Do you believe in now, Lions fans?

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

I sure as hell don't. Shoddy OL, no run game to speak of, journeyman QB, zero depth, sieve of a defense, brutal schedule, worst GM in the history of the NFL, etc, etc.

I see 6-7 wins and RW bolting after the season.

Will the pain/misery/apathy ever end? It's pretty bad when Matt Ryan and the piss poor ATL Falcons are a toss-up in your mind.

[Evan]

I sure as hell don't. Shoddy OL, no run game to speak of, journeyman QB, zero depth, sieve of a defense, brutal schedule, worst GM in the history of the NFL, etc, etc.
I see 6-7 wins and RW bolting after the season.

Will the pain/misery/apathy ever end? It's pretty bad when Matt Ryan and the piss poor ATL Falcons are a toss-up in your mind.

Second highest paid right?

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Something like that. He's made over $30 million during his tenure. And was signed to a five year extension after a 6 win season.

You can't make this stuff up.

[Evan]

I remember when he was doing TV for……..FOX? And he was basically publicly calling for the job talking about what a good job he could do. It was so classless.

[JudynTX]

Are the Lions for sale?

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

No.

[midgetonadonkey]

I went to a Lions game last year against the Vikings and they have some great fans. It sucks they don't have a better franchise. The Detroit fans deserve better.

Plus Ford Field is really nice.

[Hank the Tank]

Haha. Believe in now? I saw a couple of those commercials and just shook my head. Hell no, I don't believe in now! In fact, I don't believe in 5 years from now...

I think they might win 8 games...maybe.

I guarantee you though that some Lions fans are looking at the preseason 3-0 record as a sign of hope and encouragement. "This is the Lions year" is a sayin I always hear. Yeah.....right...

[Flintstones32]

Sun 9/7 at Atlanta W

Sun 9/14 Green Bay W

Sun 9/21 at San Francisco W

Sun 10/5 Chicago L

Sun 10/12 at Minnesota L

Sun 10/19 at Houston W

Sun 10/26 Washington L

Sun 11/2 at Chicago W

Sun 11/9 Jacksonville L

Sun 11/16 at Carolina L

Sun 11/23 Tampa Bay W

Thu 11/27 Tennessee W

Sun 12/7 Minnesota L

Sun 12/14 at Indianapolis L

Sun 12/21 New Orleans L

Sun 12/28 at Green Bay L


I predict 7-9. LInebackers, other than simms are a big question. Agreed, no OL at all, Qb who could very will die the next time he is hit and who is our RB again?

[Evan]

midgetonadonkey is right...Detroit fans seems like badass fans...sucks they have to suffer through the idiocy of mismanagement....I mean wow...somehow they screwed up one of the best players to ever don a uniform in Sanders amongst other awesome players.

As a Texas Rangers fan, I fell your pain. We somehow get all stars and potential hall of famers yet screw up everything around them. I just don't know how we keep doing it over and over again...and just like the Lions...we have some great fans..........

Maybe somehow the stars will align right and the Lions and Rangers will somehow both win championships that year....:lol

[samikeyp]

Haha. Believe in now? I saw a couple of those commercials and just shook my head. Hell no, I don't believe in now! In fact, I don't believe in 5 years from now...

I think they might win 8 games...maybe.

I guarantee you though that some Lions fans are looking at the preseason 3-0 record as a sign of hope and encouragement. "This is the Lions year" is a sayin I always hear. Yeah.....right...

On the morning sports show here in Lansing....some are.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

It's painful. It really is.

Fifty games under .500 in the last seven years (31-81).

Fucking sigh.

[Flight3107]

Sun 9/7 at Atlanta W

Sun 9/14 Green Bay L

Sun 9/21 at San Francisco W

Sun 10/5 Chicago L

Sun 10/12 at Minnesota L

Sun 10/19 at Houston L

Sun 10/26 Washington L

Sun 11/2 at Chicago L

Sun 11/9 Jacksonville L

Sun 11/16 at Carolina L

Sun 11/23 Tampa Bay W

Thu 11/27 Tennessee W

Sun 12/7 Minnesota L

Sun 12/14 at Indianapolis L

Sun 12/21 New Orleans L

Sun 12/28 at Green Bay L


I predict 7-9. LInebackers, other than simms are a big question. Agreed, no OL at all, Qb who could very will die the next time he is hit and who is our RB again?



Fixed

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

On the morning sports show here in Lansing....some are.

Not as many as in years past, though. Blackouts will be the norm, as they were 25 years ago, if they continue to shit the bed.

Almost all hope is gone. And the dude has banked over a million dollars for every win under his guidance.

Comedy or tragedy? You decide.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Since things never change with the Leos, here's what I wrote two years ago:

The typical season goes like this: optimism, encouragement, lots of head shaking, swearing, prayer, apathy, revolt...

And then we get to October...

And, of course, the pic must be included for the new year:

http://www.pigazette.com/Pigraphics/DETROIT%20BLOWS.jpg

[Hank the Tank]

^^:lol
your entire post is so funny and true.


...yet sad at the same time.

[IronMexican]

Not much better in Raider land. Our O-line is worse than yours

[Whisky Dog]

Is it better to have legitimate talent and a legitimate chance to contend (hope) only to be shattered by playoff choking (Cowboys)...

Or to never have the hope at all (Lions)?

I'd go with the first, although that December/January meltdown is tough to stomach.

[monosylab1k]

Is it better to have legitimate talent and a legitimate chance to contend (hope) only to be shattered by playoff choking (Cowboys)...

Or to never have the hope at all (Lions)?

I'd go with the first, although that December/January meltdown is tough to stomach.

#1 has a much much bigger emotional gut punch, but it's still good to enjoy watching a few months of football and then get punched in the gut over just watching your team suck from the get-go.

[JamStone]

I see 6-7 wins and RW bolting after the season.


I don't know where it comes from, but I wish I could share your optimism.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

I couldn't stomach saying/writing 4-12, 5-11 again, Jam.

I love how the beat writers are saying that the Lions will be better, but it won't show up in the W/L column. Then what's the fucking point?

[Evan]

I see 6-7 wins and RW bolting after the season.



With the 32 pick via the Cowboys from the Roy Williams trade, the Lions select........

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

WR Michael Jones, ASU

I doubt only one pick, especially a low 1st, would land RW.

[Evan]

WR Michael Jones, ASU

I doubt only one pick, especially a low 1st, would land RW.

+Anthony Spencer who they supposedly offered up to the Cardinals for Boldin.

[jack sommerset]

Detroit is soooooo used to losing now you don't even hear anymore chants for that GM to be canned. Its working cause I can't even think of his name now.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

6 Wins and a lot of Lets go Red Wings chants.:toast

[JamStone]

We all knew they were going to be bad, but holy shit, are they really this fucking bad???

[Sense]

Turner is ripping them apart...

that's all it is

[Whisky Dog]

Don't feel too bad. Atlanta is a contender after all...

[IronMexican]

21-14 now

[kskonn]

that 6-7 win prediction is starting to look a little lofty?

[jack sommerset]

Holy shit they suck.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

They're a 2 win team.

How the fuck do you not know how to tackle as a professional?

Fuck you, Millen and Marinelli.

Apathetic after Week One. Christ.

[IronMexican]

They're a 2 win team.

How the fuck do you not know how to tackle as a professional?

Fuck you, Millen and Marinelli.

Apathetic after Week One. Christ.

Congrats on winning Matt Stafford.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

If they don't draft Rey with their top 3 pick, then I'm done as a fan.

[IronMexican]

If they don't draft Rey with their top 3 pick, then I'm done as a fan.

Maugaluga? He's a beast. Am an SC fan:hat

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Just some quotes for the out-of-towners by those lovable losers:


This is a huge wakeup call for us

Yep, bad teams need wakeup calls in the first game.


Don’t be trying to write us off. We’re good. We just didn’t show up today.

Speechless. And this coming from a team captain.


You just got drilled by a 4 win team who started rooks at LT, QB, MLB, HC and GM and also started a pair of 5'9 CBs.

You blow. Really, really blow.

Sigh.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Just a list of players who were passed on in the last few years in the 1st or second round: Andre Johnson, DeMarcus Ware, Shawn Merriman, David Harris, LaMarr Woodley, Patrick Willis, Adrian Peterson, Rashard Mendenhall, Joe Thomas, etc, etc.

Just a list of players drafted instead of those guys: Charles Rogers, Mike Williams, Drew Stanton, Ikaika Alama-Francis, Calvin Johnson(love him, but wasn't needed), Gosder Cherilus, etc. Only one of these guys played yesterday and two are out of football completely.

Please sell the team, WCF. Please? It's pretty obvious you don't have the first clue about hiring competent football people to run your organization.

[BUMP]

Gosder Cherilus.

???
:lmao

i laugh but i also feel your pain. im an all dfw metroplex fan and although i get the Cowboys i also have to deal with the Rangers who go through the same bullshit year after year. you just have to learn to have fun with its (shitty managing) and eventually things will change

[slayermin]

I will tune into Lions games just to watch Roy Williams play.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

It just keeps getting better and better:


Marinelli recently told reporters that returners will probably call for a fair catch at all times this season.

No need to try on punt returns, eh Coach?

[samikeyp]

Just a list of players who were passed on in the last few years in the 1st or second round: Andre Johnson, DeMarcus Ware, Shawn Merriman, David Harris, LaMarr Woodley, Patrick Willis, Adrian Peterson, Rashard Mendenhall, Joe Thomas, etc, etc.

Just a list of players drafted instead of those guys: Charles Rogers, Mike Williams, Drew Stanton, Ikaika Alama-Francis, Calvin Johnson(love him, but wasn't needed), Gosder Cherilus, etc. Only one of these guys played yesterday and two are out of football completely.

Please sell the team, WCF. Please? It's pretty obvious you don't have the first clue about hiring competent football people to run your organization.

Too bad Illich (sp?) couldn't own them too.

[NorCal510]

Should i start kevin smith or matt forte this week?

experts say smith will have a good game?

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Too bad Illich (sp?) couldn't own them too.

Or Karmanos. He's done pretty well with the Hartford Whalers.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Favorite line in the fishwraps so far:

Only the Lions could get blown out twice in the same game.

[DBryant88]

hahahahahahahahahaha