Millen & Ford plan to give Detriot the middle finger this year.

 
        How did we come to this?  How did the Lions go from a respected (giggle, giggle) franchise to a the laughing stock of the NFL?  The answer to your question lies in two men.  William Clay Ford (WCF) and Matt Millian (MM)?  And now they are going to get the final laugh on the city of Detroit.        This past year they had a 7-9 season, that is respectable (hehehe) until you break it down.  They started 6-2 and then went on a 7 game losing streak before winning the last one.  That is pathetic, that shows the team quitting and the management failing.      Yesterday, they released their prized DE (Edwards) and their best running back (Jones) leaving them periously thin at both those positions.  Remember that they traded Shaun Rogers and lost TJ Duckett.      If you think that the draft is going ... [link]

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