneficial. The struggle in life is to be able to identify the behavior as such, and to conduct research that is meaningful in such a ...Published on: 19th August, 2010
On the afternoon of Thursday, August 19, 2010, Bleacher Report Detroit Lions Featured Columnist and friend, Ali Hammoud, posed an interesting scenario in his recent article, “NFL Preseason 2010: An Early Look at the Detroit Lions Offense,” when he offered this: “The Lions could decide to go with two quarterbacks because ...Published on: 17th August, 2010
Yesterday afternoon while on an overnight “virgin” family excursion to Sault Ste. Marie and the Straits area of Saint Ignace and Mackinaw City, Mi., I was blessed to find the company of a Detroit Lions fan from Iowa (not a Hawkeyes fan), born in Michigan, and a Michigan State fan ...Published on: 14th August, 2010
As a lifelong University of Michigan football fan, born in the year that would be Glenn Edward “Bo” Schembechler’s first season as Wolverines head coach, I can remember the past 34 seasons of Michigan Wolverines football. The Michigan football program that I grew up with during the 1970s and ...Published on: 5th August, 2010
All I could do was smile. When I pulled into the parking area across the street from the Detroit Lions practice facility in Allen Park, Michigan on the morning of Wednesday, August 4, 2010, the sight of the smallest of Lions fans with the greatest of wonderment made me smile from ...Published on: 2nd August, 2010
In an interview following afternoon practice on Monday, August 2, 2010, with Terry Foster and Darren McCarty on The Ticket 97.1 FM, Foster asked Detroit Lions rookie running back Jahvid Best his take on the upcoming season. Without hesitation, Jahvid Best offered a poignant response: “The sky is the limit!” What a ...Published on: 2nd August, 2010
In my recent article, HäMMëR's Top 10 Personnel Moves by Detroit Lions GM Martin Mayhew , Lions Community members and I discussed one of my omissions: the Roy Williams to Dallas trade. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/425442-hmmrs-top-10-personnel-acquisitions-by-detroit-lions-gm-martin-mayh Here’s what “Hazy Lion” and Michael Sudds had to say about the top ...Published on: 26th July, 2010
If you knew me on mlive when the Detroit Lions announced that Martin Mayhew had been promoted to general manager, and that an exhaustive search had not been completed, and yet the Villen’s deputy would be elevated, you know how improbable this article really is. Let’s face it, what Detroit Lions ...