5 greatest one-hit wonder seasons in Detroit Lions history

4. WR Shaun McDonald (2007)

Like another receiver who made clearly made this list of Lions one-hit wonders, though he did it a year later, McDonald played under Mike Martz with the Rams then landed in Detroit after Martz became the Lions' offensive coordinator. Since Martz couldn't bring peak Torry Holt or Isaac Bruce with him to Detroit, he had to settle for the less-talented scraps (Az-Zahir Hakim, etc) as he tried to cultivate a Motor City version of "The Greatest Show on Turf." We know how that went, as Martz lasted just two seasons as offensive coordinator. But he can take solace in the fact he was gone for the winless 2008 campaign.

In his first season as a Lion, McDonald had 79 catches for 943 yards and six touchdowns. He was almost a top-25 fantasy wide receiver that year (WR26 in standard scoring).

McDonald naturally faded back into nothingness in 2008 (35 receptions for 332 yards) as a Lion.
After playing four games for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2009, he was out of the league.

The blowup season for McDonald, and you could really attach "only" to the statement, accounted for 35.9 percent of his career receptions, 37.9 percent of his career yards and over half of his career touchdowns (11). He never touched 50 catches or 600 yards otherwise.