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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
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Pro Football Reference.com ranks the worst quarterback seasons of all time, year by year.
Quarterback Year Team ANY/A Rating
Trent Dilfer 2007 SFO 2.09 – 754
Andrew Walter 2006 OAK 2.69 – 764
Kyle Orton 2005 CHI 2.97 – 815
A.J. Feeley 2004 MIA 3.15 – 806
Joey Harrington 2003 DET 3.56 – 738
David Carr 2002 HOU 3.07 – 942
Jon Kitna 2001 CIN 3.57 – 791
Ryan Leaf 2000 SDG 2.91 – 697
Jake Plummer 1999 ARI 2.38 -1017
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This is a great place to go to see all kinds of rankings …read more

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New York Giants drive the old Carr home
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Still traveling around the league is David Carr.
Now by good fortune he arrives at the doorstep of Eli Manning and the New York Giants.
Come in, they say. It is a lot nicer here than where you have been. We will take care of you.
David is tired and decides that is an excellent idea.
“I have a lot of calluses,” Carr said. “I’m like an old carpenter I’ve been through it. If you let …read more

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Plaxico Burress, another one of Michigan States great NFL receivers
The Cleveland Indians win over the Boston Red Sox and there was a Monday Night Football game. On a night of playoff baseball, the Monday Night game was a dud.
That was kind of the feeling during the game.
You had Peyton Manning’s little brother playing against the perennial losing Vick-less Falcons.
The game started out as a battle, but then quickly degraded as the Falcons were unable to mount any sort of …read more

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Did Byron Leftwich get too big for Coach Jack Del Rio and the Jacksonville Jaguars?
Don’t you always wonder about a player when he is available and no one jumps on him?
Like when David Carr wanted out of Houston or Josh McCown wanted out of Detroit or Culpepper wanted out of Miami.
Quickly you will remark, “He must be no good”.
But Byron was available.
The Bears did not take him.
The Raiders looked past him.
The Lions did not try to get him as a backup.

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We need to take a quick look around the football world and straighten things out. After all, it is you my wise readers that have the inside dope on everything. It is you that keeps me on my toes.
First off, in the land of the ludicrous, Jon Kitna predicts 10 victories for the Lions.
Prognosis: Won’t happen. Wait, was that a pig that just flew by?
Kevin Jones decides to run on 1 leg
Second off, Kevin Jones of the Lions can not recover from that horrific foot …read more

Some people see a problem and others see an opportunity and why not let out your outrage at the same time.
It appears that NFL trading cards of Michael Vick that were chewed on by dogs are selling on E-bay for more than his rookie cards.
This is most excellent!

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Johnny Depp says “They are more like guidelines, savvy?”
Well, the supposed secret is out and it looks like Michael Vick will be suspended for the year.
Oddly enough, it appears that there is a way out of the suspension, since it will be Michael’s first offense.
Commissioner Goodell is way serious at this point, making it clear that Michael will not be allowed to return during the year.
Pacman has a 1 year suspension with the Titans, but if he can clear his name will be allowed an early return. No such …read more

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This is the look of Michael Vick’s Owner, Arthur Blank. Does not look too happy, does he?

Michael Vick has become a problem for the NFL. Why they have not acted to do more is beyond me. Michael was told not to come to camp. That is training camp, big deal.
“To our fans and all fans of the NFL, we want to emphasize that this team and the entire organization is committed to doing the right things both on and off the field,” Blank said.
“No one …read more

It is now being widely reported that Joey Harrington has earned himself a one-way ticket out of Detroit.
You can hardly say this comes as a surprise, as they have just finished bringing in a completely new system with a new coaching staff and everything.
The fact that Mike Martz thinks he’s hopeless (otherwise he wouldn’t get rid of him) signifies that it neve was the system, or the players, or the coaching, or the fans. He was just an overhyped quarterback coming out of college.
He’ll wind up with a team. I guarantee it. The Bengals need a backup. …read more