Why Is Matt Millen an Analyst?

Why is Matt Millen an Analyst?

To those of you who may not know, Matt Millen was President, CEO, and GM for theDetroit Lions from 2000 to 2008.  During that span, Detroit went 31-97, their worst eight-year record since WWII, and lost nine or more games in each season.  Just as horrible as those stats are, Millen also had arguably the worst first-round draft picks in NFL history (Charles Rodgers, Joey Harrington, Mike Williams).  Like a friend of mine said, “there are probably armchair QB’s out there that could’ve done a better job for the Lions.”  Even as a player he didn’t post great numbers, he went to one Pro-Bowl (although he did win four rings with some great teams).  With all that being said, how can this noticeably terrible NFL team executive be a football analyst on ESPN and the NFL Network?

Listening to Matt Millen analyze football correlates with Don King giving a speech on “Exemplifying Moral Values When Managing Professional Boxers.” No, I don’t have a personal grudge against Millen.  No, I’m not a Detroit Lions fan.  Yes, I do give people the benefit of the doubt, but for some reason, every Monday night when Matt Millen speaks all I hear are the sounds from the Charlie Brown cartoon “Wah, Wah, Wah, Wah.”  This doesn’t happen when Steve Young or Stuart Scott speak, although occasionally I hear those

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