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Matt Millen destroyed the Detroit Lions. One of his special skills was to pick wide receivers with ultra high draft picks. They are almost all gone, Charles Rodgers, Mike Williams, Roy Williams. Only Calvin Johnson remains out of that group.

Detroit Lions first round pics by picture back to 1985.

There are other Matt Millen 1st rounder’s still with the team. It is actually in day two where Matt Millen and company totally failed.

First rounders that are still with the team in Matt Millen’s eight drafts?
Jeff Backus
Ernie Sims
Calvin Johnson
Gosder Cherilus (not starting)

First rounders that are gone?
Joey Harrington
Charles Rodgers
Roy Williams
Kevin Jones
Mike Williams

Not exactly a stellar group of players considering how high the picks were each year.

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80 to 1?

So that is like saying there is a chance, right?

If they play 80 seasons then the Lions would win it all 1 time? One time? Really? That is awesome!

Can they play 80 seasons next year, because we have waited for like forever, you know?

That would only be 1,280 games. That is a lot of Ford Truck ads for the Ford Family. Not that anyone buys a truck anymore with 4 buck per gallon gas.

Jon Kitna will pass in a more balanced attack now that Coach Mike Martz is gone

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We could win, because the offense is more balanced.

Offense - Jon Kitna is a veteran QB and will get the starting nod when the 2008 season kicks off because of it. But if his play heads south, don’t be surprised if the Lions start developing Drew Stanton, a second round pick last year. Without Mike Martz calling the shots, we can expect a much more balanced attack under new coordinator Jim Colletto.
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That running attack will be led by…by, oh you know who, uh, well by whoever shows up.

Oddly, the balanced attack will lead to a better passing attack, star receiver Roy Williams and star in the future Calvin Johnson will not have to put up with deep safeties on every down. The Mike Martz offense of last year passed on almost every down.

The defensive line is weak at every position and that is hard to do. The linebacking? It is bad, except for Ernie Sims.

The defensive backfield will be much improved.

The Lions secondary has pathetic in 2007, allowing opponents to complete 70.1 percent of their passes. This was not helped by a defensive line which was not able to put enough heat on the QB either. An infusion of new players such as cornerbacks Leigh Bodden and Brian Kelly and safeties Dwight Smith and Kalvin Pearson should improve this unit.

The Jimmy Boyd prediction is to have the Lions finish fourth in a four team division.

But don’t forget, one time in the 80 seasons of next year the Lions will win it all!

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Dwayne White says this victory is this big!

Jon Kitna uttered the immortal words, “We will win 10″.

Asked later, Jon said, “10, yes, but you don’t want to know the number in my mind”.

Ok, just a little paraphrasing going on there, but he did predict 10 then more than 10.

We laughed. You laughed. You laughed more than me. That is a lot of laughing.

Mike Ditka did not laugh. He came out Wednesday with some good words for the Detroit Lions and the ineffable Jon Kitna. Read more

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Coach Rod Marinelli believes in Jon Kitna and all of the Lions

Lions fans have waited for 50 years.

50 years and no championships.

50 years is a long time.

We got used to not being a contender. Just give us an occasional playoff berth.

Then we got used to not making the playoffs. Just give us a .500 season.

Then we got used to losing all the time. Just get rid of Matt Millen.

Now we have Jon Kitna, Mike Martz, and Coach Rod Marinelli.

Now we have a victory against the Chicago Bears. Read more

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They are at it again. The Lions are making predictions.

Offensive Coordinator Mike Martz was asked to comment on Jon Kitna’s prediction of 10 victories this year.

In all, it could be a devastating attack once Johnson assimilates himself. Martz won’t come out and say it, but you see his eyes twinkle when he talks about this group. Ten wins? Maybe Kitna should have gone higher.

“I’m surprised he conceded six games, to be honest with you,” Martz says. “I wouldn’t put a limit on how many games we’re going to win this year.” source

Interestingly enough, Jon Kitna wants to rephrase his prediction. Read more

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Drew Stanton (from my MSU Spartans) thinking about those future victories

When your team is 3 - 13, improvement is on the way. You will improve, because 2 - 16 is almost impossible.

Wait a minute; didn’t Oakland go 2 - 16? Yeah, forgot that.

The Lions believe they will be much better, but then haven’t we heard this before, like 25 years in a row?

“I’m so proud my teammates are starting to build that swagger. The old church song says, ‘The searchlight’s on, you can’t hide.’ Once Kitna said that (about winning 10 games), he turned the light on. We have to back him up.”

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Jon Kitna thinks the Lions might be better this year. They won 3 games last year and Jon thinks they will win around 10 this year.

Better? We are talking drinking rocket fuel here. To go from 3 wins to 10 wins takes…well, maybe a Drew Brees and a Reggie Bush and a whole lot of other stuff.

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Big Baby is in trouble.

No, not the trouble with Marinelli, we will get to that.

Big Baby has been allegedly groping a stripper, but that is not all there is to the story.

We need to back up a little to get some context here.

Your intrepid author grew up a Lions fan. A cruel fate to be sure, but my fate none the less.

Now as a Lions fan, there is little to cheer about from year to year, and if not for having Billy Sims followed by Barry Sanders, then thousands of Lions fans may have just committed suicide in order to improve their lives.

Then the patron saint of Lions darkness arrives cloaked in the disguise of Matt Millen. Ok, maybe a little harsh there, because he really is a good guy and wants to do well. Problem is, Matt has not done well.

Like a White Knight, Coach Rod Marinelli shows up spouting character this and character that. In other words, get rid of the characters and keep the players with character, the players that love football, the players that will run through brick walls just to stay on the field.

Now we turn to exhibit A, well maybe Shaun “Big Baby” Rogers is so big that he should be called exhibit A, B, and C. Anyway, Shaun is oozing with talent and quite a bit of fat, too. Big Baby has a tendency to take some plays off when not demonstrating the form that landed him on the All Pro team a few years ago.

Now Big Baby is caught groping a stripper.

Detroit Lions defensive tackle Shaun Rogers is being investigated for sexual assault after a stripper accused him of entering a dressing room and forcibly groping her last week, authorities confirmed Monday. source

Why is this so bad? Well, Coach Marinelli just spent the last week discussing how Shaun will be the cornerstone of the defense, the leader of those 11 warriors.

Ouch.

What does a coach do that preaches character, first, second, and last? Can the Lions afford to release the most talented player on the Defense?

One thing we know for sure. Marinelli is going to take a lot of heat on this issue. What Coach Marinelli does with Rogers may shape the career of Coach Marinelli, GM Matt Millen, and Big Baby himself.

Can a coach that preaches character release a player of Rogers’ talent? Can Rod Marinelli keep that same player, because there is such a strong need to win to save his job and the defense has so little else?

Any way you look at it, Big Baby has handed Coach Marinelli a huge challenge.

Let us hope Marinelli is up to the task!

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Brady says - You need me more than you think. If you can actually think.

We laugh about it. We joke about it. We even wonder about it, but how can the Raiders, Lions, and Browns be so pathetic?

Just today, two people passed my cubicle and one said, “Is he still alive?”

The other one said, “Yeah, maybe we ought to up his dosage.”

No, wait a minute, didn’t mean to mention that.

Another group went by, going on and on about how stupid bad teams are at drafting. If they get burned once, they get major gun shy.

Pat Kirwan at NFL.com has tried… Read more

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Sit down, relax, tell me about your character and how much you love football

Your intrepid author is enjoying a fantastic off season.

Those of you lucky fans that root for the Colts, Pats, Chargers, Eagles, Bears, or any other winning or hopeful team, do not understand the mentality of a die hard Lions fan.

You see the off season is our on season. It all leads up to the draft.

How fantastic is it that the news is all about the Lions and what they will do? Not that they will Read more