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The Detroit Lions played their worst game of the season last Sunday, getting shutout by a Green Bay Packers team who wasn't all that much better performance-wise...yet still smoked Detroit by 26 points. To lose 26-0 to a team that reached the red zone five times, yet only scored one touchdown, while managing  to pile up 130 yards in penalties, could only happen to the Lions. They should have lost by 50+, but the Pack happened to be in an overly generous mood. They gave Detroit every opportunity to get back in the game, and the Lions did little more than pound sand the semi-frozen tundra. As you might guess, there were plenty of Lions who could have earned a prestigious TWFE Facepalm. But only a few are chosen. Here are the chosen few. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Facepalm - Daunte Culpepper: The Thalberg Favepalm is awarded to quarterbacks whose bodies of work reflect a consistently low quality of play. As a Lion, Culpepper has been very consistent...consistently bad. His pla...
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