Maybe next year...LOL

I’ve been a fan for fifty years and this ain’t nothing like those suck ass teams I saw for decades. We were in the playoffs so we must be doing something right. Screw that depressing shit. This is a good team but it doesn’t have depth or much experience at its core. It will.

Yes, Calvin and Matthew are All Pro players. Best duo in Lions history. Unfortunately they don’t play both sides of ball. IF we play 60 minutes of solid football and lose close in a hostile enviroment, I would see a glimmer of hope. I mean, I understand giving up 6 touchdowns to an all time great like Matt Flynn (heavy sarcasim). For the record the Green Bay loss hurt more than New Orleans only because we had a chance to end the futility of historical consecutive losses at Lambeau and yet had another in a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG line of humiliating loses.Unfortuantely, nothing has changed. We have seen a couple 9, 10 and 12 win seasons over the last 45 years and ALL but one has ended the same with a beat down on National T.V. We had an all time great with Barry Sanders and have a potential all time great with Calvin and possibly Matthew. Suh is a poser. The Saints offensive line made our front four their bitches most of night. We constantly got gashed and had little pressure. I understand people getting angry with my original post. The truth hurts. We did not beat one playoff team all year. We got beat at home by San Fran, Atlanta and nearly got beat twice by a terrible Vikings team. Wake up and smell coffee. Nothing has change as it relates to the Lions. Next year I will once again drink the pre-season kool aid and read how the Lions will challenge for a Wild Card or division title. And once again, just like every year since 1957 we will have our hopes dashed with some head scratching loss just when we think things have changed. Yes, I will be there cheering next year. Remember the definition of insanity. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

First thing in any debate. The minute you have to use foul language or start hurling insults you have lost. I really don’t get angry and those few individuals that would rather hurl an insult than articulate a position. I have learned that is an auto repsonse for insecurity and unhappiness.

I stand by every word I have written. I am impressed with many of the thoughtful posts on this forum. Some I adamently dissagree with, but respect them none the less. The Lions have yet to prove the corner has been turned. We have played 4 playoff games in the last 20 years. We got destroyed in three of them. They couldn’t get to the next level with an all time great like Barry Sanders (won 12 games in 1991! And the corner didn’t get turned as we got blown out at Washington in NFC playoffs after beating Dallas at home). Maybe with Calvin and Matthew things will be different. The only thing I know for sure, is those two are the real deal. Best quarterback and reciever the Lions have had in my lifetime (watching since late 60’s). We had hope with Barry the corner would be turned. Unfortuantely, that was not the case. The Millen era brought in new all time lows. Let’s look at the FACTS. We did NOT beat one playoff team at HOME this year. We had our chance with Green Bay, Atlanta and San Fran. At this point, there is no evidence to think we can go to another level. We have next level talent on offense (shout out to our offensive line at the end of year for protecting Stafford), but our defense proved to be an embarrassment. The tackling was atrocious. Suh is truly overrated. Sorry, when we GET to Super Bowl (don’t even have to win it) I will say the corner has been turned and the “same ole Lions” will not apply. Untill then, I will continue to go to games, continue to hope, but refuse to have my heart broke again like has been done so many times.