This Saturday at 8PM (NBC) your Detroit Lions take the Speed S5-M synthetic turf system at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to face the New Orleans Saints, to double their franchise playoff win total, and of course, for all the glory.

The Lions will be snapping a 12-year drought from the playoffs. Last time they made "the tournament" they were waxed by the Washington Redskins led by future Superbowl champion Brad Johnson 27-13, in a game they were shutout for three quarters.



Since that ****ty day in our lives the Lions have gone a combined 58-131, with 40 of those losses taking place during the previous three seasons.

The decade in pictures:



And at the end of the decade, and 60 years of full blown AIDS, God took a few years off from ****ting on the Lions, and they were blessed.



Saturday night, two 5,000 yard passers meet. The heavily favored Saints hope to provide a victory for the Jazz city or whatever they call themselves.

The Saints have Drew Brees.

The Lions have Matthew Stafford, poised to join Aaron Rodgers as the true elite NFL quarterbacks of the next decade.

What remains to be seen...

[IMG]http://blog.******.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jim-schwartz-detroit-lions1.jpg[/IMG]

...is whether heart will prevail.

Went with the gf to see Wicked at the Detroit Opera House last Friday. Dude sitting next to me was Jim Schwartz. He seemed bored.
true story

This is very cool. Did you at least get a little convo in after the show was over?

lions blow

under 59

You should've shaken his hand hard and hit him on the back. He likes that.

Edit: Saints -(x) = free money

can someone unbreak this thread?

4 people voted lions?

Lions have returned to glory! Going to get their doors blown off by double digits.

Still an elite top 5 team though, ldo.

DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETROIT

If seahawks Beat saints in wc last year lions can too. Gotta win a shootout boys!

Stafford 43/62 488yd 4td 1int

Calvin 8-179 2td

Lions 41 Saints 38

LIONS!!!!!! gonna make it closer then expected. All 11 starters on defense healthy + Fairley.

Lions will play calm and collected football, imo.

Saints will win by 17

Just thought about this, might be the first time all year that the D is all healthy at the same time.

Megatron is bigger than the DOME

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GOGOGOGOGO LIONS ONE TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Then expected what?

the spread? General consensus on this forum and others is saints by 3 scores. I think it will end up being a FG game.

made me lol

Sorry just ignore my lunch time grammar nazi trolling.

over = free money

Superdome tho.

Meh lions are a lotttt better than seahawks

awesome