2009 Detroit Lions season only two weeks away….how many weeks will you be able to make it before you stick your head in an oven?

Hey, welcome back. It’s been a long time since I’ve had this site up and a lot of bad, bad things have happened to the Detroit Lions in the mean time.

I’ll admit, that like many in Detroit at the end of the last century, the idea of a fresh new face coming in and running the franchise was a welcomed site.

But that person turned out to be Matt Millen. And I’ll also admit, that like many others…I was willing to believe that he was the shining knight that would come in and save the franchise.

After five years of showing that being part of organizations that win championships by no means dictates that you have a clue how to do it yourself, Matt Millen received a contract extension from the most clueless owner in professional sports history. He then proceeded to build the single biggest farce of a football team, let alone “professional” football team, in the history of organized sport.

So now, we have a new organization—new coach, new gm and a shiny new quarterback. Hopefully a new gm that will show that being part of the biggest disaster in professional sports for eight years dictates that you know how to avoid being the biggest disaster in professional sports for another three years.

Now before news was released yesterday that Daunte Culpepper has cut open his toe and required eight stitches (eight stitches? Did his toe almost fall off or does he wear a size 36 shoe?) and won’t be available for the final preseason game this Thursday against the Buffalo Bills, I believed that the Lions plan was to start Culpepper for the first six games of the season.

Why?

Because if you look at the schedule below, the chances of the Lions roaring out of the gate and going 0-6 is pretty good. In my opinion the second half of the schedule is where the winnable games for the Lions are. You don’t want your team savior to be tied to a six game losing streak (let alone a 23 game franchise losing streak.) So you sit him for the horrible opening stretch and instill him during the bye week.

Is that what’s going to happen now that Culpepper “stubbed” his toe? Who knows. But once they play Matthew Stafford, there’s no going back. You can’t pull him and screw with the kids head, a la Joey Blue Skies. Perhaps, Culpepper will heal his gargantuan feet in time for the opener in twelve days and they’ll be able to stick to their plan, but if he doesn’t, you better hope Mr. Culpepper never takes a Lions snap again this season.

Date Opp Time
9/13 @ NO 1 PM
9/20 vs. Min 1 PM
9/27 vs. Was 1 PM
10/4 @ Chi 1 PM
10/11 vs. Pit 1 PM
10/18 @ GB 1 PM
10/25 Bye
11/1 vs. StL 1 PM
11/8 @ Sea 1:05 PM
11/15 @ Min 1 PM
11/22 vs. Cle 1 PM
11/26 vs. GB 1 PM
12/6 @ Cin 1 PM
12/13 @ Bal 1 PM
12/20 vs. Ari 1 PM
12/27 @ SF 1:05 PM
1/3 vs. Chi 1 PM