Why are the are the Detroit Lions allowed to exists as a professional football team? With their loss yesterday to the Saints, Detroit became the first NFL team to go 0 – 15. I’m betting that the Packers next week will beat them, thereby completely the first 0 – 16 season. It’s actually a lot of pressure on the Packers because they don’t want to forever be known as the team that snapped Detroit’s losing streak. But back to the Lions. I believe its safe to say that the Lions are THE worse NFL franchise in history.