OT: What is the most Lions loss ever?
December 4th, 2015 at 8:34 AM ^
Someone could and should compile a Super Guide about this topic.
December 4th, 2015 at 8:44 AM ^
I don't think you could bind a book that big.
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December 4th, 2015 at 9:36 AM ^
called "LD"?
December 4th, 2015 at 9:38 AM ^
Would stand for "Loser", since any devotee of the Lions must love losing...like me.
Why do I watch football?
December 4th, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^
Wow. That is fantastic. I encourage all to go back and upvote ThirdVanGundy for the incredible foresight. Lions gonna Lion.
December 4th, 2015 at 12:07 PM ^
I think the Montreal Screwjob is the "most Lions loss ever." Oops: that's WWE. Sorry: I get NFL and WWE confused a lot lately due to the way the officials influence the storylines.
December 4th, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^
Is one of the best moments of my life.
December 4th, 2015 at 11:56 AM ^
Chapter 1.
December 4th, 2015 at 8:36 AM ^
Last night's, penalty to extend the game when the clock hits zero and then give up a hail mary through defensive derpitude and the Packers playing some smart screening. I don't think a single play could have illustrated the difference between the teams better.
December 4th, 2015 at 8:50 AM ^
What about when they picked the wind in ot against chicago
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December 4th, 2015 at 9:13 AM ^
That was my first thought as well, I mean come on. I believe there was a game against the Vikings, and all I remember is the announcers screaming, "And the Lions have just imploded."
December 4th, 2015 at 10:54 AM ^
Don't forget Jim Schwartz challenging a TD. Challenging a scoring play is against the rules, so the automatic review was nullified and an obvious knee down turns into 60 or so more yards and a TD. Against Tennessee (when they were good) I believe.
December 4th, 2015 at 12:13 PM ^
"KNOW THE RULES!"
Tough call as to whether losing the "handshake" game after laughing at and mocking Harbaugh for challenging a TD, or the following season when Schwartz apparently forgot to know the rules himself.
As for the Lions personnell moves, running the "Chuck & Duck" offense with a bunch of QB's that didn't have big arms makes perfect sense. As does trying to turn Pat Swilling into a 4-3 coverage LB, then when all the DE's on the roster are hurt you're signing guys off the street to do the job while Swilling sits on the bench (the next season he signed with the Raiders & suddenly was a terror at DE.) How about firing your offensive coordinator, then one season later firing the replacement & bringing back the guy you previously fired who nobody else wanted (Dave Levy)
December 4th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
Oh, and speaking of the Schwartz... the other day when this site jumped the shark, were any of the 1.5 million DCC threads "DCC: Jim Schwartz?" If so, they won. If not it is obvious why they failed.
December 4th, 2015 at 4:00 PM ^
It was against the Houston Texans. But yes, that was an attricious loss
December 4th, 2015 at 8:38 AM ^
This topic doesn't make sense. The most lions loss ever? What does that mean?
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December 4th, 2015 at 8:40 AM ^
You must be new.
December 4th, 2015 at 8:41 AM ^
You're clearly not a Lions fan. Treasure that. I feel like I'm a masochist sometimes.
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December 4th, 2015 at 10:39 AM ^
A replay of our gridiron heroes in the 1957 NFL Championship game!
Enjoy!
Its the closest thing you are ever going to see to championship football out of the Detroit Lions!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaesfxS7GKw
December 4th, 2015 at 8:43 AM ^
It actually makes perfect sense. "Lions loss" being a two word adjective. A Lions loss is different from your run of the mill loss. Everyone loses at some point (especially in the NFL), but the Lions always find new and inventive ways to do it. This topic is simply asking which was the most unique way the Lions found a way to lose.
December 4th, 2015 at 9:44 AM ^
It's closely related to its cousin, the "Sparty NOOO"
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December 4th, 2015 at 11:39 AM ^
DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT FOOTBALL IS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
December 4th, 2015 at 8:38 AM ^
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December 4th, 2015 at 8:39 AM ^
The Calvin Johnson "complete the process catch". Immediate joy followed by a confusing wtf dong punch.
December 4th, 2015 at 9:49 AM ^
That was just a ref screw job. That happens to every team from time to time. A true Lions loss involves more self inflicted derpitude.
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December 4th, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
Last night was more of a ref screw job than the complete the process bs. At least with that game they were applying a rule correctly, a very dumb rule, but still.
December 4th, 2015 at 10:34 AM ^
Getting a bad penalty call (which looked reasonable in real time) is one thing. Giving up a Hail Mary afterwards is what seals it.
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December 4th, 2015 at 8:40 AM ^
This one might not even crack the top 10, but a game against a Mike Glennon-quarterbacked and Schiano-coached Tampa Bay team a couple years back jumps to my mind.
The last play.
Lowlights: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/0ap2000000286997/Week-12-…
December 4th, 2015 at 9:01 AM ^
Yep... I remember that. I bounced off Calvin's knee and was picked.
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December 4th, 2015 at 8:40 AM ^
Most lion loss is losing 16 games in a single season. That counts right?
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December 4th, 2015 at 8:40 AM ^
December 4th, 2015 at 8:47 AM ^
Idiot Stanton threw the ball away on a 3rd down play. Jets had more no timeouts. It was a rollout and all the moron had to do was just eat the play and go down in bounds and the Jets wouldn't have time to do anything.
December 4th, 2015 at 8:50 AM ^
I had blocked that part out of my mind, but yes, that doesn't help.
December 4th, 2015 at 9:25 AM ^
The rare SOL/SOS moment.
December 4th, 2015 at 9:27 AM ^
I had done the 67-65 Illinois game the day before, and then watched that. When Suh came out for the XP I had to do a double take. Of course he missed it. Then the Lions called a rollout on third down and Stanton threw an incomplete pass, when a run would have eaten 40 seconds off the clock. Supreme Lions.
December 4th, 2015 at 10:01 AM ^
Suh absolutely CRUSHED the upright. It was awesome.
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December 4th, 2015 at 8:40 AM ^
on the kickoff return.
December 4th, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^
Was going with this one. Billy Sims. Silver Rush DL. Just making the playoffs would have felt like the Super Bowl. I lived and died with those guys. Vince Evans scored with 00:00 on the clock to send it to overtime.
December 4th, 2015 at 11:49 AM ^
and I remember this one...I REALLY felt sorry for my Detroit native roommate.
December 4th, 2015 at 1:52 PM ^
Shortest overtime ever, to this day.
December 4th, 2015 at 8:41 AM ^
I think a 45-7 rogering is also a Lionsy way to lose. Although last night's Rodgersing was pretty bad as well.
December 4th, 2015 at 8:41 AM ^
The championship game loss hands down
December 4th, 2015 at 9:18 AM ^
Trick answer. The Lions have never BEEN in a championship game!
Nice try.
December 4th, 2015 at 10:04 AM ^
Actually, following their one playoff win in last almost-60 years now, I believe the Lions were in NFC championship game against Gibbs' Washington Redskins. They got SHELLACKED, but everyone did by Wash that year. We forget (& easy to see why), but Lions were actually good for a few years in the early 90s.
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December 4th, 2015 at 10:19 AM ^
The funny thing about your post is that Lions fans are so emo that most black out when the team is good and as soon as something bad happens whether it's the team's fault or they get shafted by officiating, the fans jump to thoughts similar to this post. This team was 11-5 just last year, one game from a division title and one ref screw job from winning a road playoff game. And was it 2 years before that that they were 10-6 and lost to the Saints?
December 4th, 2015 at 8:42 AM ^
How about Scott Mitchell pretending to be injured so he wouldn't have to go back in during the playoff game?
December 4th, 2015 at 8:43 AM ^
When this happened I just laughed and said, "Oh, Lions." Then went to bed. At this point if you are still disappointed or crushed by Lions' losses, I can't help you. That is a you problem. It's your fault, what do you expect?
December 4th, 2015 at 9:28 AM ^
I thought they'd get into contention, go into the last week 8-7, and then blow it against a team w/ a losing record.
Nonetheless, while the "I can't believe that just happened" was maybe only one order-of-magnitude less than the end of the Sparty game, the amplitude of the "grief", if you could call it that for the Lions, was miniscule.
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