By just about all accounts, the future looks brighter for the Lions in 2009 than it did in 2008. Detroit’s got two wins compared to the zero it had last year, has a developing star quarterback, one of the better receivers in the NFL and a young coach that is respected throughout the NFL.
But that young coach, Jim Schwartz, is probably getting older by the day. After Detroit’s embarrassing 47-3 loss in Baltimore last Sunday, Schwartz went on a verbal rampage, promising that underachieving players would be cut in the offseason. Later in the week, a little calmer, he offered a pretty direct assessment for why the Lions are 2-11.
“There is a significant portion of our roster that’s on our roster because they were castoffs from other teams,” Schwartz said. “There were teams that didn’t want them or let them …
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