It’s been a long time since they’ve gotten it right.
Tonight was an over time thriller. Couple of weeks ago, the Eagles and the Cowboys burned down the barn and put up a million points, I’ve been lapping this up like delicious gravy!
Monday Night Football lost the national, free air TV audience because it became terrible. The matchups generally sucked, the games were typically blowouts and the commentary (I mean, Dennis Miller?!?!?) was just awful.
The commentary is not better. Frankly, it still sucks. But who cares when there are awesome barn burners and smash mouth, gritty defensive games that go to [...]

It’s Sunday and I don’t have a loss to complain about. I guess that’s a good thing, right?
I’m pretty stoked for the Eagles – Bears Sun Night game, I bet that’s going to be a sweet one.
There is very little to take from the actions of the Lions this week, firing Millen was a step in the right direction, but at this point in the season, it’s primarily ceremonial. Will they run out and get a guy like Flyod Reese? Who knows. I fear them conducting a search, god knows what they’ll turn up. (*Note to Lions* – Please don’t [...]

He was the general manager of the Tennessee Titans from 1994 to 2006. He was about 2 1/2 yards away from a Super Bowl ring. He knows how to draft, he knows how to build a good team. Heck, the Titans should have been a lot more successful in his tenure, they just seemed to be snake bitten with weird injuries. Apparently the brass above him really really wanted Vince Young and he was a Cutler fan. (Ps. that Vince Young, how’s he doing?) He sorta has ties to the Lions organization (he was the conditioning coach in the 70’s) [...]

From Freep.com:
Matt Millen’s highly criticized and unproductive tenure with the Lions has ended.
Lions owner and chairman William Clay Ford announced around 3:30 p.m. that Millen has been relieved of his duties as president and CEO, which he held since January 2001.
Executive vice president and COO Tom Lewand will now report directly to Ford on all business, organizational and NFL matters. Martin Mayhew will assume the role of general manager and report to Ford on football matters. Additionally, Cedric Saunders was named the vice president of football operations.
“I have relieved Matt Millen of his duties effective immediately,” Ford said in [...]

“It was an embarrassment, the fans deserve better, and if I had the authority, I would have fired the general manager… but I don’t have that authority” – Bill Ford, Jr.
Matt Millen, General Manager of the Detroit Lions is 8 – 50 on the road in his tenure. I’ll whip out some other wacky stats, only 5 teams in the history of the NFL have made the playoffs after an 0 – 3 start, one of them the Barry Sanders Lions. PS., if it wasn’t a game against the Cowboys, they lost. So… they lost anyway.
This is the story of [...]

Well that was a frustrating debacle to watch.
Hammered on both sides of the ball. Looked absolutely impotent defensively and found ourselves down 21 right off the bat. AGAIN. FOR THE THIRD TIME IN A ROW. One thing I did like was Rudi Johnson, he looked like a real running back and scored our lonely Touch Down. There simply isn’t much to salvage from this disaster. The bottom of the NFL is having their way with the Lions, ripping them to shreds. Even the Dolphins pulled off a win today, against the Patroits, of all teams. Ronnie Brown puts up 4, [...]

Everyone I know that is doing that fantasy football thing is picking up JT O’Sullivan off of waivers this week and starting him.
Let’s face it, not only do the Lions barely ever win on the road and are playing in a place they haven’t won at in like 30 years, they are facing a guy that knows them. A guy that is responsible for keeping them in those games that they lost by oh so skinny margins last year. Martz knows this team and he knows how to exploit them. If the Falcons can do it, you better believe the [...]

Millen of old:

Millen, looking old:

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and boy howdy here’s 2000 right here.
I guess you can’t accuse Matt of not caring; these 8 years have really taken their toll. But he has a lot of faith this time around (at least, until Thanks Giving, he also has a track record) and he is saying that he is more convinced than ever that this Coach is the guy that will turn the franchise around. At 0 and 2, going on the road to a place where they haven’t won a game in like 30 [...]

Blurb from the Freep.com:
A report that running back Cedric Benson was about to sign with the Lions was inaccurate.
Benson visited the Lions on Tuesday along with former NFL most valuable player Shaun Alexander and Vernand Morency. But the Lions were just looking at running backs in case they need one in the future.
The Lions often do their homework on free agents on Tuesday, the players’ off day.
So apparently (and non-sensically), the Lions are just window shopping halfbacks just in case someone gets hurt. They SHOULD be shopping for offensive linemen so they can buy Kitna 2 seconds in the pocket [...]

Granted I was a little lathered up last blog, a my feathers were a bit ruffled. I’m looking forward to the NFL Replay of the Lions/Packers Game (it will be on at 8pm, if you’ve never watched it, they play all the good games of the week and they cut out all the down time, the standing around and pointless special teams plays, they cut to the good stuff and intersplice coach and player interviews, its totally top notch). You see, granted Kitna gave the game away on Sunday, but frankly, when your down 21 – 0 you tear the [...]