Matt Stafford is the Detroit Lions' Only Hope to Change Culture

Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz is faced with more than just building a team. He has been dealt the job of changing a culture.It is a culture of losing that has been hovering around Detroit Lions football since the glory days of the 1950s. With one playoff victory since 1957—you can't make stuff like that up—it has culminated toward a historic finish. Everybody knows by now the Lions became the lone franchise to go winless since the schedule format changed to 16 regular season games. Former general manager Matt Millen may go down as the worst front office executive in the history of professional sports. But with a new general manager, team president and head coach, the Lions have begun to address the problems by undergoing a complete roster overhaul. This overhaul is responsible for the purge of more than 20 players that were on the roster last year, and they have been replaced with new faces.General manager Martin Mayhew and Schwartz have added pieces, sure, b...