Sports in Perspective
If I said the Lions need to go out and get a quarterback this offseason, even the biggest bandwagon-jumper would be able to remind me of the season Matthew Stafford just had. Stafford’s 5,000+ yards passing and 41 touchdowns were both Lion records, but it is in fact true that one of the Lions’ more [...]
After the anguish of being eliminated from the playoffs passed and I had time to really think about the 2011 Detroit Lions, my mood lightened. Yes, the team was ousted by a wide margin in New Orleans and the game was tough to stomach for Lions fans, but hope remains. The Lions had a special [...]
For the very first time in my brief sports writing career, I don’t know where to begin. First, I should start by saying that the 45-28 drubbing the Saints put on the Lions seemed a lot closer than the score for much of the game. The result just doesn’t seem right. Yes, the Saints were [...]
Jim Schwartz has no shortage of bulletin board material this week. Not only is this the Lions first playoff appearance since 1999, not only would a win be the franchise’s first since George H.W. Bush was president, but now the Saints have upped the ante. Shortly after the Superdome was cleared out following a University [...]
When I took this position as the Detroit Lions correspondent here at isportsweb, I’d be lying if I said I expected to still be writing in week 18. The playoffs have been something Lion fans constantly talk about, but only the foolish ones actually believed the team had a chance at going to the postseason. [...]
Had you told me that the Lions would score 41 points against a Packer team without Aaron Rodgers, and I would have predicted a Lions win. Today, my prediction would have been wrong, as backup quarterback Matt Flynn led Green Bay to a 45-41 victory. Flynn played like a perennial all-star on Sunday, or at [...]
In a league where any team can beat just about any other team on any given week (see Colts def. Texans last week), the Detroit Lions have been the exception of that rule. It has been since 1991 that the Lions have beaten the Packers at their home turf, Lambeau Field. But the Lions haven’t [...]
Every year the Pro Bowl rosters come out, several deserving players are left out in the cold. This year, a few Lions can say they should be going to Honolulu, but only one will actually make the trip. Wide Receiver Calvin Johnson was named to his second Pro Bowl (surprise!) this year, after having a [...]
Lions fans everywhere just got the best Christmas present of all: the team’s first playoff berth since 1999. With Saturday’s win against the San Diego Chargers, the Lions clinched their first bid in the post-season in 11 years; a drought that matched the NFL’s longest. Of all the things I expected to see Christmas Eve, [...]
For the first time this millennium, the Detroit Lions have the inside track to a playoff spot. Win one of their final two contests, and the Lions will play in the post-season for the first time since 1999. Standing in the Lions’ way this week are the San Diego Chargers, who travel to Ford Field [...]