Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football

The Elite Detroit Lions

I have my cigar ready and a Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout ready for game time.

I am going to enjoy this tasty Stout as I watch the Detroit Lions here on Monday Night Football.  As I sit down and turn on the TV the person says, ‘DeAndre Levy says the Detroit Lions deserve to be in the talk along with the elite teams.’  Is this an intoxicated player, is he delusional, is he just flapping his lips like a lying politician.  YES!  If he did say this – he is nuts!  The Lions are 7-6 before this game.  How many elite teams are playing 7-6 football – let’s say ZERO.  Let’s draw the line at 10-3 for the record at this point in the season to be considered elite.

Lions in the elite discussion?  How about the elite of losers not winner.  Let’s take a look at their record during the 2009 to the 2012 seasons – with the same coach they have right now.  They have 22 wins with 42 losses.  That is the profile of a winner!  Include the 7-6 they are right now and under Jim Schwartz they are 29 and 48.  That is 29 wins and 48 losses. ELITE - sure they are.  

Let’s look at their record over the last 13 years (up to this point in the season) they have a 60 and 145 record.  Yes, that is 60 wins and 145 losses.  During that 13 year period they have one playoff game and they lost. When a team makes the playoffs just one time in 13 years - I always think Elite.

And, there are people here in Detroit that believe this team is elite.  And, now we have a player saying, we should be in the discussion among the elite teams. 

Okay, sure the Detroit Lions ‘should’ be in this discussion among the elite teams of the NFL – as a joke! 

The Lions know one thing and that is how to lose.  They were in first place this season at 5-1.  Green Bay lost their star Quarterback.  The Bears lost their Quarterback and when he plays he is a one legged Quarterback.  The Lions did beat the Bears and the Bears had a one legged Quarterback and then a back-up Quarterback and almost won that game.  The Mighty Detroit Lions beat a one legged Quarterback by 2 points.  Yippy!!! 

The Detroit Lions are so elite that if they win tonight they will be tied with the one legged Bears at 8-6.  Yes, the Lions have the tie-breaker.  Elite teams are not in this situation when you have a talented team like this Detroit team.  An elite team would be 10 and 3 or how about 11-2; but this team hates winning; they hate being in first place and they have done everything to give up first place and nothing to win it outright or to be in the discussion about elite teams.