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Time to start over

When I think back to the beginning of the season, and all the hope I had for the blue and silver, it really disappoints me how this season will end.  Most likely it'll be 2-14, with the opportunity for the #1 pick to come here.  This year, however, the Lions can't rely on just the draft to bring in new, young talent.  They need to go out and sign free agents, make trades, and try to find hidden gems, because it's time for the franchise to start over.

It's been 50 years of rebuilding, and I'm sick of it.  I'm sick of "good potential", and "showing heart".  As far as I'm concerned, heart never won a football game and potential is a way around the fact that your football team sucks.  Those phrases have been rampant in Detroit since 1957, and it's never amounted to anything except one lousy playoff win.  One!  But now it's time to do all over again.  Do what has been done wrong for 50 years, and do it right.  Rebuilding.  You have to clean house in Detroit.  I don't want two borderline starting quarterbacks, I want one that is gonna get the job done.  I don't want depth on the offensive line, I want five guys that will knock the snot out of defensive lineman and play with a serious mean streak.  I don't want "injury depleted" to be an excuse for why the front seven sucks every year.  If one guy can't get the job done, then bring in others who can.  If he's injured, trade him for a starter.  And finally, get coaches that can do the job.  I still think that Rod Marinelli might be on to something with his disiplined approach, but he needs to have it be consistant.  You can't disipline Mike Williams, but then leave Shaun Rogers be.  Create a technique for the disipline and stick to it.

We're still probably 3-5 years from being able to cheer on the Lions in January, even if this "rebuilding" is done right.  Because after this year it's back to square one, and it's a long climb up.  I don't care if it's Marinelli or someone else, Millen or someone else, or even Ford or someone else.  As long as the job's done right.

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