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Two of the NFL’s most storied teams will square off as the Bears play the Lions on January 3 in the final week of the regular season. Depending on their records, this could be the final chance for Bears and Lions fans to see their teams this season. Tickets for this game are selling at about the normal rate on the secondary market, which is something I wouldn’t expect from a final Lions home game after the season they had last year. There is this underlying optimism from Lions fans that tells me they really are confident we’ll still be in the hunt in January. Of course, it could also be those rabid Bears fans buying up tickets. Either way, it’s good for Detroit’s economy.
ESPN’s power rankings are out, and the Lions are ranked #26 out of 32 football teams. That’s a 1 spot improvement over last week despite a loss. It’s clear the Lions are a much better team this season than they were last year, and it shouldn’t surprise anyone when they come away with 4 or 5 wins this year. I see several teams ranked better than the Lions who are not nearly as good this year. The Bills, at #25, would lose to the Lions. I guarantee that. The Lions won’t be playoff contenders this season, but they also won’t be contending for one of the top 5 draft picks next year. There are so many terrible teams in football, the Lions are actually in a class above the bottom dwellers.
The Lions game against the Redskins this weekend will not be shown on many local TV stations as the NFL has implemented its blackout rule because the team failed to sellout the game. Over 10,000 tickets remain unsold. The Lions 19 game losing streak is the second longest in NFL history, although I know at least one analyst is picking them to break that streak this week. I don’t see why not, they’d played well for about a half last week against the Vikings, and the Vikings are a much better team than the Redskins. At the very least, we won’t have to stop Adrian Peterson this week.
I thought this was our week. We even jumped out to a quick lead over the Vikings. In the end, it’s just one more week of misery for us Lions fans. Oh well, here’s a video of some drunk women who were at the game and had to be escorted out by police. This was the best action I saw all day.
I’ve got to make one shocking upset pick every week, and I figured the Lions are about due for one. The Lions take on the division rival Minnesota Vikings this week, and I think they will shock the NFL world with an upset victory. There are a few reasons why I think this scenario will happen: the Lions are at home, where they did as well last season as they did on the road (hardy har har), Brett Favre is overrated and so are the Vikings, and the Vikings defense looked terrible in week 1. This game will be close, but for once it will be the Lions that find a way to win in the last minutes. It will be the Lions first regular season win since 2007.
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The defending NFC champion Arizona Cardinals will come to Detroit to play the Lions on 12/20. Some might argue that it’s unfair for the first winless team in 30 years to have to play both teams that played in the Super Bowl the previous year in the same season, but I would counter that the Cardinals were a fluke. That’s right, I said it. The Cardinals were a fluke, and they’ll be lucky if they’re still in the playoff hunt by the time this game rolls around. Even if they are, they’ll probably still lose to the Lions and everyone will wonder “what happened to the Cardinals this season?”. Well I’ve got your answer, Billy Boy. Nothing happened to the Cardinals this season. They were a mediocre team that got lucky at the right time last season, and they’ll be a mediocre team that got unlucky this season. End of story.
See who’s selling tickets for the Lions/Packers Thanksgiving Day game
As has been the tradition for so many decades, the Lions will play in their annual Thanksgiving Day game on Thursday, November 26. Their opponent will be the Green Bay Packers, adding a regional rivalry to this already great American tradition. The Packers had a disappointing season last season, although they obviously can’t compare to the Detroit Lions. This game will be a true test of each team’s front office and how they approached fixing the failures of last season. Tickets for this game are selling at surprisingly reasonable rates, with the cheapseats going for $60 or less. I saw a 20 person suite going for a little over $11,000.
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Two of the NFL’s oldest franchises (if you forget about that part where the Browns moved away and then came back as an expansion team a few years later) will be pitted against each other as the Cleveland Browns play the Detroit Lions on November 22. I think the Browns are a much improved franchise over last season, but then again I think the same about the Lions. This should be a better game than many might expect, but I think the Lions come out on top in the end. Nosebleed tickets to this game are selling for about $45 on the secondary market.
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The Lions open November with a home game against the St. Louis Rams. This game will kickoff at the early Sunday time of 12:00 (that’s 1:00 EST). In fact, every Lions home game except for the Thanksgiving game kicks off at noon. I’ve been looking at tickets for this Lions/Rams game on the resale market, and I’ll predict that this will be the cheapest Lions home game you can experience all season. The low end tickets are going for about $40 a pop, while the lower sideline seats near the 50 yard line are going for about $1,000, as usual. Fans in those sections are too snobby for my taste anyway. I’d rather drink some brews with my bros in the cheap seats any day.
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The Lions, the worst team in the NFL last season, will face their toughest challenge of the 2009 season when they square off against the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers on October 11. There seems to be a lot of fan interest in this game, with even the low end tickets selling for about $100, which is double what they normally go for on the secondary market. I consider that a good sign that Lions fans are confident their team will surprise the rest of the NFL and have a successful season in 2009 despite what happened in 2008.
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