It actually started out as a critique on the old traveling circus. We’re not the only Lions football team that it applies to. There was a time when it was even used as a compliment. It’s evolved over the years to encapsulate everything that’s ever frustrated, disappointed, or confounded us about our Detroit Lions.
In the Twitter age, it’s been condensed into just three letters. Like it or not, the term will endure no matter how successful the team is in upcoming years.
Same Old Lions.
How did it all start, who is to blame, and how can we put a stop to it?