text: On road, cowardly Lions no more Sure, every team wants to avoid starting the season 0-1. But 0-25? The Detroit Lions knew what was at stake yesterday in Chicago, where they lugged their NFL-record 24-game road losing streak. It followed them through last season like a ripe stench, permeating the locker room and clouding team confidence. The way coach Steve Mariucci saw it, a cleansing was ...
inputs: On road, cowardly Lions no more Sure, every team wants to avoid starting the season 0-1. But 0-25? The Detroit Lions knew what was at stake yesterday in Chicago, where they lugged their NFL-record 24-game road losing streak. It followed them through last season like a ripe stench, permeating the locker room and clouding team confidence. The way coach Steve Mariucci saw it, a cleansing was ...