Name: Detroit Lions
Age: 87
Occupation: football team
Last Seen: Detroit, MI
Bee-otched For: failing at everything
Age: 87
Occupation: football team
Last Seen: Detroit, MI
Bee-otched For: failing at everything
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This past weekend, the Detroit Lions taught us all a lesson: they implode better on the field.
On Sunday, crews tried to blow up the team's former stadium, the Pontiac Silverdome. Several pillars collapsed, but the dilapidated 42-year-old stadium still stood. Immediately, people took to social media to make fun of the botched implosion, comparing it to the team itself.
Later on that day, the Lions were in Baltimore, fighting the Ravens. Despite having the second-worst defense in the NFL, the birds successfully attacked the Lions, 44-20. It didn't help matters that the team's $160 million quarterback, Matthew Stafford got stomped on his hand in the fourth quarter and was forced to leave the game. The team's replacement QB, Jake Rudock, threw an interception, cementing the Lions' loss.
Right now, the Lions are 6-6 on the season. Next week, they play the 4-8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They could easily win all their games the rest of the season and go straight into the playoffs, but let's remember: this is the Lions we're talking about.
Every year, people say that this is the Lions' year. True, the team made it into the playoffs, but the sad reality is that the team hasn't done jack shit since 1957. It was the final year the Kitty Cats won the NFL Championship, a full ten years before the words "Super Bowl" made it into our vocabulary. In the 27 years the Lions called the Silverdome home, they've only won one playoff game. Also, because of its high 80,000 capacity, many games were blacked out on local television per NFL rules. It was also the home of the Detroit Pistons from 1978 to 1988 when they moved to the Palace of Auburn Hills just the road.
Maybe the Silverdome's best-known feat was in 1987 when it was the home of Wrestlemania. 93,000 people watched Hulk Hogan defeat the enormous Andre the Giant in person.
Since the Lions left the 'Dome, it's mostly sat vacant and unloved. The dome itself collapsed a few years ago and the property was condemned. Many made videos of themselves at the Silverdome doing everything from BMX biking to just looking at the remains of the stadium.
This afternoon, the second time proved to be the charm and a huge chunk of the outside of the Silverdome was finally imploded. Even though it wasn't a total implosion, the company in charge claimed that it was a success. OK, so why couldn't they simply blow it up and call it good? The implosions of such stadiums as Texas Stadium, the RCA Dome and the Kingdome were awesome, but let's face it, the demolition of the Silverdome was weak-sauced in comparison. Quite simply, it's like the Lions themselves: you have high expectations, but in the end, you tell yourself, "this is it?"
The Detroit Lions: rebuilding since '57. The Silverdome, however is dead and almost gone.
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