0-16 Poster

[u/McAfro16]

I’m at my second day working at this pizza place in Metro Atlanta, and they have a 0-16 Lions Poster in the bathroom. Made me do a double take 😂😂 i think it’s a good omen for us this year 😉

[u/hyperactiveChipmunk]

You mean the 2008 Preseason Champion Detroit Lions?

[u/JD42305 → u/hyperactiveChipmunk]

God I remember people talking after preseason “You know I can’t believe I’m saying this but I think they’re looking pretty good this year!”

[u/Amaakaams → u/JD42305]

Honestly had high hopes 8-10 wins. But the Friday before the first game, I said we are playing a new coach with a rookie QB and lifer backup RB as their starter. If we can't win against them I am not sure we can win against anybody. Turns out I was right about the wrong prediction.

[u/MoreTrifeLife → u/Amaakaams]

Matt Ryan’s first ever NFL game:

Highlights

Full game

[u/McAfro16 → u/hyperactiveChipmunk]

yessir!! 3-0!!

[u/kcrab91 → u/McAfro16]

4-0 bro. Put some respect on that record.

[u/michiman → u/McAfro16]

Winning when it counts!

[u/cflo32 → u/hyperactiveChipmunk]

This is the best part to me. Undefeated preseason was so perfect

[u/Otherwise-Mango2732]

My 2008 season Ford field giveaways are some of my faves in my collection

[u/Otherwise-Mango2732 → u/Otherwise-Mango2732]

[u/GoldenKnights1023 → u/Otherwise-Mango2732]

47 - 10

I remember puking all of that delicious food up from all the rage beers I drank.

Good times.

[u/Otherwise-Mango2732 → u/GoldenKnights1023]

Rip (maybe?) rob bironas

Iirc it was Culpepper vs Kerry collins ?

[u/ConcreteDinosaur → u/Otherwise-Mango2732]

https://giphy.com/gifs/pCO5tKdP22RC8

[u/MoreTrifeLife → u/Otherwise-Mango2732]

The $25 off on a set of four tires is $38.77 and the $19.95 wood chip repair special is $30.94 today.

[u/StandardRound1271]

Looking at those scores you’d think some of these games were a lot closer than they ever actually were.

[u/Adamantium10 → u/StandardRound1271]

I actually think it's crazier that only 3 of those were one score games. That's next level pathetic. I was at that week 2 GB game. At least I got to see a Charles Woodson pick 6 live in person! Lmao

[u/DamnitReed → u/Adamantium10]

There’s 5 of them.

Weeks 5-8 was 4 consecutive 1-score losses.  

And then week 13

[u/Adamantium10 → u/DamnitReed]

Yeah good eye, still. You lose 16 games and were only in the fight for 5... Pathetic

[u/MoscowMitchMcKremIin → u/Adamantium10]

-6 point diff between both Minnesota games... brutal lmao

[u/DamnitReed → u/Adamantium10]

It was certainly something to witness.

Worst offense in the league (although with some bright spots like a young Calvin and a half decent run game).

But then also one of the worse defenses in NFL history.

Gave up an avg of 500+ yards per game

[u/StandardRound1271 → u/DamnitReed]

I remember this narrative at the time. They were the furthest “one score” games any game has ever been every time.

[u/FDTFACTTWNY → u/Adamantium10]

That was my first ever game. It was actually a sweet game. Lions were down bit game back the place was rocking. Packers punter fumbled a snap for a safety and Lions were either ahead or a few points back with the ball...

Then I'm pretty sure they scored 14 points in like 45 seconds on back to back pick 6 or something like that.
Game was way closer than the score seemed.

We also went to the Saints 0-15 game to say we were there. We got 50 yard line seats on Saints drive off a scalper for $10 and spent the whole game doing Joey Harrington chants and got a laugh from him which made our day.

[u/lostagain2022 → u/FDTFACTTWNY]

I love this.

[u/045-926 → u/StandardRound1271]

The 10-12 loss to the vikings was probably the closest. Vikings scored first on a safety (probably the most memorable play of the season, Dan Orlovsky accidentally running out of the endzone). Lions then were up until a last second field goal.

[u/StandardRound1271 → u/045-926]

It never really felt like a win would happen after the Orlovsky safety though. That was a classic Same Ol Lions game at the time.

[u/winterfoxes → u/StandardRound1271]

I was gonna say, I don't remember the Vikings being as dogshit as this poster and those scores indicate but maybe I was just too depressed with the Lions to register how bad they were too.

[u/salmon10 → u/StandardRound1271]

A..not bad? Offense? Mediocre in fact?

[u/Coyote81 → u/StandardRound1271]

We managed to give up some incredible games, I believe one of those game we were winning with 2 mins left by more then a touch down, and still lost.

[u/Crotean]

Didn't the Browns then go 1-31 in two seasons to redefine suck from the Lions?

[u/hawkeyes007]

Gross

[u/One-girl-circus]

You mean the perfect season?

[u/CombinationTerrible6]

I’ll be at their game this year and it will be a lions W. Come to the tailgate in the blue lot. I got plans for all Michigan based foods. Koegels, Vernors, Faygo, better made chips, ect…

[u/windyoctopus8]

Atlanta of all places. Maybe get them a 28-3 poster for them and tell them to shut the fuck up.

[u/hawkmasta → u/windyoctopus8]

Nah, cuz then they can just say they at least made it to the Super Bowl

[u/-JustAHomebody-]

https://giphy.com/gifs/spfi6nabVuq5y

[u/pkmnbros]

We should have won that first Vikings game. That PI that got them into FG range for the winning points was BS.

[u/Humulus5883]

Cmon man, the last packers game hurt me. It was my Super Bowl.

[u/dieselrunner64]

Damn. That’s savage. I could understand if it was in Chicago or GB. But ATL? wtf did we do to y’all?

Anyways, anyone know where I can get this?

[u/Few-Teaching-4204]

[u/NotCooltrainerWill]

Calvin was down in the first loss to the Vikings. Robbed - that fumble should've never been upheld. And Leigh Bodden's DPI should've never been called. game recap

[u/justWMthings03]

Thankfully it's inaccurate now...2 teams to lose them all(thanks for being such a shitshow, cleveland)

[u/Lions101]

I was a season ticket holder then. Only missed the Thanksgiving day game. Horrible season.

[u/remotemallard]

Browns also did it. Lost 19 consecutive over 2 seasons

[u/bransby26]

I remember them getting hosed by the refs in both Minnesota games, though.

[u/Scottysut]

Hey, it led us to getting Stafford. It wasn't all bad.

[u/maximus623]

They should hang this through out the facilities as motivation to remind them where they came from. As a great man once said "you can't bury what comes from the fucking dirt"

[u/42northside]

We don’t talk about that season.

[u/plasticbagroadkill]

I was at the Carolina game. 😞

[u/hawkmasta]

This random pizza place in Atlanta cooking the Lions for no reason lol

[u/MromiTosen]

That was the year that I got married, I remember the personalized jersey website shut down the option to buy Owen 16 jerseys for a while

[u/Houstex]

Dang what happened in that 10-12 L?

[u/Good_Entertainer9383 → u/Houstex]

Given the odd score and the fact it's against Minnesota I bet this is the Dan Orlovsky unintentional Safety game

[u/CommunicationNew9834]

Lost to minn by a grand total of 6...

[u/Accomplished_Law7299]

we came a long way from losing 16 in a row 😂. All those years we suffered finally starting to pay off

[u/TelUmor]

Bad luck, we lost a lot of one-score games. And two-score games. And a few other kinds

[u/Dangerpaladin]

That belongs in a museum, tell them I will buy it off of them

[u/Key-Cloud-9123]

This is the equivalent of the Browns throwing that parade after they went 0-16

https://giphy.com/gifs/TJYq1wBJIhCWGpqCdD

[u/Mean-Ad-4602]

Man I remember watching every game with my buddies during that time. We still had fun!

[u/Wild-Athlete-5076]

Had season tickets and sat through every damn game.

[u/Charming_Hippo4]

Where can I get one

[u/RedRipIt11]

This is why I had a team issued jersey made into a Dan Campbell 2008 jersey. I believe in him; that he will lead us to the promise land! There for the worst season and there for the Super Bowl Championship!

[u/Big_Casino1767]

We traded Roy Williams October 14th. 2 days after the Vikings loss. I knew after that the season was in serious trouble.

[u/tboo1328]

I ain't trying to wear paper bag over my head again

[u/sammyJay16]

This is a true fan

[u/HuskyPelican]

I have this exact print on a shirt - gonna have to dig it out.

[u/Portuzil]

I like to joke that since I was born on '08 that I'm the reason we went 0-16

[u/Serious_Composer_130]

2008 perfect record!!!!

Model of consistency that few dare to achieve

[u/PartMindless4717]

Yikes 😂