[quote name='DJSteel']They were close on doing right until they hired Bobby Ross. Then Barry Sanders left and everything went down the drain...[/quote]
That was as good as it gets for the Lions. And we were only a .500 team. Forcing Barry Sanders to retire early shows how inept ownership and management really was/is. But we did win 12 games one year when Utley got paralyzed.
[quote name='integralsmatic']Trust me, Tom Donahoe and Tom Modrak arent that much better than Matt Millen. But i can understand you. i shouldnt bitch as much as i should...but the Bills are in the same line with Lions.
You know the bills and lions are tied for most consecutive years not making the playoffs. We both are sorry no matter how the current record looks.[/quote]
Bills fans have it rough, I mean at least the NFL isnt trying to move us to Windsor

But in all honesty, the Bills were in 4 super bowls in the 1990's and the Lions have not been there since the 1957 season. Which is a long ass time.
[quote name='Inf^Shini']Funny, read a joke about Michigan as a state today - "What do you call 40 guys watching the Super Bowl on television? The Detroit Lions"
Not exactly a gut buster, but hey, now they've become a punch line in Reader's Digest

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Wow, made it all the way into RD? That is funny and true though.
[quote name='DT778']Hopefully the NFL realize what a

up they have in their hand and not have the Lions play next Thanksgiving.[/quote]
One of the biggest and best traditions in the City of Detroit. If we lose the Thanksgiving game the franchise is almost surely headed elsewhere. Many families only real tradition or ritual is going downtown for the parade and that game. You should be happy you only have to see them once a year.
I wasnt trying to make it into something saying you guys shouldn't bitch as much, b/c as armchair GM's we all deserve that right.............but the Detroit Lions suck like no other:lol: