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Matt Millen: Lions fans picked me as 'bad guy'
Matt Millen: Lions fans picked me as 'bad guy'
Jeff Schrier | Saginaw News File PhotoFormer Lions general manager Matt Millen says Detroit pinned him as the bad guy for all ills in the city. Just so we're clear, former Detroit Lions general manager Matt Millen does not hold...
Best of the Worst Lions: 10. Bill Schroeder and Az-Zahir Hakim
Best of the Worst Lions: 10. Bill Schroeder and Az-Zahir Hakim
blog.mlive.com — Bookmark It's Just Sports or subscribe to our RSS feed. Hey, summer's here, there are few sports... going on, so why not look at some of the worst athletes to play pro sports in Detroit the last 20 years?... (more) Best of the Worst Lions: 10. Bill Schroeder and Az-Zahir ...
Best of the Worst Lions: 9. Bryant Westbrook
Best of the Worst Lions: 9. Bryant Westbrook
blog.mlive.com — Bookmark It's Just Sports or subscribe to our RSS feed. Hey, summer's here, there are few sports... going on, so why not look at some of the worst athletes to play pro sports in Detroit the last 20 years?... (more) Best of the Worst Lions: 9. Bryant Westbrook
Matt Millen tries to remake image after Detroit Lions debacle - Don Banks  - SI.com
Matt Millen tries to remake image after Detroit Lions debacle - Don Banks - SI.com
sportsillustrated.cnn.com — got another job this week, which to some might definitively prove the sagging U.S. employment market must... be on its way back up after hitting rock bottom. Hearing the news the much-derided former Detroit Lions president and CEO has added the NFL ... (more) Matt Millen tries to remake image after Detroit Lions ...
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Detroit Lions links roundup: Louis 'The Missile' Delmas wants to lead, play like Ravens All-Pro safety Ed Reed
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Nobody Messes With the Bad Guy
Kissing Suzy Kolber — ... Matt Millen, whom sinister forces have once again installed in an NFL announcing booth (even if it craptastic NFL Network), is claiming he’s being unfairly scapegoated for the myriad foul-ups he oversaw as general manager of the Lions. Y’know, all the ones that are completely and without question his fault. ...

Matt Millen Has Forgiven Detroit
Football Outsiders — 19 Jun 2009 Matt Millen Has Forgiven Detroit Yes, Matt Millen has forgiven the city of Detroit its constant scapegoating in the face of his evidently underrated tenure with the Lions. That's awfully big of him. Posted by: Doug Farrar on 19 Jun 2009 2 comments, Last at 2:54pm by Dean Comments 1 ...

Daily Links: Egocentric Much?
thejetsblog.com — Matt Millen has forgiven Detroit … wait … WHAT? Sanchez likes them brunettes in NYC (beware Rosie picture). Pats Pulpit & GGN talk Jets. Jamie Dukes writes the five sexiest stories in 2009. Rod goes on vacay. J-Vil says hello from his new home. HJN gets a letter from Boozer. Coles tells reporters in Cinci to go bother Ocho.

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