The up-and-down history of the Detroit Lions using first-round picks on receivers and tight ends
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Detroit Lions wide receiver Charles Rogers stretches out after this over thrown ball against Arizona Sunday at Ford Field. Arizona s Renaldo Hill defending. Detroit defeated the Arizona Cardinals 42-24. (The Saginaw News)THE SAGINAW NEWS
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ALLEN PARK T.J. Hockenson was booed at the Detroit Lions’ own draft party inside team headquarters. Of course, that wasn’t so much about T.J. Hockenson himself as general fatigue toward the Lions for spending yet another first-round pick on yet another tight end. They had already done it two other times since 2009, more than any other team during that span. And while Brandon Pettigrew and Eric Ebron had some productive seasons in Detroit, neither was the transformative player he was billed to be, and both departed without ever winning anything at all.
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An NFL team once went two months without winning a game and still made the playoffs. The 2014 Panthers beat the Bears on Oct. 5 and tied the Bengals before losing six straight, leaving them 3-8-1 on Dec. 6. Thanks to a four-game win streak (and a terrible division), Carolina (19th on offense, 21st defensively) hosted a playoff game and won it. Of course, the Cardinals were on their third quarterback, Ryan Lindley, by then to set up one of the worst playoff matchups in NFL history. The Seahawks eliminated the Panthers, but Carolina won 17 of its next 18 games en route to Super Bowl 50.
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