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Why the Detroit Lions Suck

Monty McMahon by Monty McMahon
June 17, 2014
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The Detroit Lions. They have one all-world player every now and again, but ultimately squander that guy’s talent because, well, they’re the Detroit Lions. They’re a bunch of sad sacks, from the organization to the players to the fans. The Lions are always such a non-factor that they’re not even fun to hate. They’re just… there. Here’s why the Detroit Lions suck.

Team: Detroit Lions

2013 record: 7-9

Most people probably don’t remember this, but the Leos were 6-3 after beating the Bears in Chicago in week 10 and looked like they were going to run away with the NFC North. They were 7-5 after throttling the Packers on Thanksgiving. But these are the Lions we’re talking about. And what did they do? In true Detroit Lions fashion, they crapped the bed and lost their last four games.

Leos!

Detroit Lions suck

Coach: His name is Jim Caldwell. He leads the league in blandness. He also wears this same bewildered expression all of the time.

Jim Caldwell: bewilderment

The Leos needed to do something though. They let Jim Schwartz be their coach for five seasons. He had one playoff appearance in those five seasons, while installing his patented system of thuggery and criminal behavior. Seriously, under Schwartz, the Lions actually started to give the Vikings a run for their money for the offseason arrests title. So where Schwartz failed in winning football games, he made up for in total lack of accountability.

Enter Caldwell, who is pretty much the exact opposite of Schwartz. Well, except for the not winning part. Caldwell’s record as a college coach was 26-63. His record as coach of the Indianapolis Colts was 26-22. While that looks okay, Caldwell had Peyton Manning for two of those seasons and went 24-8. The one season he didn’t have Manning, he went 2-14.

He does not have Peyton Manning this year.

Draw your own conclusions, but we’re pretty sure this guy is the perfect coach for the Lions.

On a side note, he was born in Beloit, Wisconsin. Does that mean we should root for him?

Ehhhhhhh…

Quarterback: Butterball! Also known as Matthew Stafford.

Butterball consistently leads the league in face fat, keg stands done and throwing into triple coverage. He has also become the role model for backwards ballcap wearing bros everywhere, taking that coveted title from Tony Romo. Because when you wear a ballcap, the only way to wear it is backwards! Bro!

Broness aside, Butterball totally has two things going for him. He’s got that huge arm and he’s got that Calvin Johnson. The former makes it possible to force balls in to the latter, even when triple covered, that sometimes connect.

And sometimes are the best odds you’re going to get if you’re a Detroit Lion.

I mean, never mind that there are other guys to throw the football to. Calvin Johnson might probably make this catch… maybe. Force it!

Matthew Stafford

Why the Detroit Lions Suck

Not many teams can lay claim to the level of ineptness that the Detroit Lions can. Take a look at these numbers — 15 playoff appearances, four division championships, four conference championships, four NFL championships, zero Super Bowl appearances.

Yeah, the Lions have won four NFL championships. The last one came in 1957. And the rest of those numbers might look okay if, say, the Lions were the Jacksonville Jaguars. But this franchise started playing football in 1930. Fifteen playoff appearances in 84 years of existence.

The Lions make the playoffs a little over once a decade.

Seriously, we’re not even going to talk about why this year’s version of the Lions is going to suck. They’re going to suck because they’re the Lions. That’s just what they do.

Okay, here’s where they don’t suck

I’m having a real hard time coming up with anything to put in this section. Perhaps this is where we point out that Lions great Alex Karras also played Mongo in Blazing Saddles and starred in the TV show Webster.

Alex Karras on Webster

Top Five Detroit Lions Turds

5. Scott Mitchell — This guy was such a turd that one of his own linemen — Lomas Brown — said he often purposely missed blocks because he hoped the opposing team would knock Mitchell out of the game. I am not making that up.

4. Andre Ware — People have probably forgotten what a bust this guy was because he played for the Lions and they’re always terrible anyway. He was seventh overall pick in 1990. He lasted only four years in the league and was never a full-time starter. You have to be really awful to be a first-round pick and not be given the opportunity to start at some point.

3. Golden Tate — Yup, the Lions signed this turd in the offseason. Because of course they did.

2. Titus Young — Man, where to even begin? Purposely sabotaged plays because he wasn’t getting the ball enough, punched one of his own teammates, got sent away from the team by staunch disciplinarian Jim Schwartz and got arrested again and again and again.

1. Matt Millen — He didn’t even play for the Lions and yet he more or less single-handedly ran the team further into the ground than was even believed possible, which is a hell of a feat. Millen was responsible for drafting receivers in the first round of three straight drafts (none of which were any good) and assembling the roster of the only 0-16 team in NFL history. If you ever need anyone to take incompetence to whole other unforeseen level, hire this guy.

Detroit Lions suck

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Comments 4

  1. Avatar for Howard Howard says:
    9 years ago

    There are so many more reasons why the Lions suck. Not sure there was enough time to write them all down since the Vikings suck article must be huge. You have to include more than five turds in the Viking article.

    The only other positive item that was missed is Barry Sanders. It was hard to watch a game with Sanders involved and not hold your breath until The whistle was blown. The games with Sanders and the Reggie White defenses were classic games.
    Always liked the way Sanders when scoring just handed the ball to the ref like he had been there, done that. Just didn’t like it when it was against us. To think we could have drafted Sanders instead we took a real turd Mandrich.

  2. Avatar for Phatgzus Phatgzus says:
    9 years ago

    Hood shit, gent, although I would submit that Barry, Karras, and Megatron were/are scintillating little sapphires bandied about unconcernedly in a fetid shitstorm of incompetence that is the Leos of Daytwa.

  3. Avatar for MGP MGP says:
    9 years ago

    “Caldwell had Peyton Manning for two of those seasons and went 24-8. The one season he didn’t have Manning, he went 2-14”.

    How many games can MM win in a full season without A. Rodgers?!

    • Avatar for Phatgzus Phatgzus says:
      9 years ago

      More than 2.

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