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22 Nov ' 01:40
Posted Nov. 22, 2010 - 1:22 a.m.
Once again, it's Same Old Bottom Line
BY STEVE SCHRADER FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
So what does Sunday's loss to the almost equally dysfunctional Dallas Cowboys mean, besides extending the Lions' NFL-record road losing streak to 26 games?
Mathematically, the 2-8 Lions clinched their 10th straight non-winning season, as if we didn't know that was coming.
And -- if things hold to form with the New England Patriots coming in for Thanksgiving -- they only have to wait four days to make it 10 straight losing seasons.
And after that it will be their third straight season with double-digit losses -- and ninth of this woeful decade, which corresponds exactly to the beginning of the Matt Millen era.
What was that they were saying about not being the Same Old Lions because of their close margin of defeat and all the competitive games?
"But it's still defeat, and until the Lions can start winning some of these games, it's the Same Old Lions in my opinion," Fox color man Daryl Johnston said at the top of the telecast. "This is a bottom-line business in the NFL. There are no moral victories."
Amen.
But the Lions didn't even get a moral victory Sunday.
The 35-19 loss is their largest margin of defeat this season, and it tied their season high of points allowed (the 35-32 loss to Philadelphia in Week 2). ...
• The stadium itself is quite impressive, too. Bunker suites line the field, an atrium in the end zones, even the floors of the concourse are more than your typical, sticky cement fare.
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