So here we sit. We are fans of a 0-5 football team.
It seems to be common place for this team to totally collapse after lucking out into a winning year. And judging by fan reactions, they’re fed up.
What other team has acronyms and phrases that have formed such a personal connection with its fan base? Terms like “Lionzied”, SOL (Same Old Lions), I-75 eye’s, Detroit Lie-Downs, Motor City Kitties all resonate somewhere deep inside fans minds. There is no pride in this, only the pain of the most tragic plight of fandom.
Yes, Lions nation, the Detroit Lions are the worst organization in professional sports not just the NFL and we cannot get enough. We’re abused here in Detroit and it’s disgusting. Let’s face it, look at ourselves in the mirror. Realize we need help.
What other team in the four major sports can claim the ineptitude of the Detroit Lions? There isn’t one.
We don’t need to have a history lesson here but just look recently. In 2007 Detroit started 6-2 and finished 7-9, following that up in 2008 with the historic 0-16. Fast forward to 2011 when the Lions looked like it was the start if a new trend. 10-6 and things were looking on the up and up, Matthew Stafford turned in an amazing year with 5,000 yards and 40 touchdown passes only to follow that up with 4-12 record in 2012.
Thus bringing us to gift wrapped 2013 season. 6-3 in first place with Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers out and Chicago’s Jay Cutler out. How do you screw that up? Well, you simply go 1-6 to close the year and quit on the field. So as you can see this team’s history of meltdowns is on a level that could be compared to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
I told fans two weeks ago you have permission to have your Sundays back. Your time is valuable and they don’t deserve it, yet Ford Field still sells out.
Why does this still happen? Is it the one playoff win a couple decades ago? The #1 overall draft pick in 2009 Matthew Stafford? Or as he should be known as now, the worst starting QB in the NFL in 2015 statically.
So spare me with “I’m Lions Free”. Spare me the jersey burning. You’ll be back. It might not be next week or the following one, but the first coach or executive firing or next draft pick or free agent signing you’ll be right there thinking about the comeback. It is NFL football and it’s a sickness that permeates here in Detroit, making us all addicts.