I mean, if I had the misfortune of being born into a Lions fan family, I would spend as much time on other message boards as possible too.
Imagine Payton, Butkus, Urlacher, or Singletary forcing a trade, or quitting in their prime to get away from the Bears. Imagine them despising the franchise so much they refuse to mention them in their HOF speech.
“I’m definitely going to bring up a lot of people that I’m thankful for,” he said. “There are so many people during my career that had an impact and those specific people I’m going to try (thank) … at least I have them on the ticker. But I’m not going to mention everybody. As far as the Lions, hey, I got nothing to say.”
Sanders didn’t, either, when inducted into the Hall in August, 2004. He thanked the Lions’ fans. He thanked the city of Detroit. He thanked his teammates and coach Wayne Fontes.
Lions fans look at the Browns abandoning Cleveland in the middle of the night only to be reborn and suck for 20 years as a wishful rebuilding model.