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Bobby Layne & The Curse

Blue1956 : 11/26/2020 2:56 pm
As I sit here trying to watch this morning’s game I can’t help but think about Layne who was the last Lions Qb to win a championship! That was in 1957! He was traded the following year to the Steelers & on his way out stated that the Lions won’t win again for another 50 years.. Well it’s now going to b 63 years & counting thus giving some credibility to the curse! While we have gone thru some tough years with the Giants it seems minuscule to what Lions fans have endured!
Site about this  
cosmicj : 11/26/2020 2:58 pm : link
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curse - ( New Window )
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SFGFNCGiantsFan : 11/26/2020 3:04 pm : link
THEY'VE WON ONE-UNO-PLAYOFF GAME SINCE THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION.

How is that even possible? It's insane. Worst organization in sports. Hell, even the Cards have made the Super Bowl. The Browns had some deep runs, the Jets got a title...
Perhaps 'worst organization in sports' might be  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 11/26/2020 3:04 pm : link
off, but they're up there.
There last 15 years are marked by  
jvm52106 : 11/26/2020 3:15 pm : link
two early returements of Superstars, a string of bad draft picks ( multiple 1st rd WR's who failed, a QB who was wrecked and many coaching changes..

Patricia will be latest coach to go. Lions need a fresh start (new QB/Coach combo) and soon.
I was thinking about this watching  
cjac : 11/26/2020 3:37 pm : link
This game

Lions have one playoff win since 1958. How do you even continue to be a fan?

Cleveland started to show improvement in the 90s, moved to Baltimore, won 2 Superbowls as the Ravens.

Can you imagine being a fan of either of those teams?
Actually,it wasn’t Bobby Layne.  
Big Blue '56 : 11/26/2020 3:44 pm : link
Tobin Rote who the Lions stole from the woeful Packers, was the Qbto win the title in ‘57
How bad is it to be a Lions fan?  
truebluelarry : 11/26/2020 4:36 pm : link
Even the Cardinals have made it to a Super Bowl!
How bad is it to be a lions fan  
Blue1956 : 11/26/2020 5:05 pm : link
It has to be brutal! In perspective we shouldn’t b complaining too much in spite of the down years ..
Stafford  
PEEJ : 11/26/2020 6:28 pm : link
is the "Archie Manning" of this generation
RE: How bad is it to be a lions fan  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 11/26/2020 6:30 pm : link
In comment 15057223 Blue1956 said:
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It has to be brutal! In perspective we shouldn’t b complaining too much in spite of the down years ..


This century alone, we've been to 3 Super Bowls & won 2 Lombardis. We should feel blessed.
They have nothing to show  
Ike#88 : 11/26/2020 6:31 pm : link
for having a pretty decent QB for the last 11 years.
The curse stuck out in a lions playoff game in dallas  
Blue1956 : 11/26/2020 6:59 pm : link
A few years ago Stafford & the Lions were ahead of Dallas & driving when a flag was thrown for obvious Pass interference on the Cows which led to that idiot Dez Bryant charging onto the field helmetless to yell at the ref which was another penalty! After a slight delay the flag was amazingly picked up & what should have been 2 blatant penalties was negated! I’ve seen plenty of bad calls go against the Giants but that sequence might have been the worst officiating I had ever seen! & that was it for Detroit!
RE: The curse stuck out in a lions playoff game in dallas  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 11/26/2020 7:01 pm : link
In comment 15057256 Blue1956 said:
[quote] A few years ago Stafford & the Lions were ahead of Dallas & driving when a flag was thrown for obvious Pass interference on the Cows which led to that idiot Dez Bryant charging onto the field helmetless to yell at the ref which was another penalty! After a slight delay the flag was amazingly picked up & what should have been 2 blatant penalties was negated! I’ve seen plenty of bad calls go against the Giants but that sequence might have been the worst officiating I had ever seen! & that was it for Detroit! [/quote

I remember that game. Detroit did get screwed.
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