i've been a lions fan as long as i can remember. i watched the likes of alex karras, mike lucci, lem barney, wayne walker and a certain coach in pittsburgh play in old tiger stadium. i have hated the minnesota vikings for all that time, because when i really started to follow football bud grant was taking his teams to the nfc championship (and winning), and the superbowl (and losing).

i've railed against the ineptitude, and looked forward to next year every january, and hoped that this draft would get us over the hump. remember billiy sims and steve owens whose carrers were both cut short by injury? how about recent fan favorites spielman, blades, and schlesinger, or currently calvin johnson.

will matthew stafford end the curse? he did go to the same highschool as mr. lane.

email: