Name: Detroit Lions
Age: 88
Occupation: supposed professional football team
Last Seen: Detroit
Bee-otched For: making me miss Monday Night Raw for no reason
Age: 88
Occupation: supposed professional football team
Last Seen: Detroit
Bee-otched For: making me miss Monday Night Raw for no reason
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When I was on Wikipedia just now, I read part of the article of the Detroit Lions. The first line of the article was "The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan."
Too bad the word "supposed" wasn't placed between "a" and "professional" and "professional" wasn't between quotation marks.
Last night proved to us all that if the Mitten Kittens make it to the playoffs, it will be a miracle. They did score the first touchdown, but from there on, it was a total abortion.
The Jets' rookie QB, Sam Darnold, was a master at interceptions when he was USC. Well, last night, the torch was passed to the Lions' 30-year-old vet Matt Stafford, who threw four interceptions throughout the game. There was fault in all of the Lions' divisions: offense, defense and special teams. To make matters worse, this was the official debut of the team's new head coach Patricia Matthew, who should have stayed with the Patriots.
In the pre-season, the Lions went 1-3, only beating the Tampa Bay Bucs. To add insult to injury, they lost to the lowly Cleveland Browns 35-17. (At least the Browns won't be loss-less this season since they tied with the Steelers on Sunday.)
Patricia replaced Jim Caldwell, who was the Lions' most-winning coach since Gary Moeller's seven-game stint in 2000. Go even further and there was Joe Schmidt, who coached the Lions from 1967-72. Caldwell was let go at the end of last season simply because the Lions didn't make the playoffs though they had a respectable 9-7 record. However, small mistakes were made that cost them games. Patricia spent 14 seasons with the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots with the last several as their defensive coordinator.
Now, to me, the Lions are taking a page out of the Detroit Red Wings' playbook in regards to Patricia. Their current coach, Jeff Blashill coached their affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins to a Turner Cup win a few years ago. When Mike Babcock went to the Maple Leafs, the Wings hired Blashill. Even though the Wings made the playoffs in his first season, the team has missed them for the past two. Currently, Blashill is the Wings' first overall losing coach since the mid-80s.
Sadly, Detroit's sports teams are in dire need of fixing. Part of the reason, too is that their owners - Ilitch, Davidson and Ford - all died and all but Davidson's families are wondering what to do. Now, I will admit that Martha Ford is probably a tougher owner than her late husband Bill, but in the case of the Ilitches, well, the Tigers aren't in the playoffs this year. Next year? Well, I'm thinking more like a few more. At least I'll give Ron Gardenhire the benefit of the doubt that he's a better manager than Brad Ausmus and the Tigs won't be the worst team in baseball like last year.
Of course, I gotta mention the Pistons. Dwane Casey lead the Raptors to the playoffs and now I hope he'll try to work on the long-suffering Pistons. Since buying the team from William Davidson's much-younger wife in 2011, Tom Gores' record as owner (and only the third in the team's history) has been hit and miss. But from a financial standpoint, the team went from being only worth $325 million seven years ago to being worth over a billion. Plus, the move to Little Caesars Arena last year might be a stepping stone to help the long-suffering team, which had trouble selling seats last year.
The point is, a good sports team relies on its fans. I know, Lions GM Bob Quinn is a Patriots guy and wants the Lions to be LIKE the Pats. However, with an average, overpaid QB like Stafford and the rest of the team not knowing the hole from their ass, it ain't gonna happen. I loved watching all of their fans leaving Ford Field in the third quarter. Watching a dumpster fire was definitely more entertaining.
With this being the 17th anniversary of 9/11, the Jets DESERVED to win, IMHO.
Sadly, the Lions played so effeminately that Beth Mowins' deep voice couldn't make up for the lack of testosterone at Ford Field.
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When I was on Wikipedia just now, I read part of the article of the Detroit Lions. The first line of the article was "The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan."
Too bad the word "supposed" wasn't placed between "a" and "professional" and "professional" wasn't between quotation marks.
Last night proved to us all that if the Mitten Kittens make it to the playoffs, it will be a miracle. They did score the first touchdown, but from there on, it was a total abortion.
The Jets' rookie QB, Sam Darnold, was a master at interceptions when he was USC. Well, last night, the torch was passed to the Lions' 30-year-old vet Matt Stafford, who threw four interceptions throughout the game. There was fault in all of the Lions' divisions: offense, defense and special teams. To make matters worse, this was the official debut of the team's new head coach Patricia Matthew, who should have stayed with the Patriots.
In the pre-season, the Lions went 1-3, only beating the Tampa Bay Bucs. To add insult to injury, they lost to the lowly Cleveland Browns 35-17. (At least the Browns won't be loss-less this season since they tied with the Steelers on Sunday.)
Patricia replaced Jim Caldwell, who was the Lions' most-winning coach since Gary Moeller's seven-game stint in 2000. Go even further and there was Joe Schmidt, who coached the Lions from 1967-72. Caldwell was let go at the end of last season simply because the Lions didn't make the playoffs though they had a respectable 9-7 record. However, small mistakes were made that cost them games. Patricia spent 14 seasons with the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots with the last several as their defensive coordinator.
Now, to me, the Lions are taking a page out of the Detroit Red Wings' playbook in regards to Patricia. Their current coach, Jeff Blashill coached their affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins to a Turner Cup win a few years ago. When Mike Babcock went to the Maple Leafs, the Wings hired Blashill. Even though the Wings made the playoffs in his first season, the team has missed them for the past two. Currently, Blashill is the Wings' first overall losing coach since the mid-80s.
Sadly, Detroit's sports teams are in dire need of fixing. Part of the reason, too is that their owners - Ilitch, Davidson and Ford - all died and all but Davidson's families are wondering what to do. Now, I will admit that Martha Ford is probably a tougher owner than her late husband Bill, but in the case of the Ilitches, well, the Tigers aren't in the playoffs this year. Next year? Well, I'm thinking more like a few more. At least I'll give Ron Gardenhire the benefit of the doubt that he's a better manager than Brad Ausmus and the Tigs won't be the worst team in baseball like last year.
Of course, I gotta mention the Pistons. Dwane Casey lead the Raptors to the playoffs and now I hope he'll try to work on the long-suffering Pistons. Since buying the team from William Davidson's much-younger wife in 2011, Tom Gores' record as owner (and only the third in the team's history) has been hit and miss. But from a financial standpoint, the team went from being only worth $325 million seven years ago to being worth over a billion. Plus, the move to Little Caesars Arena last year might be a stepping stone to help the long-suffering team, which had trouble selling seats last year.
The point is, a good sports team relies on its fans. I know, Lions GM Bob Quinn is a Patriots guy and wants the Lions to be LIKE the Pats. However, with an average, overpaid QB like Stafford and the rest of the team not knowing the hole from their ass, it ain't gonna happen. I loved watching all of their fans leaving Ford Field in the third quarter. Watching a dumpster fire was definitely more entertaining.
With this being the 17th anniversary of 9/11, the Jets DESERVED to win, IMHO.
Sadly, the Lions played so effeminately that Beth Mowins' deep voice couldn't make up for the lack of testosterone at Ford Field.
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