Detroit Lions Go from Endangered to Extinct: What Should They Do Now?
This franchise is done. It will get a top-five pick if not the No. 1 pick and it will need miracles in the draft to rebuild. I didn’t believe in curses until I got into sports. Not the Great Bambino’s curse over the Red Sox, not Lance Alworth curse on San Diego, and especially not Bobby Layne’s curse on the Detroit Lions. He said the Lions would “not win for 50 years” after they traded him to the Pittsburgh Steelers. That was in 1958. It is now Oct. 15, 2008. The curse was achieved, but it will be longer. The Lions have fallen to the worst team in the NFL—at least in the James Williamson Standings. They have replaced the St. Louis Rams with their recent activities. They are still 0-5 and I think they will go 0-16. The most I think they can go is 2-14. They are that bad right now. They have lost Roy Williams, their best wide receiver, to the Dallas Cowboys. They let Shaun Rogers, their great defensive tackle, go to the Cleveland Browns during the free agency period. They have just fired
