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Lions Could Be Historically Bad

Worst team ever, for any sport? Could be

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 28, 2008 9:17 AM CST

(Newser) – “Worst. Team. Ever.” Get ready, Detroit fans, “because the angle isn’t going away,” writes Bob Wojnowski of the Detroit News. The Lions are used to losing, but yesterday’s embarrassing 47-10 thrashing on national TV surely represented a new low, making the Lions’ putridity common knowledge. “This was more pitiful than laughable,” says Wojinowski, and “unfortunately, there’s no end in sight.”

If the Lions become the first team to go 0-16, which seems all too probable, they’d be not just the worst NFL team ever, but potentially the worst outfit in the history of professional sports. Yes, Detroit began the 2001 campaign with an 0-12 record as well, but that team improved as the season wore on. The 2008 edition has displayed “astonishingly consistent ineptitude.”

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A Detroit Lions fan holds up a sign during the Lions' 47-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans in an NFL football game Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, in Detroit. The Lions fell to 0-12 for the season. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Detroit Lions fans hold up signs indicating the Lions' record going into an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in Detroit, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Tennessee won 47-10. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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How much worse can it possibly get for this team and this area, battered by unprecedented forces of financial and football folly? - Bob Wojnowski

These Lions have lost seven games by at least 13 points, astonishingly consistent ineptitude. - Bob Wojnowski

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