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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: August 25, 2009
One of those teams is the Detroit Lions.
The Lions will be a team that all opponents will circle on their schedule, but not in the typical sense of wanting to focus on them.
They will be chalking them up as an easy win.
The Lions' players and staff are aware of this stigma, created over the past decade of futility and capped by last season's 0-for-16 effort. It is their job collectively to make improvements on last season, setting themselves up for a possible playoff run next season.
Don't get me wrong, every team wants to make the playoffs every year, but that cannot be a realistic goal coming off of an 0-16 season. Everyone associated with the franchise (although they might not admit it) would be absolutely excited if they were able to get seven or eight wins this season.
While many fans are pessimistic and expecting the same old ...
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