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Lions display a lack of confidence, creativity
Lions display a lack of confidence, creativity
You may remember last year's official NFL slogan, "Who Wants it More" (and there's no way you're ever forgetting it if you were in the Phoenix area for the Super Bowl). This year's official NFL theme is "Believe In Now." Individual teams have their own slogans for each year, too. They'll use them to sell season tickets, coaches may use them as rallying points, ...
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Tuesday Notes: Cardinals Say No to Davenport
Pride Of Detroit — ... that he would like to play for the Cardinals or Lions, but Arizona has no interest in him.  That means if Detroit is looking for a power back to fill the void left by T.J. Duckett's departure, Davenport could easily be brought in.  At this time it doesn't appear that there is a whole lot of interest in Davenport from the Lions' side of things, so only time will tell if talks between the two parties are initiated. MJD over at Shutdown Corner provided some background info on where the Lions' catchphrase came from in their crappy commercial I ...

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