If you’re a Lions’ fan, you had to watch the AFC Game on Sunday afternoon with envy.
Here were the Jets, a team with a rookie coach, quarterback and running back, trying to do what most didn’t think was possible — get to the Super Bowl.
But they jumped out to a 17-13 lead in Indy vs. the Colts at the half. There was a second half that had to be played before anybody was going to the Super Bowl for sure.
Still, the Jets’ move forward shows you that it doesn’t take a decade to make a big-time move in the NFL.
The Lions keep telling fans that it takes time to build a championship. Obviously, things can be turned around quickly when you make the right personnel decisions. That’s what the Jets have done, that’s why they had a shot. The Jets didn’t even make the playoffs a year ago and made changes everywhere with a new coach in place.
It’s an amazing story, but not impossible.
Hopefully, Lions owner William Clay Ford was watching as well. He should understand that there no way he should accept another season like we saw this past year.
Let’s be honest. They were two plays away from going 0-16 two seasons in a row, a near impossible feat in the parity-laden NFL.
