The Detroit Lions Need To Go 3-13 In Order To Avoid Financial Disaster

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Published: November 5, 2009

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... heads everywhere are filled with dreams of wins or just high draft picks.

I'm referring of course to the NFL's mid-season point, or as it's known in Detroit, Wishing Day.

It's that day when you realize the Lions have absolutely no shot at making the playoffs and you officially start thinking about next season. 

Yes, the Lions are so bad, they make awful teams look good. This is not breaking news. If they continue on their current pace, they will finish 2-14 this season.

That will assuredly get this team a top-five draft pick. Great! Right?

High draft picks always come with high hopes and dreams. If you're a Lions fan, you know that those dreams are often shattered at some point during the first two seasons of that player's career.

But forget about that. There's another danger that comes with having high draft picks, and that's the high price-tag attached.

Calvin Johnson was taken No. 2 overall in 2007. He signed a six-year d...

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