“Compared to last year” would provide a nice opportunity to view the first half of the Detroit Lions’ 2016 season through a pair of rose-tinted spectacles with designer frames – and no correction for short-sightedness.
Last year, the 2015 Detroit Lions flew home from London after absorbing a merciless 45-10 flogging by the Kansas City Chiefs. That made their record 1-7, with a bye week ahead. And although nobody knew it, it would be “goodbye” week to two members of top management. Franchise owner Martha Firestone Ford fired GM Martin Mayhew and team president Tom Lewand during the bye week to set in motion a sweeping overhaul of the front office.