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Wed. 11/04/09 07:44 PM

This Franchise

I rate the Lions on a very simple scale:

1) they stink;

2) they're mediocre;

3) they're good;

4) they're very good;

5) they're Super bowl material.

For the last 10 years, they've either stunk or been mediocre. Given last season, I'd be satisfied this season with mediocre. My question is, are they better than last year? All I'm looking for is some improvement this year and some hope for the future. I think I'm like most fans, another game like that stinko with the Rams and I may give up completely (and by the way, I have season tickets). I wonder if team management realizes how bad things are for the fans. When I tell people that I'm a Lions fan and I have season tickets, they either laugh or they get this look of pity on their face - frankly, it's embarassing to be a Lions fan. This franchise is a laughing stock and I'd like, in my lifetime, to at least get to respectable.

Are we headed in the right direction? Is this team ever going to get better?

WADIII, Tecumseh, On Canada

Yes and yes, but don't make me try to prove it, OK?

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