12/29/08-TWD's Agenda For The Day, Part 1: Utter Rubbish (A TRF Column)
Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images It really did happen. So bad, that it generated a "reel feeling" from me , because it is just too real to not write about: Bad is 6-10, 5-11, 4-12. Very bad is 3-13, 2-14, 1-15. But "bad" or even "brutal" would not be sufficient enough to describe what was witnessed this year from the performances of the Detroit Lions. In their 75th year of existence, they performed lower than all expansions teams, then all bad teams, then even the all time losing teams of losing teams. "Bad", "Brutal", and even "Losers" just aren't the words to label this inept amalgamation of freight. "Utter rubbish" is what they are. "Utter rubbish" is what 0-16 is. Rookie running back Kevin Smith was one of the few players Lions fans could be proud of, but when you are apart of the mess, you make the mess as well: Smith decided it was in his best interest to taunt on the field in the 4th quarte...