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- After Saturday night's crazy Wild Card game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers, the Detroit Lions have some company atop the playoff futility leaderboard:
#Bengals tie record for longest playoff losing streak in #NFLHistory pic.twitter.com/jxod72Qxji
— History of the NFL (@TheNFLHistory) January 10, 2016 - The Lions reached out to Trent Kirchner for an interview, but they reportedly never fully went through with the request:
The Lions did not interview Seahawks co-director of player personnel Trent Kirchner for GM. They got permission, but never scheduled one.
— Josh Katzenstein (@jkatzenstein) January 9, 2016 - The Lions handed out a few more awards to their players. Ameer Abdullah was named the team's rookie of the year, while Riley Reiff pulled in top offensive lineman honors.
- The Lions put together this neat GIF of photos from every single touchdown scored by the team this season:
Flip through each of the #Lions' 42 TDs this season: https://t.co/ZJ81jo8XGd pic.twitter.com/x2gRpw8UBL
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) January 8, 2016
- Joe Banner, former team president of the Eagles and CEO of the Browns, believes the Lions should fire Jim Caldwell and hire Teryl Austin as head coach.
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Ezekiel Ansah took to twitter to express his gratitude for being named to the Associated Press' All-Pro second team:
Humbled & Blessed !! Excited as heck tho hehe https://t.co/AC6TTCPA8d
— Ezekiel Ansah (@Ziggy_Ansah) January 8, 2016
- Pro Football Focus listed the best defensive player from every team. The Lions' best defensive player? Darius Slay.