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  1. Virtual GM: Detroit Lions Free Agency Wish List

    The Lions have a ton of holes to fill throughout the roster, and will need to address many of them in Free Agency, prior to preparing their final draft wish lists...

    Written by Scott Rieger about about 11 hours ago 2 comments

  2. Daily Haze: Plax < Listerine

    Days after accidentially shooting himself in the leg, New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress is done for the rest of 2008. Burress was placed on the non-football injury list by the Giants yesterday...

    Written by Michael McNeil about about 9 hours ago 0 comments

  3. Roger Goodell Disciplines Plaxico Burress, Others (Satire)

    NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is fed up. Morons flood the ranks of the NFL. The league is full of spoiled millionaire crybabies who decide to break a law every time their fragile worldview ...

    Written by Dean Holden about about 1 hour ago 0 comments

  4. Mike Furrey Disrespected by Being Placed on IR, Keary Colbert Signed

    On a team of losers, there aren't many guys willing to give 100 percent for the team, and you can't really blame them. The Lions have been very bad, but they haven't always been a shady organization...

    Written by Keith Shelton about 2 days ago 2 comments

  5. Winless Detroit Lions Need to Do Some Soul Searching

    After a dismal Thanksgiving, the Detroit Lions have a difficult reality to face. Without a single notch in the win column, the season is hard for them to swallow...

    Written by Farris Gunning about 2 days ago 2 comments

  6. Detroit Lions: It's Time for the NFL To Intervene

    Roger Goodell needs to lay the smackdown on Detroit. It almost looks like he's ready to in that photo, you just have to imagine Lions owner William Clay Ford about to get the slap in the face...

    Written by Keith Shelton about 2 days ago 6 comments

  7. No Football to be Thankful For This Thanksgiving

    Besides turkey, stuffing, and fights with your relatives, football has been one of Thanksgiving's most celebrated traditions. But the games we saw on Thursday could hardly be described as football...

    Written by Aaron Liebman about 3 days ago 0 comments

  8. #*&% the Detroit Lions!

    I'm sick and tired of the Detroit Lions ruining an otherwise fantastic part of Thanksgiving.For the 187th year in a row, the Lions have rolled over like good little lambs being led to the slaughter...

    Written by Andrew Nuschler about 4 days ago 25 comments

  9. Detroit Lions: Who's to Blame?

    There shouldn't be an easy answer to this right? Wrong. Every franchise has an elite group of professionals which the owner trusts to build a playoff caliber team...

    Written by Cory Walker about 5 days ago 1 comments

  10. Why the Detroit Lions are Thanksgiving Day's Favorite "Drunk Uncle"

    It's a new Thanksgiving tradition that's sweeping the football world: people arguing back and forth about the Detroit Lions playing on Thanksgiving Day. As a Lions fan, I personally love watching the Lions play...

    Written by sherman mcclesky about 5 days ago 0 comments

  11. Thanksgiving Tradition Turns Into a Mess

    We all knew, I'm assuming, that the Titans would feast on the Lions. Most people probably thought it wouldn't be close, myself not included (don't take that to mean that I thought the Lions would win, I didn't...

    Written by Jason Braverman about 5 days ago 1 comments

  12. Thoughts On Detroit Lion's Thanksgiving Day Game and William Clay Ford, Sr.

    I’ve written a few open letters to William Clay ford, Sr. I have no idea how effective they have been or even if anyone bothers to show them to him...

    Written by Jim Dunn about 5 days ago 0 comments

  13. Detroit Lions Fans, Keeping the Faith?

    As a Lions fan, we can only look one direction, forward. The 4-0 preseason was a mirage. Now at 0-12, we can only hope that Mr. Ford will pick the right guy for GM. This one piece is the hope of a proud Lions future...

    Written by Cory Walker about 5 days ago 0 comments

  14. Is Rod Marinelli A Terrific Coach? - YES and NO!!

    After studying this issue for far too long and after spending way too much time on it, I have concluded that Rod Marinelli is a terrific football coach...

    Written by Paul W. Reeves about 5 days ago 0 comments

  15. Jeff Fisher: Thanksgiving Day Challenge Should Cost Him Coach of the Year Honors

    When Jeff Fisher benched his franchise quarterback and managed to keep his team winning, NFL fans and analysts alike fell in love with his coaching acumen. The Tennessee Titans' 10-0 start to the season made Fisher a runaway favorite for Coach of the Year

    Written by Angel Navedo about 5 days ago 53 comments

  16. Mercy Rule: Why The Mismatches On Thanksgiving?

    44-10. The worst beating-to-a-pulp in Lions history on Thanksgiving. It was just further proof why tradition was outweighed by the Lions' 0-11 season. I saw a shot of the stands, and there was next to no one at Ford Field...

    Written by Ryan Nelson about 5 days ago 1 comments

  17. Detroit Lions Fans: Times Are Bad Now, but There's Hope

    I am a Giants fan. Right now we are the best football team in the league. I don't think anybody (unless your from Tennessee) can deny that. Certainly, what nobody can deny is how much the Detroit Lions suck...

    Written by Brian Brennan about 5 days ago 11 comments

  18. Ford and the Detroit Lions Had a Lot for Which To Be Thankful

    Thursday afternoon, people all over the nation were excused if they made a slight gagging noise at the table. They were excused if a slight bit of their food came back up...

    Written by Ray Bogusz about 5 days ago 30 comments

  19. Detroit Lions: Tameable And Laughable

    Is it possible for a team NOT to win a single game in a season? Well it just might be for the Detroit Lions who lost their traditional Thanksgiving game in a blow out! The Detroit Lions have ...

    Written by Andy Smith about 5 days ago 0 comments

  20. Livin' on a Prayer, 0-12 Lions 3/4 Way There

    I was in attendance for today's Thanksgiving Day slaughterhouse and honestly, I felt like I was at a sold out showing of James Cameron's Titanic as opposed to a football game...

    Written by Bob Biscigliano about 5 days ago 5 comments

  21. Lions-Titans: Detroit Saves Their Worst Performance for Thanksgiving

    There were turkey's in the oven and turkey's on the football field today. The Detroit Lions have officially made a mockery out of one of Detroit's last great sporting traditions, the Thanksgiving Day game...

    Written by Keith Shelton about 6 days ago 6 comments

  22. God Bless the Detroit Lions

    As I napped during the Thanksgiving afternoon, I woke up every five to 10 minutes only to notice the Lions were down by 10, then 17, then 27 points...

    Written by Landon Gray about 6 days ago 3 comments

  23. Is Lions' Coach Rod Marinelli Finally Done In Detroit?

    O.K., here is the big trivia question of the week: Identify the speaker of the following weekly moronic quotes during the 2008 NFL season: “I’m going to work hard” ...

    Written by Paul W. Reeves about 6 days ago 4 comments

  24. The Tennessee Titans Feast On The Detroit Lions, 47-10

    In the first of the trio of Thanksgiving day games, the Tennessee Titans came into Detroit and won a blowout. Why did Tennessee completely dismantle the Lions? Detroit is horrible. That's one reason...

    Written by William Blake about 6 days ago 0 comments

  25. Will the Detroit Lions Win the Thanksgiving Classic Vs. The Titans?

    As an ardent and fervent fan and supporter of the Detroit Lions (I haven't missed a game in-person, on the radio, or on TV in over 40 years!) I am often the only person in the room who believes that the Lions will win every single game...

    Written by Paul W. Reeves about 6 days ago 0 comments