Relaxing in a Ford Field suite Sunday, Bobby Hebert was having the time of his life.
The 62-year-old former quarterback laughed and told stories in his thick Louisiana accent about that small window of his life when he and an upstart team in the United States Football League brought a championship to the Detroit area.
Playing with the Michigan Panthers gave Hebert, once known as the Cajun Cannon, a reservoir of good memories.
“We could have beat the Lions,” Hebert declared.
These days, the revived team that bears the same nickname and uniforms couldn’t make the same audacious claim.