Detroit Lions' Cory Redding: 'We're Good, We Just Didn't Show Up Today'

My favorite thing about the Detroit Lions -- the team I grew up cheering for as a kid in Plymouth, Michigan -- is the way they absolutely refuse to admit how bad they are.

A team that admits it sucks would take action to correct said suckitude. It would, say, fire the general manager who has driven the team into the ground for the last eight years. But not the Lions.

No, the Lions go right on pretending they're a great team. They claim they're going to win 10 games, they claim they're going set NFL records for touchdown passes, and they make ridiculous statements like this one:

"Don't be trying to write us off," defensive captain Cory Redding warned, after the 34-21 loss. "We're good. We just didn't show up today."

Ah, yes. The Lions are good, they just decided not to show up for the first game of the season. Because that's what good teams do. Or something.

Look: The Lions stink. They will stink as long as Matt Millen is running the team, and Matt Millen will run the team as long as William Clay Ford is alive. So if you're a Lions fan and you know they're not going to give you any reason to cheer for them, it will cheer you up to laugh at them.