Week 15: Lions Vs. Buccaneers

The Lions and Buccaneers are an incredibly interesting matchup. Each team is in a rebuilding mode, and has young new head coaches (Raheem Morris) and a recently drafted franchise QB (Josh Freeman) and defensive lineman (Gerald McCoy) to show for it. If there is a franchise who rivals the Lions current extended run of losing, it is the “creamsicle” Bucs, who were infamously bad in the late 70’s and early 80’s. The Creamsicle Bucs Uniforms, 2.0 That being said, the Buccaneers have been a competitive, perennial playoff team under Tony Dungy and won a Super Bowl with Jon “Chucky” Gruden as their head coach. They are also an improbable 8-5 team, who are battling for their playoff lives. On the other hand, the Lions have won one playoff game since 1957 and are experiencing a prolonged drought from post-season play. The Lions are no closer to being a playoff team now, than when they named Matt Millen as team president and Marty Mornihnweg as head coa...