My Lions have very few redeeming qualities right now!!! Ernie Sims was a great draft choice out of Florida St. and has been as good as advertised (2nd in NFL in tackles this year). Calvin Johnson has unlimited potential. Roy Williams is an above average receiver. Jason Hanson is one of league's most consistent kickers (except in the Dallas game when he cost the Lions the game with a 35 yard miss). Mike Furrey and Shawn Mcdonald are adequate possession receivers and Damion Woody is a decent O-lineman.

Now for the bad!!! The Lions can't run the ball because they cannot block well enough coupled with their injury prone back, Kevin Jones. Jon Kitna makes wayyy too many mistakes and lacks a deep ball touch and the O-line gave up nearly 60 sacks this year!!! The defense can't tackle or cover anyone and the special teams coverage is horrendous!!!

If the Lions do not address the O-line and much of the defense in the offseason they will continue the way things have gone since the last time they had a winning record in 2000!

When the hell is this team going to realize how bad Millen is and fire his sorry ass?

Thank God Mike Martz is not in charge of an entire team anymore. No more going for 1 when you're down by 2. No more stupid timeouts, etc...

Jon Kitna is not the answer at QB. McCown is an outstanding backup, but he'll never be the man. If he ever is a starter again he'll need to be a game manager: hand off the ball and when you do have to pass don't force the ball.

Their defense is going to struggle in the Tampa 2, and they will give up a lot of big plays to begin with. Their safeties are not talented enough to be in this system.

This team plays in a weak division, but the Bears will take a 2x4 upside the Lions' head. This team will not make the playoffs in the next 2 years.

From a pure football standpoint, the Lions are horrible.

I give them 3 stars because they're usually good for a laugh.

Greatest Lion Moment: 2002: The Lions win the coinflip in an overtime game, and Lions coach Marty Mornhinweg elects to defend..."We'll take the Wind!"

As long as Matt Millen is still in this franchise and drafting WRs in the 1st round again, Detroit will never see the Lions in the playoffs. I could be a better GM than Millen. I'm a Jets fan. But if I were a Lions fan, I'd be more embarassed. I would root for the opponent and I would not don any Lions apparrel. Well, I have none.

My 11-year old son is a big football fan. A couple of years ago, he had a project where he had to make a map based on mythical land of something that interested the student. My son made a map called "NFL Island." The island was shaped like a football and had landmarks like "McNabb Mountain," "Favre Desert," and "Redskins D.C." My favorite was a small body of water near "Bledsoe City," called "Stinky Lions Lake." It was amazing that my 9-year old boy could sense how bad the Lions were. This was the same Lions team where Coach Marty "Take 2 aspirins and call me in the" Mornhiweg won the toss for OT and KICKED OFF!!! [Bears marched down the field for an easy field go]. Even my son's 4th grade teacher thought that was hilarious. To this day, we call the Lions, "The Lake." Detroit is like the Arizona Cardinals. Every year, they are some pundits sleeper team and they do just that...fall asleep at the line of scrimmage. Here's a team that drafts 3 wide receivers in a row with their #1 pick, and they don't have a QB who can get it to them (Doesn't matter, none of them panned out anyway). If the Ford family built cars like they run this football team, they's still be making Edsels and Pintos. Matt Millen is worse than 99% of the idiots who play fantasy football in assessing talent and chemistry. He needs to be canned ASAP or else Detroit will never see a winning football team again.

Pathetic team, clueless GM.

Better than last year...I like their style, but they pretty much muffed this season again. They could be good if they tried harder; I think maybe they need to piece some more of the puzzle together.

Holy crap....if the Monday Night game against the Rams was an indicator, it's gonna be another long and dreary football season for us starving Lion fans ...(PS, thanks for the 'unhelpful'. Gee, let me guess...The Lions are going all the way this year, right? Dare to dream, 'Einstien'!

I have no idea why the national media loves the Lions and Tigers, but hates the Pistons and Red Wings. The Lions and Tigers suck; always will, always have. For some reason, the national media will write articles till the sun drops on the Lions and Tigers, but even when the Pistons or the Red Wings go deep in the playoffs...it's chirp, chirp, chirp...I think the Lions have a team management problem, and it's not necessarily the coach. They always get great wide receivers, had one great running back and can't seem to get a competent QB to save their life. Not great, not good, DECENT. I believe that if they drafted Ben Roethlisberger, they would still go 3-13. What a bunch of perennial losers.

the lions have the personel now we have to wait to see how long theyre gonna give joey the boot!

AW, COME ON!! MY GRANDMA CAN PLAY BETTER THAN THAT!!!

This team has made a surprising jump from the crap bin to what might actually be considered afootball team. Maybe there is life after Barry Sanders.

They'll be lucky if they reach .500.

they suck total and complete ass!

If I were a Lions fan I'd be jamming tacks under my toenails right now. This has got to be the worst team of all time. They can't do anything right. Joey Harrington is a fruit fly with little talent, and they got the best receiver of the 2003 draft because how much the suck. I feel sorry for Charles Rogers starting his NFL career as the only player worth a damn on this entire team. If were him I would quit and join a monastery. Steve Mariucci must have been on crack when he accepted the coaching job here. This is really a black mark on his resume after some success in San Francisco. What an embarrassment this team is. They wouldn't even be favored against most college teams. I think a new method of torture for death row inmates is to let them wear Lion's jerseys and watch Lions games. They'd be begging for the chair.

not the worst team in the nfl

Great move getting Mariucci. He will make Harrington and Rogers stars.

I'm from Detroit. I've always hated the lions and always will hate the Lions as long as the owner's last name is Ford.

they suck sooooo bad

the furture of the nfc north..

They are in total disarray, but I expect Mariucci will stop the bleeding.

there still around

This team needs a make-over in the worst way. They would have been better off trading Barry, taking the cap hit, but at least getting some draft picks for him or something. What they ended up with was nothing and everybody hoping and praying he comes back year after year. At least they fired Morniwheg this year. Their might be hope for them yet.

NFC North teams are boring, and the Lion has no teeth.

The only reason they got the second star was because of Mariucci. They have a promising young quarterback with a quality backup runningback, a couple of receivers with speed but no major impact yet, and a defense with a few young stars. I predicted a .500 season last year, but I was way off. This year, I'm saying they win 6, including 1 against the Bears. COME BACK BARRY.

WHY did this team hire a television color commentator as its head of player personnel decisions?????

The lions are, have always been, and always be crappy. In spite of a few outstanding players (Barry Sanders) they manage to lose more games than almost anyone and adding an overrated cheerleader, I mean coach from SF won't make any difference. Next year I'll bet they can't even beat da' Bears.

Go D-town!! Its about time The lions spend thier draft pick on something good. 03 draft pick better be as good as harrington is so we can finally win some f*cking games. Cant wait for next year..here we come playoffs. oh btw i hope millen and marty get the out of this town you 2 have tainted detroit.

C'mon. 2 and 14 and it still ranks high on rate it all's charts. Really, this team is bad...as bad as the orange teams. Bye bye Barry, this team will lose with or without you...sorry to have seen you play for such a piece of a team.

My God, this team is in the Top 10??? No way!!

I dont care what anyone says, I am a loyal lions fan I dont go for the superbowl team every year. THis team is definatly on the rise, Joey Harrington, in the future will lead this team very far. GO LIONS!

Perennial losers. Headed that way again. Nuff said.

Mired in mediocrity, this franchise has done nothing in my lifetime to show any interest in being above average. Their complete lack of direction was frustrating enough to drive Barry Sanders into retirement as he was on the verge of becoming the all time career rushing leader.

Im not saying I could play any better than they could, but c'mon, are they ever gonna win. I am from Detroit so I have to support them some. I guess they play okay when you consider theyve huge guys running at them.

I stick by 'em even when they're down! Go Lions. Barry Sanders will always be a part of the Lions!

I'm biased of course. I love the team even though they disappoint every year, hopefully move to Ford Field in 2002 will help team.

DOING MUCH BETTER THAN I THOUGHT THEY WOULD WITH OUT BARRY. MOORE'S INJURY HAS HURT THEM OR THEY MIGHT BE HIGHER IN THE STANDINGS.

i love the fact that they have already won more games than last year when they had Barry Sanders. Barry, please do not come out of retirement, this goes to show that you were a great player, but not the best teammate.

Lions doing fairly well this year, in spite of the obviously great loss, of Mr. BS. The past few games have brought glimpses of the old Lions back into my head, but it certainly seems their better without Mr. RB, now ALL of them can play. If he comes back next year as I've heard, Bobby Ross ought to sit his butt on the bench for the remainder of his contract!