Seriously Detroit, it takes a lot of effort to be this bad!
For the first time in NFL history a team has had a record low of 0-16.
Only close to The Lions were the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a 0-14 record back in 1976.
But to lose 16 games in a row? That takes talent. Or a brilliant lack thereof!
Lions coach Rod Marinelli said “No competitor wants to go through something like this. This is not fun to go through, obviously. But there’s people going through a lot worse than this.”
What the hell is he talking about? There’s always people going through worse in the world, but we’re talking about football here. And in football, HIS team is definitely the worst!
And when asked what his next step might be if he were able to keep his job, Marinelli added, “Let me get through step one first.”
Somehow we doubt his contract will be renewed.
But the loss also looks badly on the players.
Center Dominic Raiola said, “I’ve got to live with this. I’ve been here eight years. This is on my resume.”
And kicker Jason Hanson added, “It’s just kind of numb. It’s here. It’s been coming, though, a train rolling down the tracks for a while. We tried to stop it. We couldn’t.”
Lions’ Dan Orlovsky claims “I don’t ever want to be a part of this again. We haven’t won since, November of ’07, maybe? I don’t even know the last time we won a game.”
Sad.
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