The End is in Site

I should mention for the next week my post will be few and comments probably even fewer. I know everyone is probably celebrating over that right now but the reason is I'm at dad's and this computer operates from the old, antique dial up system, frustrating to say the least.

I got here yesterday about 2:30 either eastern or central time, not sure which anymore. I decided to drive through Chicago since I would get there before eight o'clock in the morning and traffic wouldn't be to bad. I made it to Joni's apartment in Grand Rapids in just under 5 hours. We went to the Olive Garden restaurant for lunch and then I maneuvered over the snow covered roads the rest of the way here.

The real reason for this post isn't to talk about my trip it's to talk about the Detroit Lions. Yes the end is almost in site with just two games left to play. Today they play the New Orleans Saints at home and next week they play the Packers at Lambeau Field. Since the Lions haven't won at Lambeau for approximately 20 years I think it's safe to say they won't win there this year either. That only leaves today for the Lions to win a game or finish with a perfect record of 0-16. It has never been done before in the NFL so we might be watching futile history in the making.

If the Lions play like the last couple of weeks they actually have a realistic chance of winning this game but if they decide to mail in a dud of a performance, which they seem to do more than occasionally, then history will be made. I think the Lions will play hard today because they don't want to get stuck with the title of being the worse team ever in the NFL. The game will be close and Jason Hansen, the Lions field goal kicker and possibly the best player on the team, will win it with less then two minutes to go. The perfect season will have to wait for another year with another team. The score will be 23-21.

That brings us to the other race going on in the NFL now. The only race that matters for any Lions fan and that is the race for the number one draft pick in this springs NFL draft. The Lions don't have it wrapped up yet but if they loose one of the next two games then they will have wrapped it up. Since the Lions lack so much talent I think I would like to see them trade the pick for more draft picks. They already have another first round draft pick from when they traded Roy Williams to the Dallas Cowboys and I would like to see them trade for a package of draft picks from another team if at all possible. The Lions severely lack talent and the quickest way to replenish talent is through the NFL draft, especially this year with all the college players declaring for the draft. This is suppose to be one the the deepest draft classes ever from college.

Hopefully the Lions will hire a general manager that can take advantage of all the draft picks the Lions have this year. If they do it won't take long for the Lions to become contenders again.

And please if somebody has a faster connection please bring it to me.