One of the few good things about the 1976 Bucs was future Hall of Fame defensive end Lee Roy Selmon. He fires up some tasty ribs, too.

When the Detroit Lions lost to the Packers Sunday, it cemented the team as the worst in NFL history, in Joe’s eyes, surpassing forever the winless 1976 Bucs (0-14).

But USA Today is not quite as sure. It is running a poll asking what team was the worst in NFL history, And the story compares the ’76 Bucs and the ’08 Lions, the first team to lose 16 games in a season.

The story graphic compares the worst loss of the teams’ season, family connections on the clubs and “brushes with victory.”

Joe is still of the mind the Lions were worse, not because they lost 16 games but because the 1976 Bucs were an expansion team in the days before free agency. Back then, an expansion team had only its drafted players from the prior spring and other teams’ castoffs.

The Lions had several former first- and second-round picks on the team, alongside hand-picked free agents.