The Lions lost their last eight games last year after a .500 start. They collapsed again this season with four straight losses and six in a seven-game stretch — blowing fourth-quarter leads in each setback — after they took control of the NFC North race. Detroit and the 2000 San Diego Chargers are the only NFL teams since 1940 to lose fourth-quarter leads in seven games in a season,Cheap Shoes Online, according to STATS.
Schwartz led the Lions to two wins in his first year,Discount Falcons Jerseys, six the next and to double digits in victories two years ago for the first time since 1995 to help them end an 11-year postseason drought.
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