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You and Drew Carey man.Dark Flame wrote:Well, I was also the only one to correctly call the Giants-Browns game earlier this season, so occasionally even the blind rabid Browns fan gets it right!
Seriously I love you because it means there is a fan on this board of a team worse than the 49ers, and now Hav and I don't look so bad.
There has to be a Lions fan out there somewhere.Darth Fanboy wrote: You and Drew Carey man.
Haha thanks, I think.That NOS Guy wrote:There has to be a Lions fan out there somewhere.Darth Fanboy wrote: You and Drew Carey man.
Darth Garden Gnome, but I haven't seen him in a looooooooooooooooooooong time.That NOS Guy wrote:There has to be a Lions fan out there somewhere.Darth Fanboy wrote: You and Drew Carey man.
I am however, still debating weather or not to be a Raider fan. I like Tom Cable and the youth of the team, but... they are the Raiders. 
It's kinda like rooting for Palpatine and the Empire. They have great uniforms, but you know they will turn on you. 
GO EAGLES!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Absolute imperfection: Lions become first team to finish 0-16
Green Bay, WI (Sports Network) - The Detroit Lions became the first team in NFL history to go 0-16 as Aaron Rogers threw three touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers put down the Lions, 31-21, to end Detroit's season of futility.
The Lions (0-16) became the first team since the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who went 0-14 in their expansion season, and the first team since the league went to a 16-game format to finish a full campaign without a win.
The Lions now join the 1962 New York Mets (40-112), the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers (9-73) and the 1974-75 Washington Capitals (8-67-5) as having the worst season in their respective sports. However, the Mets and Capitals were both expansion teams when they set the mark.
Detroit has finished winless previously, going 0-11 in the 1942 campaign that saw the war-depleted Lions outscored by a whopping 263-38.
Dan Orlovsky went 22-for-42 with 225 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions while Calvin Johnson had nine catches for 102 yards and two scores for the Lions, who have dropped 17 straight overall and 12 consecutive games on the road.
Rodgers went 21-for-31 with 308 yards while Donald Driver had six catches for 111 yards and a score for the Packers (6-10), who stopped a five-game skid, but missed the playoffs just one season after going 13-3 and coming within an overtime loss of playing in the Super Bowl.
Trailing by a touchdown early in the third quarter, the Detroit defense came up with a big play as Ryan Grant fumbled the ball on a carry and Kalvin Pearson recovered it at the Green Bay 11. Two plays later, Johnson caught a pass over the middle and raced into the end zone from 14 yards out to tie the game with 10:20 left in the third.
The score remained that way through the rest of the third quarter, but the Packers took a 17-14 lead on a 36-yard field goal from Mason Crosby just 1:26 into the fourth on a drive that spanned the third and fourth quarters.
After holding Detroit to a three-and-out on the ensuing possession, the Packers made it a 24-14 game as Rodgers hit John Kuhn out in the left flat and he just stretched the ball into the end zone on a five-yard score with 8:34 to play.
Detroit, though, needed just four plays to make it a three-point game. Orlovsky hit John Standeford on passes of 35 and 36 yards and Kevin Smith capped the drive with a nine-yard score to make it a 24-21 game with 7:32 to play.
The Packers, though, needed just one play to again make it a 10-point game as Rodgers found Driver wide open down the right sideline and he took it into the end zone on an 80-yard score.
Orlovsky was picked off with under three minutes to play and Green Bay killed off the rest of the clock.
After an exchange of punts to start the game, Green Bay took a 7-0 lead as DeShawn Wynn took a pitch out to the right, followed his blockers and raced down the sideline for a 73-yard score with 8:49 left in the first.
With Detroit holding the ball near midfield, Charles Woodson picked off Orlovsky and returned the ball to the Detroit 41. Six plays later, Rodgers found Jermichael Finley in the right corner of the end zone on a three-yard score for a 14-0 lead with 1:29 left in the first.
The Lions, though, answered with a long drive to get on the board. A 12-play drive that covered 63 yards was capped when Orlovsky threw a fade to the left side of the end zone and Johnson came down with the ball for a nine-yard score with 11:17 left in the second to make it a 14-7 game. The big play of the drive was a fourth down conversion that saw Orlovsky hit Keary Colbert for 11 yards to move the chains.
Game Notes
The Lions have dropped nine of the last 10 against Green Bay and have lost 17 straight road games in the series...Driver finished the season with over 1,000 yards receiving, the fifth straight time he has done that...Rodgers threw for over 4,000 yards on the season and became just the second quarterback in NFL history, Kurt Warner being the first, to throw for over 4,000 yards in his first year as a starter...Grant had 19 carries for 106 yards while Wynn finished the game with eight carries for 105 yards...Smith had 28 carries for 92 yards and a score.
As I said before, a complete and utter dismantling of the entire franchise from the top management down. This isn't bad like the Dolphins were bad, where it was simply coaching and quality of players. It isn't Atlanta where it was off the field issues. It isn't even the Raiders where it is just perceived bad ownership but the team is still competitive.
He looks unwell.havokeff wrote:Holy fucking shit. Jerry Jones is going to have a stroke. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if people are fired tonight in Dallas.
No. Elway won some playoff games. Tony Romo is the new Bobby Hebert.Edit: Check that. The Jets are getting their shit together. And FUCKING WOW. Tony Romo is the new John Elway pre-SB wins? Y/N?
2 scores ago, the local (Eagles) radio guys started praising Romo. Now they are calling (in jest) for the game to end now for humanitarian reasons.Elfdart wrote:I guess the Eagles really wanted that last playoff spot.
You are a mean, cold hearted individual.Elfdart wrote:I guess the Eagles really wanted that last playoff spot.
No. Elway won some playoff games. Tony Romo is the new Bobby Hebert.Edit: Check that. The Jets are getting their shit together. And FUCKING WOW. Tony Romo is the new John Elway pre-SB wins? Y/N?
YES!FSTargetDrone wrote: Except it's the hated Cowboys.
Pile it on!
Reid is actually smiling on the sidelines and waving his arms at the crowd to stir up more cheers. Astonishing.havokeff wrote:YES!FSTargetDrone wrote: Except it's the hated Cowboys.
Pile it on!
Moreover, the last time the Chargers had a chance to be in charge of their division was week 2 when Ed Hochuli blew a call and swung it in Denver's favor. We went 0-2 with a head-to-head loss instead of 1-1 with a tie-breaking win.havokeff wrote:Well a week ago he was out and McNabb was gone. Now they have a chance to win the Superbowl. You have to love this league.
(edit: changed "year" to "regular season;" made more sense) "I don't believe what I just saw!"havokeff wrote:Edit: IT'S GOOD!!!