Highest single week score, baby! WHOO!Quote:
Originally Posted by MrDigital
Too bad my average sucked.
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Highest single week score, baby! WHOO!Quote:
Originally Posted by MrDigital
Too bad my average sucked.
I wish there where skins fans in the house, so I could trade a little pre-game smack. To alleviate nervousness if nothing else.
LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by r'aggro
Ask, and ye shall recieve... They are my 2nd fav team. *Almost* as much as the 'Phins. My team of the NFC.
Ok the Lions are a disaster. Has anyone followed what went down with Martz? They fired Martz and promoted Jim Colletto to O.C. and Kippy Brown to "passing game director", "assistant head coach", and "running backs coach".
Ok first Jim Colletto has like a 30-80 record at the college level for OC and above. Second what the crap are they doing with Kippy Brown?! Third, tell me this doesn't sound like more Lions idiocy. The owner of the team never speaks. The GM is 31-81! Are you kidding me? Never in the history of the league has a GM kept his job after doing such a terrible job, let alone had job security.
I will now go through Matt Millen's draft record, this will amaze you.
2002
- 1 3 Joey Harrington QB Oregon - bust
- 2 35 Kalimba Edwards DE South Carolina - will be cut
- 3 68 Andre' Goodman DB South Carolina - not on team
- 4 134 John Taylor DE Montana State - not on team
- 5 138 John Owens TE Notre Dame - not on team
- 6 175 Chris Cash CB USC - not on team
- 7 214 Luke Staley RB Brigham Young - not on team
- 7 252 Matt Murphy TE Maryland - not on team
- 7 259 Victor Rogers G Colorado - not on team
2003
- 1 2 Charles Rogers WR Michigan State - one of the biggest busts of recent years
- 2 34 Boss Bailey OLB Georgia - mediocre and a free agent
- 3 66 Cory Redding DE Texas - Highest paid DT in the league -1 sack 30+ tackles
- 4 99 Artose Pinner RB Kentucky - not on team
- 5 137 Terrence Holt DB North Carolina State - not on team
- 5 144 James Davis LB West Virginia - not on team
- 6 175 David Kircus WR Grand Valley State - not on team
- 7 216 Ben Johnson T Wisconsin - not on team
- 7 220 Blue Adams CB Cincinnati - not on team
- 7 236 Brandon Drumm -- Colorado - not on team
- 7 260 Travis Anglin -- Memphis - not on team
2004
- 1 7 Roy Williams WR Texas - good pick
- 1 30 Kevin Jones RB Virginia Tech- decent pick, though lots of injuries
- 2 37 Teddy Lehman OLB Oklahoma - special teams player
- 3 73 Keith Smith CB McNeese State - down the depth chart
- 5 140 Alex Lewis LB Wisconsin- down the depth chart
- 6 172 Kelly Butler T Purdue - not on team
2005
- 1 10 Mike Williams WR USC - lol, huge bust
- 2 37 Shaun Cody DE USC - down the depth chart
- 3 72 Stanley Wilson DB Stanford - meh
- 5 145 Dan Orlovsky QB Connecticut - 3rd string QB
- 6 184 Bill Swancutt DE Oregon State - not on team
- 6 206 Johnathan Goddard LB Marshall - not on team
2006
- 1 9 Ernie Sims OLB Florida State - nice pick
- 2 40 Daniel Bullocks SS Nebraska - on IR, but maybe good
- 3 74 Brian Calhoun RB Wisconsin - not on team
- 5 141 Jonathan Scott T Texas - IR - unknown
- 6 179 Dee McCann CB West Virginia - not on team
- 7 217 Fred Matua G USC - not on team
- 7 247 Anthony Cannon LB Tulane - special teams
2007
- 1 2 Calvin Johnson WR Georgia Tech - should be a superstar... hopefully
- 2 43 Drew Stanton QB Michigan State - on IR - ??
- 2 58 Ikaika Alama-Francis DE Hawaii - played a little at the end of the season
- 2 61 Gerald Alexander FS Boise State - nice player
- 4 105 A.J. Davis CB North Carolina State - not on team
- 4 117 Manny Ramirez G Texas Tech - not on team
- 5 158 Johnny Baldwin LB Alabama A&M - not on team
- 7 255 Ramzee Robinson CB Alabama - way down the depth chart
I count between 6-8 players who are between good players and at least contribute out of 47 picks. So lets be generous and say 10/47 are at least contributing to your team out of the last 5 drafts.
How do you go 31-81, have an 80% record of your draft picks be busts, cut, out of football, etc... and keep your job in the NFL? He's not even on the chopping block. His job is not even in question.
His most recent move was trading Dre Bly to Denver for George Foster and Tatum Bell. George Foster was a disaster and Tatum Bell was inactive for most of the season. He traded away one of the best defensive players for nothing, literally.
I don't know if I can take this much longer.
Plus I believe he is the second best paid GM in football. I don't know if he is quite at Isiah Thomas levels of awful, but I find it absolutely stunning that he can hold on to his job given the team's performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by spamjedi
LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by spamjedi
Try being a Miami fan in those same years.
Wanna compare who has the fewest players drafted NOT on the team? LOL!
The Lions really should have drafted Joe Thomas. And how does a 4 game improvement get Martz fired when their defense gave up the most points in the league?
Cause someone needed to be the fall guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by WolfNoob
Because there is a significant amount of organizational ineptitude here. Its not a player, or a coach, or a scheme, those have all changed many times in 6 or 7 years. The GM and, more specifically, the owner are whats constant. They are just terrible.Quote:
Originally Posted by WolfNoob
What source did you use for that player list? Manny Ramirez is still on the Lions. I know he played a couple of weeks ago against KC. Not going to bother checking out anybody else, I just know about him because I knew him for a little while in college.
Also - my, how the Lions fan's tone has changed since week 9. :D
I don't follow the phins, but I'll take your word for it. However the Lions are still the worst team in football over the last 6 or 7 years. Arguably one of the worst organizations in sports.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spank_Me_Hard
I'm still a fan, but it might prove too taxing.
The player list is off of NFL's site, the comments are mine. I think its pretty accurate.Quote:
Originally Posted by monroeski
Manny Ramirez is a practice squad player, I didn't count him, he got called up because of injuries I think.
LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by spamjedi
I dunno... the 'Phins may give them a run for their money. And at least at this point... are much MUCH worse.
'Phins haven't made the playoffs for like 6 seasons. So I think that they're "tied" in that area. At least this season the Lions were actually competitive at one point.
I'll throw this into the discussion - Dolphins just fired their head coach after only one season. :D
Old defense, new head coach (and all but 2 assistants have been let go as well), new GM. Get ready for another long season next year.
Maybe it's just me being overly optimistic... but I'm counting on yet another one of Parcell's miraculous turnabouts.Quote:
Originally Posted by monroeski
Don't get me wrong... I'm not thinking Super Bowl... or even playoffs next year. Just being competitive again.
I thought that the Jets that Parcells inherited were absolutely atrocious. He does have a good track record with these things. Mind you... as a coach.
Worst case scenerio... is that there is nowhere to go but up.