You're Welcome, Detroit, Signed BA & FMAD

Dear Long-Suffering Detroit Lions Fans:

You are welcome since Fat Man After Dark has been the catalyst for the end of the Matt Millen era. Allow me to explain.

Last season, FMAD insider BA at Nats Park (back when he was BA in Kalorama) and I had a bet on the Lions. If they went 8-8 or better during the regular season, BA would win a large sum of sweaty greasy money from the cigar box in my underwear drawer. If they went 7-9 then I would win a large sum of crisp clean unmarked non-consecutive American bills from BA's vault.

The first half of the season was ridiculous as Detroit jumped out to a 6-2 record and every week seemed to find me puking into a sports bar toilet. BA's laughter haunted me in my dreams. I'd wake up in a cold sweat and needed to pop several Flintstones chewables with a Zima chaser just to get back to sleep.

But then the worm turned and Detroit became the hapless bounders I knew they were. Touchdown Jesus Kitna went back to being a turnover machine. The greatest game was when the Cowboys visited Ford Field. Detroit had the lead the entire game until the VERY LAST SECONDS when Tony Romo hit his BFF Jason Witten in the end zone for America's Team to prevail. The bottom line is that a 6-2 start led to a 7-9 finish.

What I'm saying is that BA and I entered into a bet and less than a year later, Matt Millen finally gets the ax. Coincidence? There are no coincidences in this world, bubbles.

You are welcome, Detroit. Now someone send me a new tv from the inevitable rioting.