Lions Strength of Schedule

According to a league release, the Detroit Lions have the 21st toughest schedule in 2009. Even more discouraging (they did go 0-16 after all ...) might be the fact that the Packers (6-10), Vikings (9-7), and Chicago Bears (10-6) have the NFL's easiest schedules in 2009. Of course, it didn't hurt those teams that they're scheduled to play the Lions -- a .000 winning percentage last year -- twice. (Cue Rodney Dangerfield) ... Talk about it in The Den message board.

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