The Detroit Lions own a distinction no team wants: worst in NFL history.Facing one last chance to avoid their dubious destiny, the Lions lost yesterday's season finale to the Green Bay Packers 31-21 to complete the league's first 0-16 season. The 1976 expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-14) were the last NFL team to complete a season without a victory.
The Lions were building toward this for years and now have lost 23 of their last 24 games. The 0-16 record will be a lasting testimony to the comically bad Matt Millen era. With Millen as president of the team from 2001 until he was fired mid-September, Detroit won only 31 games — none this year, of course. Coach Rod Marinelli has gone 10-38 in three seasons. His future has not been announced, but team owner William Clay Ford has wisely decided the leaders of the front office, Martin Mayhew and Tom Lewand, will be back in some capacity.
The Lions haven't won since Dec. 23, 2007, when they beat Kansas City. Green Bay is where this woeful streak began at the end of last season. Since then, the Lions have lost 17 straight and have been outscored 551-281.
PS. I know that's a St. Louis Ram getting popped, but that's pretty much the Detroit season in one picture.
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