It's October and, let's be honest, the future looks pretty bleak for the Lions. They are a pitiful football team. To make matters even more deflating, the boys in the Honolulu Blue and Silver can't stop talking trash about each other and their coach to the media. Beautiful.
Last November, I gave up on Joey Harrington. This October, I have officially given up on Steve Mariucci. This team is in no way, shape or fashion progressing. In addition, it appears there is lockeroom dissension and a lack of discipline. (The latter being standard fare for the Lions.) I don't think Mariucci can turn this around. I don't think his players think so, either.
I'm not going to dwell on this much now, but suffice to say, it appears the Lions are headed for a "worst case scenario" in 2005. Harrington is done here. Mariucci ought to be. Charles Rogers seems compelled to crash and burn. Roy Williams is revealing why Texas lost every big game they were in while he was in school. The players appear to neither like or trust each other. They give the impression that they think even less of Mariucci.
A team with five first round draft picks at the skill positions can't score points? How is that anything but a worst case scenario?
If Matt Millen is forced to let Harrington and Mooch go, as it appears he will be, how is this team not in a complete rebuilding mode come January? How are any of us supposed to be happy about this?
For the first time ever, I am apathetic. I'll watch a few minutes of action here and there, but invest time and emotion in a franchise that struggles to finish above .500 in the league that invented parity? Sorry, I just can't do it right now.
Just let me know when the draft is. By the way, how many losses do the Lions need to draft Matt Leinart?
Update: Here is more good news on the Lions front courtesy of Michael Smith at ESPN.com.
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