It’s hard to not be romantic about the Detroit Lions. The loveable losers of the league have dealt with embarrassment and pain like no team in the NFL. I’d go even farther and speculate that no other team in professional sports has had a harder road than the Lions.
Along with that embarrassment and pain has come years of ridicule. There’s the “same old Lions” sentiment that’s flown around for decades, but that’s been said so many times that there’s a callus built around it. That doesn’t hurt as much as when you tune into the NFL pre-shows and watch analysts laugh at the idea that the team could win that particular day.