Comments on: Lewand says Lions have “nucleus of a perennial championship contender”

By: scantenii

scantenii — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:48:45 +0000

I love the Lions, but I hate these comments…and I especially hate them coming from someone who has not been apart of a Super Bowl winning program. This past year has been furious and painful to me. The Detroit Lions need to trade Suh. (Pre-draft please.) Cut Titus Young. (I don’t care that you fired your WR coach. Young hurt his teams this year and doesn’t seem to care about it. cut him. period.) You do not have the answer at RB and your Defense is Weak. Stafford threw the ball 727 times for only 20 TDs? (4,967 yards) Ridiculous…
I need to win. I need to win. I don’t believe in the GM and Head Coach anymore. Schwartz looks like a rookie coach and Mayhew’s draft picks outside the first round are embarrassing. I believe the Lions have some talented young players…please don’t ruin them.
You don’t get to talk about what it takes to win, until you win. Lions should not be talking right now, they should be in the weight room…even the CEO.

By: dlions18

dlions18 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:52:57 +0000

Madden 13 cover was good for CJ’s season so maybe 2013 will be good for the Lions season. Thats all Lions fans can really hope for: mystical football god intervention because its the blind leading the blind in the Lions’ front office.

By: brohanyc

brohanyc — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:03:10 +0000

Lions may have the “nucleus of a perennial championship contender” but they have the front office of a perennial loser. Tom Lewand is joke. Smithers to the the old man’s Mr Burns. He needs to go and take Schwartz, KVB, DOM and Peterman with him.

By: itsnotforme

itsnotforme — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:32:27 +0000

And by the end of next season their excuse will be what, after they fire the entire coaching staff?

By: metrocritical

metrocritical — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:03:51 +0000

And from the top to the bottom, the organization continues to meander in a mediocre haze of self induced delusions. They have a premier WR, a talented but inconsistent and poorly coached QB, a pair of dominant DTs and an ageless place kicker. How does that comprise the makings of a championship caliber team? They squandered the opportunity to improve following the 2011 season with a horrific offseason and draft, they are shackled by salary cap restraints induced by too many years drafting in the top ten, they are not an appealing destination for quality free agents, they are not likely to retain many of their own free agents which constitute nearly 1/2 their roster, they need to rebuild their defensive backfield, linebackers corps, defensive ends and offensive line and find some depth at WR due to injuries and miscalculations in the draft. Oh, and they also need a legitimate threat at RB, a GM who understands how to build a winning roster and a coach who can effectively manage divergent personalities and game time adjustments. Other than that they are well on their way to starting a bona fide dynasty.

In reality, a place where Lions brass rarely visits, the team is a lot closer to third year expansion team caliber than championship caliber. In a league where quick fixes are the norm, this organization continues to fizzle.

By: acmepackers

acmepackers — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:55:39 +0000

They lead the league in probation. And having Schwartz almost guarantees no Super Bowl for Detroit — what a hothead.

By: seanje

seanje — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:47:32 +0000

@Iks311

This is the NFL. Rarely are teams consistently out of games. The Lions being in a lot of games says very little.

Having said that, coaching is a huge issue on this team.

By: seanje

seanje — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:45:50 +0000

“So you mean I have to field twenty-two different starters every week? CJ/Stafford/Suh/Fairley can’t play every position?”

- Lions brass

By: gweetarman

gweetarman — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:44:52 +0000

My goodness people….dude is right. Don’t be ignorant here. I’m not a Lions fan…hate them in fact….but this team has tremendous talent and all the right pieces to be a GREAT team. They have the QB, the wide receiver, and hard to find pieces on the D line. You give them a few more and they’re gonna be good. Don’t kid yourselves. Problem here is the coaching is seriously the worst in the NFL. Why JS wasn’t fired, I will never know. If this team had a gruden, they’d win 11-12 games right away and be a factor. Poor Lions fans and that ownership.

By: thefox61

thefox61 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:44:40 +0000

They do have nice looking uniforms.

By: lks311

lks311 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:34:54 +0000

thejohnsmith1122 says:
Jan 7, 2013 9:36 PM
From a Packers fan, yes, the Lions have the nucleus (players) of a super bowl contender. Unfortunately, they lack the rest that makes any team a real contender, COACHES.
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All snickering aside, Lions’ were rarely out of games—despite coaching. Problem is, there is no indication that ownership will ever figure this out.

By: demanrighthere

demanrighthere — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:22:20 +0000

I’m a die hard lions fan… Shut up mayhew! You look like an idiot! All you need to say is, “I haven’t drafted like I should, I haven’t built the team up around the core nucleus, and I will do better! These results are unacceptable!” … That’s all we need to hear! But don’t worry other nfl fans, we will never hear that!

By: catquick

catquick — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:10:08 +0000

Every team does. It’s the fine points that make the difference

By: packerbackernj

packerbackernj — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:08:40 +0000

Jim Schwartz got his job being a defensive coor. Hes perrenially had one of the worst defenses in the league. Enough said. Keep the GM, can schwartz before its too late and stafford gets injured behind that shotty oline and youre back to rebuilding for 15 years.

By: domehead

domehead — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:06:59 +0000

Uh…this is the NFL. Every team has the nucleus of a championship. It’s the rest of ‘em that you need to play great if you want to win consistently.

By: wludford

wludford — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:03:33 +0000

The Lions have never had the nucleus of a perennial championship contender. It is the worst organization in football. Perhaps in all of professional sports. In all honesty, I don’t think they even know what it takes to be a perennial championship contender.

Worse, they’re complacent about it. They’ve had so many losing seasons they don’t even care anymore. They’re tired to trying to figure it out, so they don’t even bother. They just call it good and move on.

By: vikescry1

vikescry1 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:01:43 +0000

yeah a pretty good qb and one of the best wideout’s in the league but what about the rest of the team? this team seems to try harder to look tough than stay focused. i mean they look like they are trying to blow games?

By: 69finfan

69finfan — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:57:24 +0000

They do, in the city of Detroit.

By: isphet71

isphet71 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:53:26 +0000

The Lions do have some parts of a great nucleus.

What they lack is depth, defense, an offensive line, good defensive ends, a talented secondary, a threat at running back, good coaching, and maturity.

But other than that, the nucleus is all set!

By: ttommytom

ttommytom — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:52:43 +0000

Why do people even engage in this type of banter?

The NY Giants have said nucleus because they still have players on the roster with ring(s).

Talk is cheap, as the infamous ‘they’ say…

By: kane337

kane337 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:52:20 +0000

Thank you for the laugh. I needed that.

By: whatjusthapped

whatjusthapped — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:51:10 +0000

Talk is cheap, actual results are all that counts.

I don’t what is worse, to get to the Superbowl and lose all the time like the Vikings or never get there like the Lions.

By: iamthot

iamthot — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:48:07 +0000

Me thinks Detroit needs to take a hard look at their O.C. It just seems to me they could be utilizing what they have much better than they do…

What school did you go to? “Me thinks” sad

By: seacab1972

seacab1972 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:43:31 +0000

Lions no. Seahawks yes!!! Go Hawks

By: 1stngoal

1stngoal — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:43:12 +0000

Me thinks Detroit needs to take a hard look at their O.C. It just seems to me they could be utilizing what they have much better than they do…

By: iamthot

iamthot — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:41:56 +0000

Goodell needs to drop a drug test on Lewand because this fool is getting high!!

By: luz56

luz56 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:39:12 +0000

Last sentence says it all however I would change it to the past 6 decades….

By: maltliquor

maltliquor — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:38:37 +0000

Child please….

By: thejohnsmith1122

thejohnsmith1122 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:36:53 +0000

From a Packers fan, yes, the Lions have the nucleus (players) of a super bowl contender. Unfortunately, they lack the rest that makes any team a real contender, COACHES.

By: 2greatgoldens

2greatgoldens — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:35:20 +0000

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!