Archive for January, 2007
Why I’m Still A Lions Fan
Being a Lions fan is hard these days. There’s not much good news coming out of Detroit and many sportscasters, media bigwigs and die hard fans have decided to stop rooting for the Lions. Their advice: stop being a fan and maybe the Ford family will lose so much money that they’ll be forced to […]
Posted: January 24th, 2007 under History, Ownership.
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Marinelli Hires Son In Law For Defensive Coordinator
Detroit Lions head coach Rod Marinelli has hired his son in law to be his new Defensive Coordinator. And no, I’m not making that up. According to the Detroit Free Press, “Lions coach Rod Marinelli says he hired Joe Barry to be his defensive coordinator because of football, not family. Barry is married to Marinelli’s […]
Posted: January 5th, 2007 under Coaching, Ownership.
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Matt Millen: “I’ll Never Quit”
Wow. Matt Millen has a 24-72 won-lost record since taking control of the Detroit Lions. And now he tells the press I’ll Never Quit.
What’s worse - the fact that Millen will never quit, or the fact that the Ford family will never fire him? Perhaps it is a tie. Millen is undoubtedly the winner here […]
Posted: January 4th, 2007 under History, Ownership.
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Lions Win! Or Lose! I Don’t Know!
The Lions upset the playoff bound Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. So they won. Kind of.
By beating Dallas, the Lions lost the first round draft pick in next years draft. That honor will now go to the Raiders, who are (at least mathematically) the worst team in the NFL. I guess we should be happy […]
Posted: January 3rd, 2007 under Game Recaps.
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