A year that will be forever etched into the collective memories of Detroit Lions fans, 2008 is remembered for all of the wrong reasons. Now, nearly a full decade after cementing themselves on the wrong side of NFL history, the negative stigma from Detroit’s ”perfect” season still hovers over the fan base and organization like a black cloud.
Back then, head coach Rod Marinelli was entering his third season at the helm in Detroit hoping to improve upon the previous year’s 7-9 record.
Running the table that preseason and finishing undefeated at 4-0 provided the fans with a false sense of hope that 2008 would be the season that things would finally begin to turn in the favor of the perennial cellar dwellers.