Talk:Detroit Lions/Archive 1

Archive 1

Owner

Abulquasem is their only fan. He is paid 5,000 dollars monthly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.234.182.73 (talk) 14:10, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Ravi Shankar is not the owner of the team. William Clay Ford is.

Even if they have top-10 draft picks year-in and year-out, they have obviously undermanaged or mismanaged them. They have failed miserably in attempting to build a team around whatever top draft picks they get, the same way they failed Barry Sanders, who literally had to carry the entire team on his shoulders, year-in and year-out, because they were unwilling to build a playoff-contending team around him. It is no surprise he retired the way he did, even though, at 31, he was less than 1,500 yards (a full season) away from Walter Payton's career rushing record.

They have not made the playoffs since Barry's retirement. And except for last year (7-9, after a 6-2 start), they have lost 10 games or more every season. They can keep changing coaches and players until a blizzard in July, and they'll continue to be the laughing stock that the Buccaneers used to be, a long time ago, before they won Super Bowl XXXVIII. Clearly, it is not Coach Marinelli's fault, because they have had very decent coaches in the past, and they've still had terrible seasons year after year.

Again, it is not the fault of the players or the coaches that this team is headed for a perfect losing season; certainly not at this point. Is an epic legacy of bad management that has hurt this team; so much, that I wouldn't be surprised if some players start to go out of their way to try and avoid ending up on this team.

I wonder how much credibility Bill Ford has with the front office of the NFL. I'm thinking that maybe Goodell should jump on the bandwagon in forcing him to sell this team. I'm from NYC, and I'd hate to see once-legendary teams become dumping grounds for bad or mismanaged players and coaches because of ignorant or indifferent owners. I hope Detroit wakes up and forces Ford to sell the Lions before he completely runs them into the ground. Not that he already has, in my opinion.

By the way, how many people showed up at their last home game on Dec. 21, 2008? —Preceding unsigned comment added by CookyMonzta (talk • contribs) 08:48, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Improvement drive

National Football League is currently a candidate on WP:IDRIVE. Vote for it if you are interested in contributing.--Fenice 20:04, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

The Years of Millen

I think someone should make a section that talks about the Millen years :)

The Millen Regime should be added. I second the motion.

I know this is out of the blue, but I have to say this... Lions = Embarassment. Tis why I'm a Jags fan.

Millen finally admitted he was the reason the Lions came to be so awful. (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-millenspeaks&prov=ap&type=lgns) This needs to be cited in the article.

I added the info from that article in the Millen section.TomCat4680 (talk) 03:59, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Barry Sanders?

How can this article not mention the most famous Lion ever?

Is the comment about Barry leaving a hole that may never be filled at the end of the 1990s section really encyclopedic? BlubboSaggins 16:21, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, there is a subjective statement about Barry Sanders "...was one of the greatest running backs to ever play." Needs to be worded in a less-bias way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.111.178.223 (talk) 18:28, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Not to be forgotten

Those in the "not to be forgotten" category are going to be forgotten pretty soon unless someone starts some articles on them! Hope some Lions' fans can oblige. Thanks.

How about not forgotten that it is not since Tampa Bay's 1976 0-14 but the then-Balimore Colts' 0-8-1 season that the last time a winless season occured despite how it occurred? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.34.132.58 (talk) 11:13, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Reversion of 02-28-2007

This page has been deluged with vandalism over the last few days, and in an effort to remove a lot of nonsense, I believe I have also removed several positive contributions, especially in the "notable alumni" section. My apologies to regular page contributors but the vandalism was a bit too messy to pick through, and I think the damage is minor and easily repaired. Good luck keeping the page clean.--Son of Somebody 02:14, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

New link for external link section

I would like to see the url [1] added to the external links section of this page. This site offers an online petition to fire millen (which is quarterly submitted to all manor of sporting news companies and the Detroit Lions franchise), A very nice forum area for Detroit Fans, and up to date news articles about Detroit football. Thank you--Hankphone 22:50, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Calvin Johnson

Calvin Johnson is listed first on the depth chart over Mike Furrey for the right side. At this point that is completely speculation as next years depth chart has not been set. For the time being Furrey should remain listed as the number one guy on the right side. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TheGoogler (talk • contribs) 20:30, 28 April 2007 (UTC).

To whoever keeps deleting my posts in the TV and radio section

Why do you keep doing it? I think its useful information to know and theres no reason to delete it. Please stop it. TomCat4680 Tomcat4680 (talk • contribs) 16:05, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Formatting

I don't know what it looks like on your screen, but on the different settings I've tried, it looks fine without the line break. Enigma ^message 05:37, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

The l in "National" is overlapped by the infobox. Leave it how it is.TomCat4680 (talk) 06:46, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

TV

The article states the Lions last played on Monday Night Football in 1995. They played against the Rams, and got beat pretty badly, in 2001.Lions2009 (talk) 01:24, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Go ahead and fix it, if your sure its correct.--Jojhutton (talk) 01:28, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I checked 2001 Detroit Lions season, and he's correct, they lost to the Rams 35-0 at the Silverdome. I guess I forgot about that.TomCat4680 (talk) 01:31, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Appreciate the edit. I'm too new to fix it myself. Thanks!Lions2009 (talk) 16:36, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Lions Legends

Rodney Peete and Scott Mitchell are not Lions Legends. There may be others accidentally included, but at the sight of those players, I consulted the page referenced and it lists neither player (more specific page: http://detroitlions.com/document_display.cfm?cont_id=23849). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.11.255.235 (talk) 04:16, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

External Links not working

Hi this doesn't really have anything to do with Wikipedia but can anyone get the Detroit Lions Official Site to load properly? I have been trying to go there since March 2 but it either take forever and a day to load or it won't load at all.TomCat4680 (talk) 03:28, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Detroit Panthers Disambiguation Page

Since 1) the Lions aren't the NFL Detroit Panthers in direct lineage, 2) there is a basketball team named the Detroit Panthers, 3) there apparently was a second post 1920s football team called the Detroit Panthers, and 4) there was the USFL team the Michigan Panthers, I suggest that the Detroit Panthers redirect would be better served pointing to a Detroit Panthers disambiguation page than here. LightningMan (talk) 14:05, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I made a new re-direct page for "Detroit Panthers (NFL)" that goes to the "Early football in Detroit before the Lions, 1920-1928" section of this article. I also redirected "Detroit Panthers" to "Detroit Panthers (PBL)". Since the other 2 teams are defunct, the modus operandi is that it goes to the current team's page with a disambiguation for the other 2 on the top of it. TomCat4680 (talk) 14:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! LightningMan (talk) 15:07, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I wasn't aware of the Panthers basketball team. Learn something new everyday on Wiki. TomCat4680 (talk) 15:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Millen section has multiple issues that need to be addressed

I marked the Millen section with three tags. It has several WP:weasel words and WP:tone violations, as well as numerous unreferenced claims. Please help improve it by sourcing the questionable information and removing the opinions of him. Also since its primarily about living person, it may violate some rules of WP:BLP TomCat4680 (talk) 23:47, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

I just deleted all of the unsourced weasel words. Please keep your opinions off Wikipedia. TomCat4680 (talk) 20:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Uniforms?

Why is the uniforms picture gone with a "no picture available" over generic black ones? The rumors of them changing to something new haven't been officially confirmed by the team. Whoever removed them please explain your reasoning in doing so. TomCat4680 (talk) 02:17, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

• It is not a rumor. I've already been faxed the official uniforms for both their home and away games. The change isn't all that dramatic, but they are slighty different. The new uniforms will be posted on their Wikipedia page after the Lions hold a press conference Monday, April 20 at Dunham’s Sports in Madison Heights to unveil the team’s comprehensive new brand that includes a new logo, new uniforms and other branding elements.

JohnnySeoul
Wikipedia NFL Uniform Creator/Maintainer

JohnnySeoul (talk) 11:36, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Detroit Lions' new logo and uniforms for the 2009 season.

Everyone,

Even though the Lion's new logo and uniforms have leak out to the press and on the internet, please respect the Lions' organization and DO NOT post any pictures until they have officially revealed them during the 2009 NFL Draft. I've already created the new uniforms for their Wikipedia page, but like I mentioned above, out of respect to the Lions, I'm holding off until after the press conference on Monday, April 20. I expect everyone else who uses Wikipedia to do the same.

Thank you,

JohnnySeoul
Wikipedia NFL Uniform Creator/Maintainer

JohnnySeoul (talk) 11:31, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Can't we just have a peek? TomCat4680 (talk) 19:44, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

Warning to vandals: I have asked an administrator to place vandlism guards on this page. I would appreciate it if anyone whos against vandalism asked more administrators to do the same. This has to stop NOW and the violators need to be punished. TomCat4680 (talk) 04:25, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

• Agreed. Somebody deleted the 2009 Detroit Lions' uniforms. Yes, they are wearing the black uniforms again. They only stopped wearing during the 2008 season because it was the 75th Anniversary of the Lions and they chose to wear a throwback uniform. Never have the Detroit Lions mentioned that they were getting rid of the alternate black uniform permanently. The AUTHENTIC black uniform can still be purchased at the official Lions Shop for this exact reason. If somebody can provide a document that states that the Lions are PERMANENTLY getting rid of the alternate uniform, please provide it. Otherwise, DO NOT delete the 2009 uniforms without authorization. Thank you. JohnnySeoul (talk) 03:01, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

• • Yeah well Champs Sports still sells authentic Barry Sanders jerseys. Does that mean he's still on the team? I wasn't vandalizing. I know it was the 75th Anniversary. I was at Ford Field when they brought out the All Time Team. I have NEVER vandalized any Lions article, and I NEVER will, even if they go 0-16 for 10 years.TomCat4680 (talk) 03:20, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

• • • By the way Tom Lewand announced on 2/9/09 the black jerseys HAVE officially been discontinued, and the throwbacks are now the offical third uniform. [2]TomCat4680 (talk) 01:44, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

• • • Shouldn't it be James "Shack" Harris? Just "Shack" Harris doesn't seem right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.192.45.129 (talk) 01:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

• • • • I changed it accordingly. TomCat4680 (talk) 02:58, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Detroit News Logo Contest

The article states that 'On March 7, 2009, The Detroit News reported a Kentucky man had won a contest for the new Lions logo design. The Lions have not confirmed his logo design as official, however.'

The contest in question was run by the Detroit News, NOT the Detroit Lions. The way this sentence is written is misleading. It's not that the News reported a Kentucky man had won "a" contest for the new logo, it's that the News held their own contest for a new logo. This fact is hardly worthy of inclusion on the official page. DanIzzo (talk) 11:24, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

You're right, I'll re-word it. TomCat4680 (talk) 11:31, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

I edited it, hows that look?TomCat4680 (talk) 11:33, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Much better. Thanks!DanIzzo (talk) 21:42, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

I removed the info, its irrelevant since the new designs have been officially released.

Merger proposal

I don't see why Logo and uniforms of the Detroit Lions needs it own article, since they have basically remained the same except for a few minor tweaks over the years. The ones they just released yesterday are basically exactly the same, just with a few lines added to the Lion and a different font. TomCat4680 (talk) 14:07, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

It doesn't, it's not big enough for it's own article. It should be merged back. Pats1 ^T/C 14:13, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I do not understand why there's a separate wiki-uniform page for any NFL team, regardless of how many changes they may have had. It just makes the whole thing too complicated for the average internet surfer that wants a one-stop webpage to look up information on a certain professional team. Lets please keep this all simple. It is Wikipedia and not an official website of the National Football League. My vote is to merge it back......that's my .02 cents. I'm curious what others have to say.

JohnnySeoul

Wikipedia NFL Uniform Creator/Maintainer

JohnnySeoul (talk) 04:49, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

There were no objections in 5 days so I merged it back. TomCat4680 (talk) 02:29, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

I object. —ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ) 06:47, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Please elaborate. TomCat4680 (talk) 06:59, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

But I dont want to. —ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ) 07:34, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Objection over-ruled! (sarc). TomCat4680 (talk) 08:04, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Fine, see if I care. —ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ) 23:52, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Tim Allen

Initial discussion can be found here.

I took the information out because it was irrelevant to the subject at hand, which is the Detroit Lions. If it is in fact true, it may be relevant enough to be included at Tim Allen, but identifying "Hollywood's biggest Lions fan" -- a status that is unverifiable, by the way -- doesn't help the reader to understand the Lions anymore than identifying "Topeka's biggest Lions fan." Additionally, it was completely unsourced, which is why we don't need to have a discussion before deleting it. — Bdb484 (talk) 19:35, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

I also removed it. It's unsourced and trivial at best. As a precedent, probably the most famous fan of a sports team is Jack Nicholson for the Lakers, and their article only mentions him in passing as part of a section on attendance. Dayewalker (talk) 19:40, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Funny how fast you "two" agreed with "each other". I smell a sock puppet...TomCat4680 (talk)

Not that funny, especially since we were the last two editors on the page and would probably have it watchlisted in case a discussion on the trivial edits had to take place. If you think there's socking, please file a case. Dayewalker (talk) 19:57, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Well if either of you want an edit war, you won't get it. I'll leave it out. TomCat4680 (talk) 20:02, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

(OD)No one wants an edit war, and Bdb84 was the one who brought your proposed changes to the talk page for discussion, so everyone is still acting in good faith here. Dayewalker (talk) 20:11, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Ok sorry about the sock puppet accusation. Back to the issue, like I said before, Allen is undeniably a huge Lions fan and he's not ashamed of it. 1. He came on an episode of Leno in full uniform. I don't know the exact date (probably at least 5 years old I'm guessing and lots of copyright rules to get around, so a clip would probably be nearly impossible to find), but I remember watching it. However: 2. the Home Improvement episode (which he probably convinced the producers to make single-handedly) is available on the season 7 DVD set; I own a copy of it, so thats clearly extremely easy to prove. TomCat4680 (talk) 20:23, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't think anyone's contesting whether Allen is a Lions fan. What we're trying to figure out -- I am, anyway -- is how that fact helps someone who comes to the page looking to learn about the Lions. — Bdb484 (talk) 22:16, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

I just think it makes the article more interesting. TomCat4680 (talk) 22:20, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Jack Christiansen's number

I've found pictures of Jack wearing #24 for Detroit, and not #14. It was before my time, so I don't know for sure, but I've yet to find a picture of him in 14. Frank12 (talk) 16:01, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Archive pages?

Why are there no links to the archived talk pages? 99.241.95.241 (talk) 01:46, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Ask Miszabot, must be a technical difficulty. TomCat4680 (talk) 02:00, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

{{Archive box}} added, etc. —WWoods (talk) 23:13, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Inaccurate data

On the front of the article, it says the lions have won 6 conferance championships and 7 divisional titles when it only shows 4, this needs to be corrected —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bloozsa (talk • contribs) 23:26, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. TomCat4680 (talk) 03:16, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

History and the Logos and Uniforms section

So, I decided to create a history page for the team to match every other NFL team aside from the Texans. Since the section was so small to begin with, I replaced it with a link to the new page. However, that left a real lack of space in the logos and uniforms section. I've done my best to incorporate as many images as possible and made use of the ones I couldn't get into the section in the new article. If anyone can think of a way to improve this situation, please do. -- MichiganCharms (talk) 08:38, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Lions Legends Section

The Lions Legends section includes Barry Sanders and Dick LeBeau, who are already included from the "Hall of Fame Players listed above". Sanders and LeBeau should not be listed again in the Lions Legends section, as none of the other Lions HOF'ers are listed again in the section.

96.231.192.254 (talk) 07:37, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 71.135.55.186, 23 December 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} In the fourth paragraph of the Detroit Lions article, it is explained how they are the only team in NFL history to loose all regular 16 games. The article goes on to state how "Ironically, the Lions were 4-0 in the pre-season." I thought it might interest readers to also know that (Ironically) they were the only team that same year to go undefeated in the pre-season. This can be verified by looking at the final pre-season standings for that year. This is readily available on the internet @ http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/standings?year=preseason_2008 As a Detroit Lions fan, its a fact I will never forget. Thank You for considering my addition.

71.135.55.186 (talk) 05:42, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Done, and you're a most loyal fan. Thanks for the addition. I've removed "Ironically" per WP:EDITORIAL. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 16:07, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from , 11 October 2011

Please delete According to USA Today, the Lions have added two new directors of scouting evaluation. Naveed Carim and Brett Jaksim were discovered by Martin Mayhew to work under Sheldon White in all scouting capacities. They have brought on their own system of player evaluation called the "PANDIAN" system, which they developed while attending the University of Michigan and the University of Oregon respectively. because it is entirely false. These two have nothing to do with the lions.

173.106.211.0 (talk) 03:21, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Done --Jnorton7558 (talk) 11:03, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Update attendance

The 2012 home attendance numbers are now available from ESPN, per the link already there. CaliGal79 (talk) 20:55, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

So put them up with your source. TomCat4680 (talk) 01:42, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

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The shade of Honolulu blue

So if you go based on the logo being used on the team page, the RGB of 0-109-176 converts to the hex #006DB0  , which agrees with this site: here, BUT, if you go with this site: here, you'll see a darker shade of #005A8B   being used as the official team shade. I'm tempted to honor the latter of the two since it appears to be a more official reference, but I do like them both. Frank12 (talk) 03:31, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Detroit Lions/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

strengths - infobox looks great, win-loss record and roster are very informative weaknesses - not as much detail for 1960's and 1970's update needed - with Arizona's appearance in this year's Super Bowl, the Lions are now the longest without an NFL/NFC Title —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.38.39.90 (talk) 13:51, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Last edited at 13:52, 7 May 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 14:40, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2016

Home attendance

{ Whiteash429 (talk) 08:35, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Not done: as you have not requested a change.
If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ".
Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 09:55, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

somebody came on here and changed the dates

It is well documented that the business operation was established in 1929. Somebody came in here and changed it -IM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.202.184.14 (talk) 13:56, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

New shades of Honolulu blue and silver

I don't want to go around making a bunch of changes yet, but I've read from Paul Lukas at Uni-Watch and from sportslogosnet on their twitter page that the new official shade of Honolulu Blue is now Pantone 2196. I can't find anything "official" from the Detroit Lions or the NFL, but I guess this is more of a heads up to possibly change the tables and other visuals on Lions-related pages in the near future. I have no idea if the silver is staying the same or not.

FYI: Pantone 2196 would look like this:   according to this page.

Frank12 (talk) 16:39, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Edit request

In the "Logos and uniforms" section, add the following sentences (minus the beginning/ending quotes before the current last sentence of the last paragraph in that section (please feel free to copyedit and fix the reference): "The initials "WCF" were also permanently added to the left sleeve as a screen print in honor of William Clay Ford, who owned the team from 1963 until his death in 2014. The sleeve addition replaces the black "WCF" patch on the left breast that was added after Ford's death.[3]". Thanks! 2604:2D80:803D:E7A6:508C:159D:25CA:9CF3 (talk) 00:43, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done, with a few minor wording differences. Please check for any issues with this. Thank you. CityOfSilver 18:03, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

why no depth chart?

is blough the starter? what's the point of the alphabetical roster? why don't you sort by importance? who is playing who is sub? wow you can improve information density just by re-ordering the roster to reflect this! no new typing! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.255.48.61 (talk) 03:07, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

william Clay ford's estate

NFL.com is reporting that Martha Ford, William Clay Ford Sr's widow, will be taking controlling interest in the team, it is unknown if she or her son will have executive power: [4]

Semi-protected edit request on 9 July 2021

Jasonmvp14 (talk) 07:28, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

Change the lions championships and conference titles to 0

 Not done: ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:28, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

the Lions aren't very good this year

they're not playing well and even lost to the lowly Bears on Thanksgiving. I hope they get better soon 69.14.19.63 (talk) 17:58, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

The move from Portsmouth, Ohio

Since Portsmouth, Ohio was a central part of The Underground Railroad during the 1860's, and according to Wikipedia, many African-Americans continued North and ending in Detroit, I was wondering. Is this why the Portsmouth Spartans moved to Detroit, Michigan? 71.31.105.68 (talk) 22:58, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Jets haven't won a championship?

What does this mean:

"though the New York Jets are the only other team alongside the Lions that has played in every season in the Super Bowl era without winning a championship game, the Jets played in and won Super Bowl III."

The Jets won the AFL Championship and the Super Bowl. 157.131.204.115 (talk) 16:25, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 October 2023

Change the "current uniforms" image on the sidebar to reflect the updated alternate uniforms, which feature a blue helmet as of 2023. Frankpoop69 (talk) 20:12, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 23:41, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

More topics than uniforms

This listing should discuss the championship teams and the players who made them happen.

The discussion about uniform changes is interesting but hardly the story of the Lions. 38.147.239.6 (talk) 04:05, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Rephrase?

In the lead, consider rephrasing "Since the 1957 championship, the franchise has won only a single playoff game during the 1991 season and holds the league's longest postseason win drought." to "Since the 1957 championship, the franchise has won only a single playoff game, in the 1991 season, and holds the league's longest postseason win drought." or similar - the Oilers also only won one playoff game in the 1991 season. 90.240.176.249 (talk) 13:31, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 January 2024

This statement is incorrect: "They are the only franchise operational for the entirety of the Super Bowl era not to appear in the Super Bowl".

The Cleveland Browns have also been around for the entire time and never been to the Superbowl. The Texans and Jaguars are expansion teams, so they don't count for this, but the Browns do.

One of many sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cleveland-Browns 2600:6C58:C00:D9:7E81:2FEA:FA30:BB5 (talk) 21:08, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: The Cleveland Browns were considered non operational for 3 seasons. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:28, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

yo what is going on under "Notable Players: Current Roster"???

who messed up their wikimarkup guys what is this 141.219.211.134 (talk) 16:09, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

I fixed it. A bracket was missing. TomCat4680 (talk) 19:55, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

green

 hes not on the lions now/any more ok? Ongib (talk) 23:30, 31 August 2024 (UTC)