Comparing the 2015 Detroit Lions to 2008
By Mike Payton
First let me start by saying this is a dumb comparison. It’s not dumb because the Detroit Lions are 0-5 and everyone wants to talk about the possibility of going 0-16 again
Calvin Johnson on difference between Lions now and in 2008: "Totally different team" ... Said he doesn't consider 0-16
— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) October 14, 2015
It’s dumb because despite the Lions current record saying the different, these two teams are polar opposites. Still I feel extremely surprised when the comparison is made due to the fact that the 2008 Detroit Lions were a special kind of bad.
So today I would like to break it all down and explore the vast differences between these two teams and why the 2015 Lions shouldn’t go 0-16. Let’s start with the roster.
Next: The Roster