If you want to know how special the Super Bowl is, don’t ask the men playing today in Houston.
Ask the ones who never got there.
Ask Herman Moore. When he was 21, he was drafted by Detroit with its first-round pick, and in his rookie year, the Lions never lost a home game. They finished 12-4. Won the NFC Central. Got a bye in the first round. And beat the Dallas Cowboys by nearly five touchdowns, 38-6, to advance to the NFC championship game.
Just like that, in his baptismal season, Moore, a future Pro Bowl receiver, was a win away from the Super Bowl.