When Will the Unrelenting Idiocy Cease?
March 15, 2008 on 5:10 pm | In Uncategorized |I can now finally, unequivocably state that this is the bleakest, most disappointing period that has ever been experienced in Lions team history. The recent releases of Kalimba Edwards, Kevin Jones, and Kenoy Kennedy are not in themselves any sort of long term disaster. However, the cumulative effect of Matt Millen ritually flushing ample amounts of Mr. Ford’s dollars down the toilet has put them in an incredibly poor organizational position, for the foreseeable future.
In ten months, when the Lions have finished their ‘08 season at a less than stellar 3-13, which seems to be staring them directly in the face, and have went about their public charade of hiring and firing all of the crucial organizational figures, the only true losers will be, yet again, Lions fans who have had to endure this cruel, unrepentant Grand Guignol for an unprecedented period of time now.
The Lions, with their release of Jones, have put themselves in a position where they are going to have to select a running back out of necessity in April’s draft. In the meantime, no legitimate improvements have been made along the offensive line. The level of denial, and pure unmitigated idiocy that this indicates, is both surreal and criminal.
So let’s say that the Lions draft, oh, I don’t know, let’s say Illinois RB Rashard Mendenhall. Is anybody willing to honestly accept that the Lions new and improved “balanced” offensive attack, with no legitimate off-season upgrades, is somehow going to more productive than it was last season?
That’s where I feel for Kevin Jones. Jones, much like James Stewart before him, will not go down historically among the greatest backs in team history. That being said, Jones played with a true competitive fire. Even though Jones has had a couple of serious injuries, he has routinely exhibited a diligence, and a unreasonable willingness, to push himself hard so that he could return to the team quickly, something that shouldn’t have gone unnoticed in Allen Park.
The NFL is a cutthroat business. I think Jones might be luckier in the long run, as a result of his release, since he is a getting a brand new lease on his finite NFL life, which will significantly open his future opportunities to become a productive player. In Jones’ case though, I believe that he has a lot more left to offer a team, exhibiting a serious gross underestimation on the Lions part, than he has been currently given credit for.
As a Lions fan, I am with an unmatched honesty, undergoing the most serious self-questioning that I have ever faced in my 30 years of observing the team. Are they really worth all of the abject disappointment? Don’t I have better things to do with my time?
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Well said. I’m feeling much the same way. They constantly compound mistakes with another mistake. In this case, signing Tatum Bell, then releasing Kevin Jones.
It was the cut of Kevin Jones that has me scratching my head. With no other realistic options on the roster, they still cut Jones, literally painting themselves into a corner in regard to drafting a running. back.
If there is a plan, other than signing every damn Buccaneer available, I don’t see it.
Comment by Big Al — March 15, 2008 #
Hey Big Al–you have some insightful, and therapeutically funny things to say about the current Lions morass on your site, too.
If the Lions sign Michael Pittman or Mike Alstott, I’ll puke. How do they continually fail to see the forest for the trees.
They desperately need a solid, foundational type of draft this season. Bolstering their offensive and defensive lines makes sense. Instead we’ll have to suffer through the Lions, and Matt Millen, adding another over-hyped skill player to their roster who eventually will be a bust, meanwhile whomever the Lions chose not to draft wil become a hall of famer, or at the very least, a perennial Pro Bowler.
UGH!
Comment by Steve — March 15, 2008 #
F— it all straight to hell. It gets worse and worse. I have no f—ing clue what they are doing. Apparently this is not a rebuilding year. No, not at all. We are now two to three years away from having a rebuilding year. I can’t wait until we start rebuilding. I try and do more than just cuss, but I am at a loss for words. Let’s ditch Kennedy and replace him with someone whose only qualification is that he played with Marinelli’s old team. This team is going to hell in a handbasket powered with a 454. I guess since all I have left to say is profanity, I’ll quit.
Comment by Really Angry Lion Fan f/ka Angry Lion Fan f/k/a Hondo — March 15, 2008 #
R.A.L.F.–
Your “Producers” theory seems to really accurate. The Lions jaw-dropping incompetence knows no current bounds.
Other than Ernie Sims, name one player that Lions fans will be excited about having on their roster next season? George Foster? Tatum Bell? Aveion Cason? Drew Stanton?
The Lions are neatly setting the table so that they will be able to turn to Stanton by about their fifth or sixth game. No amount of words can match the horror that we will witness as a result of those kind of future prospects for this organization, it’s truly scary.
Comment by Steve — March 15, 2008 #
Springtime for Minneapolis and Green Bay . . . Winter for Detroit and Michigan.
Comment by Really Angry Lion Fan f/ka Angry Lion Fan f/k/a Hondo — March 15, 2008 #