A headline I never thought possible

I found this quite disturbing picture in my email this morning, courtesy of one of the Detroit Tigers blogging hoi polloi, Mike McClary of The Daily Fungo, and The Detroit Tigers Podcast.

Shouldn't Jay Leno make some sort of very lame joke about this headline?

Mike lives in Arizona, so the headline is from the game preview of Sunday's Arizona Republic. (Also note that the Republic picked the Cardinals to win...)

He was as stunned as the rest of us would be to see the Detroit Lions, of all teams, to be considered a "Model" for any team to emulate. To be honest, I find it quite telling, that as fans we find a headline that actually flatters the Lions to be odd, strange, and flabbergasting, than a sign of encouragment.