Matt Millen
Sports Executive, Sports Announcer, and Football Player
Hey NFL! Leave Detroit's Thanksgiving Day Game Alone...the afternoon. And you'd take that away from us? Look, all I know is that I don't recall any blubbering about this game until Millen took over the Lions and turned them into a punch line. Talk about kicking a team's fan base while it's... In this article: Lions, NFL, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving, Lamar Hunt, Detroit, Roger Goodell, Matt Millen, and Green Bay Packers |
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Lions have lost their touch on Thanksgiving
....500 in their annual showcase. Detroit won four straight and nine of 12 on Thanksgiving before ex-general manager Matt Millen arrived in 2001 and turned a lackluster franchise into a laughingstock. First-year coach Jim Schwartz has...
In this article: Lions, Thanksgiving, Detroit, Matthew Stafford, Green Bay Packers, Calvin Johnson, Green Bay, Jim Schwartz, Scott Wells, and Aaron Kampman
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Detroit News | 11 hours ago
Jeff Backus is a rock for Lions
...and has been stuck here. At the time, he was deemed the consolation prize for Millen and the Lions because the player they really wanted, Steve Hutchison (Michigan), was drafted one spot earlier by Seattle. It's no surprise, then, that...
In this article: Jeff Backus, Lions, NFL, NFL Draft, General Motors Co., Bankruptcy, and Allen Park
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Chicago Sun-Times | 3 days ago
Pack is back in playoff picture
...Lions center Dominic Raiola said. Before its slide, the Lions won four in a row and nine of 12 on Thanksgiving before ex-general manager Matt Millen arrived in 2001 and made a lackluster franchise awful. The Packers (7-4) have won three...
In this article: Detroit Lions, Matthew Stafford, Green Bay Packers, Thanksgiving, Cleveland Browns, Dominic Raiola, Charles Woodson, Donald Driver, and Aaron Rodgers
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Detroit News | November 18, 2009
Shaun Rogers: Lions' collapse wasn't my fault
...at the end of the 2007 season. A 6-2 start and talk of the playoffs disintegrated as the Lions lost seven of their last eight games, marking the beginning of the end of the Matt Millen era. Shaun Rogers, the Pro Bowl defensive...
In this article: Shaun Rogers, Lions, Detroit, Browns, Shaun Smith, Dominic Raiola, Leigh Bodden, Allen Park, and Andre Fluellen
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Detroit Free Press | November 11, 2009
Millen: Lions experience positive (for him)
Millen: Lions experience positive (for him) Millen says Lions job was a positive experience for him You and I might have regrets about the Lions hiring Matt Millen, lo, those many years go, but he sure doesn't. "No, never," Millen told...
In this article: Lions, Lascelles Brown, USA Today, Jesus Christ, Pierre Lueders, Rod Marinelli, Brett Favre, and NFL Network
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Matthew George Millen (born March 12, 1958 in Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania) is a former professional football player and executive in the National Football League. He was President and CEO of the Detroit Lions from 2000 until 2008. His eight-year tenure as head of the franchise led to the worst eight-year record in the NFL (31-97) since World War II, and resulted in his termination on September 24, 2008.
Prior to his management affiliation with the Detroit Lions, Millen was a professional football linebacker for the Oakland Raiders, the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins of the NFL. In Millen's 12-year NFL playing career, he played on four Super Bowl-winning teams. Millen won a Super Bowl ring with each of the three teams for which he played.
Following his NFL career, he was a football commentator for several national television and radio networks. His last job before joining the Lions was as a member of the number two broadcast team for the NFL on FOX, as well as being the color commentator for Monday Night Football on Westwood One. On February 1, 2009, he joined the NBC broadcast team for pre-game analysis of Super Bowl XLIII.
- Birth Date:
- March 12, 1958
- University Attended:
- Penn State
- Number:
- 55, 57
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Draft pick:
- 43
- Draft round:
- 2
- Draft Year:
- 1980
- Debut Date:
- 1980
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