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Team Alucard

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  1. A win next week and the Lions finish 7-9, 2 games shy of my pre-season prediction of 9-7. And if you factor i nthe two games that they had stolen by the refs (@Seattle, Vs. GB) then my prediction was right on the money. =)

    Season was obviously over months ago, but I'm glad they've managed to look respectable down the stretch.

    Hopefully the new FO doesn't blow everything up. This team isn't terrible, just needs better O-Line play and they could be in business next year.

    I think Stafford at the very least has shown management that he deserves to stay. He's easily having his best season since 2011. Don't wanna see Megatron get traded/released either but with his contract who knows what will happen.

    At the very least, next year's schedule likely won't be as brutal as it was this season. (8 games against playoff teams)

  2. Its hard to even be mad or disappointed when you're conditioned to expect these things to happen...

    Tough loss, but probably doesn't even crack the top 10 for worst losses I've seen.

    Just off the top of my head from the past few seasons:

    2010 opener against the Bears that ended with Calvin getting robbed of the game-winning TD. Had the TD stood this win would have ended their record road game losing streak.

    Losing Stafford to injury and a double-digit lead in the 4th qtr against the Jets in 2010

    Matt Flynn having the greatest performance in Packers history in the final game of the 2011 season despite half the Packer's starters benched and playing against a Lions team that was desperately fighting for playoff seeding to win in GB for the first time in decades.

    The following WC game where they got annihilated by the Saints in New Orleans, who they could have avoided had they been able to beat Matt Flynn.

    Colts scoring 2 TDs in the final 2 minutes in Luck's rookie year, including the game winner as time expired.

    2012 Thanksgiving game against the Texans when they got screwed because Schwartz threw a challenge on a Texans TD run, thus drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and nullifying the review which would have showed that it wasn't a TD. Not to mention Jason Hanson missing what would have been the game winning FG in OT.

    Justin Tucker going 6/6 on field goals, including kicking the 61 yarder to beat the Lions on MNF and essentially end their season in 2013.

    Last years WC playoff against the Cowboys

    Calvin fumbling at the 1 yard-line against the Seahawks, followed by the missed illegal bat penalty by the officials.

  3. so uhh is Jim Bob Cooter the Lions' savior?

    Hahaha. No, they just don't have the luxury of playing the Eagles every week. Plus the Lions generally play well on Thanksgiving.

    The offense hasn't really been that much better since they canned Lombardi, the victories in the past two weeks over GB and Oakland were more because of the defense. Stafford and company didn't do much.

    Hopefully they continue to play well down the stretch and finish with a somewhat respectable record. 4 of the remaining 5 games are winnable, and finishing 8-8 after starting 0-5 would be a fairly impressive turnaround.

    Caldwell is probably gone either way but I don't want the new GM to burn everything to the ground by trading Stafford and Megatron. This team is not terrible, they just need a better offensive line.

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