Lions Have Gotten Done What They Wanted To So Far
The Detroit Lions started the offseason with a checklist of goals to stay successful.
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The Detroit Lions started the offseason with a checklist of goals to stay successful.
The Lions made the playoffs last year for the first time this century, so that's encouraging. What wasn't encouraging, however, was that they started 5-0 before going 5-7 the rest of the way; included in that stretch was a 17-point, opening-round playoff loss to New Orleans.
As you know I am obsessed with Mock Drafts ... well not really -- I'm obsessed with the draft and Mock Drafts satiate my desire to talk draft.
Browsing around on the Detroit Lions site today we came across the headline of "Detroit Lions vs. San Francisco 49ers movie trailer."
The time has come for Detroit to unite and become one for our beloved Lions.
Isn't it funny to think that before last season we as Lions fans would look at the new schedule and not only try and figure out who they may beat during the season, but hope they would get placed in a prime-time game, only to be disappointed they were left off both Monday Night Football and Sunday Night Football?
Rams vs. Lions: The 2009 and 2010 number one picks face off in week one.
The Detroit Lions announced their full 2012 season schedule today. For the first time since the 1998 season, Detroit will appear in five nationally televised games with four prime time appearances.
Detroit Lions lineman Dominic Raiola has some thoughts about former players suing the NFL claiming they weren't protected from head injuries.
Now that they're all together and working hard to get ready for the start of the season, who does Burleson hope to play first? "I would like to see Green Bay," he said.
The NFL Draft is always more perplexing for a team selecting later rather than sooner.
Matthew Stafford was hanging out in Georgia a year ago, recovering from surgery on his right shoulder and waiting for the NFL's labor problems to end.
The Steelers re-signed backup quarterback Charlie Batch to a one-year contract on Monday. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The Lions haven't had a quiet offseason. Instead current and former players have spent a fair amount of time on the police blotter.
