tl;dr How will the lions fare in 2008-2009?After countless rebuilding years, poor defense. Good drafts .. but to many WR, poor management, and coming off a "Good" year (yes .. it was a great year for Lions fans nationwide.) Will this year be different? Packers lose Favre, Bears have contract issues, Vikings are .. the Vikings. Lions have rebuilt the past .. hell .. the past franchise history. How do the Lions fare in the weakest division in football?
The Packers losing Brett Favre in favor of Aaron Rodgers will be like the Yankees losing Wally Pipp in favor of Lou Gehrig.
>>192283Thats a little extreme for only seeing the guy play for a drive is it not?
>>192283Lol no.
I predict a 7-9, 3rd place finish for the lions. I think that the Vikings will win the division, and the Packers still have enough without Favre to finish second. The Bears, of course, are completely fucked.
The lions have no Offense... and an even worse defenseThey can keep their fuck-ton of WR's but with Kita throwing to them...It's not going to be good for Lions fans this year..
>>192283>>192287>>192288ITT: How the Lions fare in NFC North not Aaron Rodgersimo, Lions miss wildcard by an inch, Packers finish first in NFC North.
>>192293Lions arn't that bad offensively. Roy Williams and Calvin Johnson and catch it if Rod Marinelli (sp?) threw it down feild. Although, Bell is a question at HB. Losing Jones is a big uh oh, need a backfield quick.
>>192291Pretty much agree with this
TEN WINS!
Drew Stanton should start ahead of Kitna, in my opinion.
Hey Lionsfags, this man's name is Brian Calhoun. He's sitting on the bench in your shitty uniform right now. If you play him, he's a 1500 yard back, no question. Either play him or ship him.
>>192280There are Lion fans nationwide?
>>192325OP hereSurprisingly ... I know a few Lions fans places other then Michigay.I'm not from Michigay, I hate Michigay.O-H
>>192324Calhoun is the 3rd down back now since Jones' departure.
>>192324If he went to Wiscy that means he fucking sucks.
>>192337He was a God at Wisconsin. Hardest runner I have ever seen in my life. If he would have stayed for his senior year, he would have been a Heisman candidate and a first round pickhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=5HXyOnrDFCUthis vid sucks but all youtube had
>>192350Ron Dayne
haha, I've been a Lionsfag my whole lifeafter we lost Barry Sanders and then went a whole season with no wins at all I kind of gave up even caringI have the euro 2008 thread open in another tab, if that doesn't tell you enough
>>192324doubt it, unless his real name is barry sanders.6-10 at best, despite 7-9 luck of last season.
BEARS WILL TAKE THE DIVISION
As long as they don't have Barry Sanders they can go fuck themselves.
>>192637RAX...GRISSMAN
FUCK THIS I 'M GOING DEEP
anyone have any pics/links of chicks pissing?
Matt Millen fucks over the Lions every year, even if it looks good.
sageim from Detroit and ive never heard of this team
>>192665Agreed the only Lions team I know of is the B.C. Lions.
also forgot to sage
>>192661I'm glad this thread was broken down to this level.
Jesus Christ, car, etc
The Lions need to never start Buck PEirce again. The loss to Calgary last night was pretty much entirely his fault.
NFC NORTH RECORD PREDICTIONSPackers - 10-6Vikings - 7-9Lions - 5-11Bears - 3-13
Detroit isn't going anywhere this year. They have perhaps the worst offensive line in the NFL, and they are in a division with the Viking, Packer and Bear defenses.They'll be down to Mike Furrey at QB by Christmas.
>>192973I didn't think it was his fault, as much as it was the O Line's. I mean, it's hard trying to look for an open reciever and try to get a good pass to him when you have a 200 lbs man about to knock you down in 2 seconds.
>>192662agree'd
Barely make the wildcard, win superbowl XLIII over the New England Patriots who were 18-0 at the time. Bobby Layne Curse ends.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080628/SPORTS01/80628043booya!
So is Calvin Johnson going to be the next great thing?
im hoping so, he played good last year, jsut gotta cross fingers and hope no more major injuries
>>192973I agree, but don't forget our O-line isn't doing to well. Oh well in four or five years B.C will get Billy Greene, Spencer Betts, and Mitchell Bostche anyways they're set.