0-16 Lions worst team ever
Detroit is going to go 0-16 and they have to be considered the worst football team ever. Just like I still believe that the 1985 Bears are the best team ever I’m sure I can get some people to disagree with me on both points. The Lions were expected to win close to 8 games with a very talented offense in place despite Jon Kitna at quarterback. Kitna is a decent NFL qb and has been since 1950, or so it seems, but his teams just don’t go very far. He throws too many interceptions and takes too many risks for my liking.
Who can compare? Well in 1976 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were in their first year as a franchise and went on to go 0-14. To be a Buc in those days was horrible. But they were an expansion franchise and the Lions have had top draft picks each year for nearly a decade and nothing to really show for it. Getting rid of Matt Millen was a great step but it still hasn’t given them a win yet. They’ve come close a couple times but close doesn’t count. They are horrible.
In 1982, the Colts went 0-8 in a strike shortened season and they were bad. You’ll remember this because as a result the Colts got the top pick in the draft next season and John Elway announced he would not play football for the Colts so they decided to take him and immediately trade his draft rights to the Broncos for a pro bowl guard named Chris Hinton. The Lions have drafted a slew of solid wide receivers only to be left now with Calvin Johnson and some scrubs to try to throw the ball to him.
The point is that they are the worst team ever due to the fact that they encompass everything that is wrong with a pro football team in a city that needs a successful team more than any other city in America right now. In each of our lives we have our problems and our sports teams help us get through those times. When the Cubs, Bears or Bulls win a game it makes each day that much better for me. With the people in Detroit wondering about jobs and life and mortgages right now i would really hope that for one day/one season the Lions could bring these people some well deserved joy and relief if even for a short time. Oh, except for the two times they play the Bears each year.
