How Cursed Were The Detroit Lions Actually ? 

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Reliving those horrible ref calls is painful. But on the other end of the spectrum, just seeing a short snippet of our playoff win over the Rams fills me with so much joy! That win meant so much to us Lions lifers. Love this team!

I am a life long Steelers fan but I've always liked the Lions, after watching this and learning about the history of this "curse" and those HORRIBLE ref calls... I now have 2 teams to root for.

Dan Campbell's introduction speech is still the funniest speech from a coach in any sport that I've ever heard. Fuckin love that guy. 😅😅

Even though I’m a fan of another NFL team. I think I speak for any football fan when I say “ I wouldn’t hate to see the Lions finally make it to and win a Super Bowl”

The week 17 game against Dallas marked as a win is awesome

I’m a 42 year old life long lions fan. Most people don’t understand the absolute pain we’ve felt as fans. Thanks for putting this all together. This video really did a good job encompassing what our fandom has seen over the years. We love Brad, Sheila, Speilman, and MCDC. I really hope they’ve finally broken the curse. God bless you Jeff Daniels.

The amount of emotions this video put me through as a lions fan is insane man. This franchise has been through it on the field and off as fans have dealt with this team getting shit on by other fans its whole life during the SB era and even by their own fans. Love this team and am glad they represent the state of michigan and am glad things are finally ending with that damn curse.

After watching the whole video, i expected this to be made by sports center or another massive sports channel (idk if sports center does stuff like this, I'm from Switzerland so I dont watch American TV) but i was amazed that this was done by a channel with 80 subs. This is top quality content and if you continue to put videos like this out, im sure you're going to grow to be huge. well researched, well spoken and very informative. Already can't wait for the next video.

You realize that when a franchise reaches the depths for a lengthy period of time, no one respects you. No one lets you off the mat. Not even the officials. Bad call(s) go against you ? Their attitude was, 'Oh [bleep] you. You weren't going to win this game, anyway. You're the Lions.' 😕 Well, not anymore. The sea change in stature and respect is breathtaking. And yet there is still so much to prove. Stay hungry, Detroit. Redeem us all ... 🏉 🏈

Lifelong Lions fan here and I appreciate this superb video. High-quality production, great commentary, and overall fantastic presentation. In my heart of hearts, I believe that the curse is over and now we have to make it on our own steam. Whether or not we'll do that is a completely different situation but, for now, there are no more excuses.

I wish that everyone could just appreciate what the Detroit Lions have accomplished this year. What we need to do is look at 2023 in a historical perspective. What Dan Campbell has done for the Lions in his 3 years as head coach mirrors what Chuck Noll did for the Pittsburgh Steelers about a half century ago. Like the Lions of the recent decades, the Steelers were perennial losers for the first 4 decades of their existence. They had never even played in a playoff game until 1972. Hall of Fame Coach Noll took that job in 1969, and launched a dynasty that won 4 Super Bowls during the 1970s and is considered the team of the decade. But it took him some time to build that dynasty as the first of those 4 Super Bowls was played in 1974. I would like to offer Coach Campbell a mulligan on this year's playoffs realizing that Rome, the Steelers, and the Lions weren't built in a day. Keep in mind that the Steelers have remained consistent winner's over the past half century once their organizational culture was changed.

putting win next to the cowboys game is too good XD. DECKER REPORTED

I am a Packers fan that lives an hour away from Detroit. I loved this video. I honestly hope the lions start getting the respect they deserve. I remember watching the Texans Thanksgiving game and was shocked. I hope for the next 5 years that the Packers and Lions are battling for NFC North title. It will make my family functions alot more fun. Great video.

I really appreciate you mentioning the guards we lost tragically. Also, you showed a pic of Roy Williams when you mentiond BMW. Roy was the onyl one whi worked out at all, and we fleeced dallas for him later. The high points of the era...

I'm not a Lions fan but I'm really pulling for their poor fans. My team has been a tragedy too for about 40 years so I understand

It’s the lions year next year….im calling it

Great video. One story you missed was the sudden death of Don McCafferty in 1974. He was about to start his second season as the head coach of the Lions but right before training camp was going to start, he suffered a fatal heart attack while mowing the lawn at his house.

I’m not even a Lions fan but this was a great in depth video and I watched the whole thing. If you could make a video about the downfall of the Falcons that would be amazing.

I as a Bears fan will be rooting for the Lions when they get to the superbowl. It will be well earned... 🐻⬇️

I need to rant about this. Not only did the zebras pick up the call on the pi against the cowgirls, but they just allowed dez to run onto the field to complain about the call.. that's two missed calls that should've been on the cowgirls, and yet it was 4th and 1 Detroit..

If they stay healthy, then there is nothing that I can see that will stop the Lions from a rematch against the 49ers in next year’s NFC Championship Game.

Being a Lions fan, I commend you on one of the most accurate displays of the history of this team that I've ever seen. A couple of minor things: -You mentioned one of the bad draft picks of the Millen Era was Mike Williams but you showed Roy Williams's picture. -When displaying the 2023 Lions record, you marked a win against Dallas when they loss (they should have won). Otherwise, you did an amazing job.

My family has been fans of the lions since the 50s. This video gave me a lot of emotions because it remember the stories my grandfather told me about the team when I was just a kid… I can tell you my grandfather would be proud of his favorite team if he was still here… love ya gramp 🙏 hope you have a good view up there

This is a extremely well done video, I appreciate the effort put into it and it shows that Detroit way. ONE PRIDE! 🦁

I bear the weight of a combined 85 years of suffering from my dad, a lifelong lion fan who passed away before the 2021 NFL draft, 2 days and 2 years ago. I myself am 25 and i must say. This year. It feels different compared to offseasons past. These lions. You could probably put them at ground zero for a nuke and it'd only make the team that much stronger. But i also remember the anger, sadness, heartache and pain that came with us getting to this point. Watching terrible call after horrid play with shitloads of questionable coaching and GM decisions mixed in between. This. Is different. This feels like how the Lions should play.

Saw that the Lions were marked as a win last year against the Cowboys. Classic. Still, growing up as a Lions fan I cannot say to you how fun these last two years have been. I still remember the crowd popping when we beat the Rams, it was magical.

Hey Peeps! This is his FIRST VIDEO! Pretty damn good kid. I subscribed to support quality work. No stock footage, no AI voice-over. Well done.

27:40 I love how you marked that Cowboys game as a "win" even though we got shafted on the 2 point conversion and the L column is correct otherwise. Nice touch! #GoLions #DeckerReportedAsEligible

Not a Lions fan lol but you really put this video together. As much as a diehard birds fan I am I love learning about the history of the franchises. Great job.

This is a VERY good video and it's hard to watch all the heartbreak we as Lions fans have endured. I think adding the fastest OT loss ever against the Bears on Thanksgiving when they ran back the kickoff (I was there) and adding in the part of the Lions/Cowboys playoff game where Dez removed his helmet ON THE FIELD and didn't get flagged in that game (on top of the picked up OPI flag that got picked up). Great video and I love it!

Yeah that just about sums it up. What other team loses a playoff game 5 to nothing? You could’ve added the Lions playoff Bowl wins in the early 60’s when the team was good but couldn’t get by the Pack. And maybe any number of record breaking FG losses - Tom Dempsey and Justin Tucker come to find. But that Monday night loss to Rodgers and the Packers just about sums up my 60 years of Lions fandom - that was particularly painful. In real time I turned to my then 13 year old son and said just before that play was run, “we are about to lose this game”. But hey, on the other hand I was one of the 62,000 in attendance when the Lions beat the Matthew Stafford led Rams in last years playoffs to break the drought. What a scene that was - complete strangers hugging and crying with each other. It was unforgettable and quite the payoff for all these years of frustration. The greatest day in Lions history since 1957.

Wow, as a fan since 1990, reliving all those terrible years, tragedies, and f'd up calls was tough to watch... until the end. This new regime is legit and the best the Lions have ever had in place. The league has been put on notice... the LIONS ARE HERE!!! GREAT video guys & much appreciated 💯

Wow!! Thank you for making this. I've watched the Lions since I was kid in the late 70"s and knew vaguely about the team's history. You've brought it all together here in an informative and entertaining way. Thank you for the memories (good & bad). This must have a tremendous effort to make. This was a blast to watch. I will definitely share your video.

As a long-suffering Lions fan (50 + years) I'd like to make a few points of order. First, fan dissatisfaction played no role in Billy Ford senior's decision to fire Millen. Billy senior liked Millen and if you were a drinking buddy or someone Ford just liked you got to keep your job no matter how bad you were at it. Long before Millen, Russ Thomas was allowed to run the team into the ground forever as GM because he was one of Ford's drinking pals. It was Billy Ford junior who finally talked the old man into firing Millen, which was itself ironic since hiring that moron was junior's idea in the first place. There is a reason Martha, junior's own mother, shut him out of anything Lions related and turned control over to her daughter Sheila. The second point is, the whole "you'll never win again for 50 years" is largely urban legend. There is no record of Bobby Layne actually saying it and no one around him at the time the Lions traded him recall him making that remark. It grew over time and Bobby just kept quiet about the whole thing, letting it take on a life of it's own. And curse's are a bunch of BS. Wanna know the curse? The curse was Billy senior being allowed to own an NFL franchise. The family bought it for him to shut him up and give him something to do not related to the automobile business. Billy's one contribution to the Ford Motor Company was the Edsel. Nuff said about Billy's skills when it came to making cars. No, when you have a moron running things you don't need a curse to suck. The thing with Billy boy was, the more you told him what he was doing was wrong the more he would do that thing. Call it stubbornness, passive-aggressive behavior, or just plain old stupidity, that is how the man was wired. But let's say I'm wrong. Let's say there was some kind of curse. If there was, it was the curse of JFK. Billy Ford became sole owner of the Lions on November 22, 1963. That date may ring a bell for anyone familiar with the JFK assassination. Now, Kennedy was elected in 1960. William McKinley, the president assassinated before Kennedy was elected in 1900, 60 years earlier. It was 60 years from the time Ford bought the team (1963) to the time the team won more than one playoff game in a season (2003). The Layne curse was 50 years, so it should have ended in 2008. Well, people familiar with Lions history know all about the 0-16 2008 Lions. Hardly an indication things were looking up. So if there was a curse, the math is more favorable to the JFK curse. The lesson? Don't buy a sports team the same day the president gets whacked. To borrow from Sean Connery; here endeth the lesson.

Awesome video, as a lifelong Lions fan this was a walk down memory lane that I would rather forget. However, we finally have all of the pieces in place to finally end the curse once and for all.

I logged on to my phone after watching on TV just to say... your video quality is so professional and the audio, all though far from bad, just is not equal. You're so close to a high-end production! Thank you for all the hard work. I subscribed

I hope other fans can watch this video and see the horrible officiating that has cursed us through the years... On a brighter note I was at the Packers game last year when they turned the corner and could sense something different that day!!

You forgot another sad detail: in 1971 the WR Chuck Hughes falling down suddenly in the field, dying minutes later.

I’ve waited a long time for this - this is the year!! Great video, super well done. Watch out 30-for-30, there’s a new game in town 🤯

I have to give you HUGE props on your production quality. I came here as a Lions fan who was looking for something to listen to while starting my work day. I didn't expect to find a gem like this so early in the morning. I'm now subbed and I'm looking forward to more of your content. Keep it up and the limit is the stars.

It’s hard to believe that one team can have so much bad luck for 50 years.

Great video bro. Lifetime lions fan here and i gotta say you documented all the crazy moments really well. Nice researched video... chefs kiss

Amazing and super professional video. I was shocked to see you have under 500 subs. you will blow up if you keep making videos like this. Some of the footage you got from back in the day is crazy, shows you truly do your research and know what you’re talking about.

Usually watch from my TV, so I don’t comment often. But I had to grab my phone to say thanks for this doc, it was painful LOL, but great job man! Excellent quality

"This is just the beginning boys. Next week at home against whoever the fuck wants to come in here." -Our QB Jared Goff

Great video guys! Let's go Lions!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Love the stat about Bobby Layne and staffords high school that is amazing

13:30 When even your opponent is saying that it was catch. Unbelievable.

Yes a lifetime of waiting. My whole family. My cousin was buried in his lions jersey. Taking part of our new lions is amazing. I'm so excited each game. I dedicate each game to one of my family who's no longer here. GO DETROIT LIONS ALWAYS 🏈❤

I'm just grateful that I was there and got to see the Lions win not one but two home playoff games. I felt like I got to watch a part of history and while I hope it's the first of many, theres no saying how many they'll actually win So I'm grateful for that

Great video. Maybe a video of a close inside look on how Goff’s career which seemed to be all but over, came to Detroit and begin to succeed.

As a Detroiter I'd like to say THANK YOU for this video and the time it took put it together!

This is an incredible piece for the lions. I appreciate the deeper dive into the an overview.

one thing on the mcdc hire dan reached out to Detroit and told them he wanted the job but other than that amazing video of our pain and so far redemption with dan

Just watched all 3 videos you have posted so far and I gotta say these are amazing videos. You’d think a whole production team put together or like other have said some ESPN or NFL films video. Looking forward to whatever videos you have coming next.

Interesting that the Lions began and ended the 1980s drafting running backs who had both: - Played for college teams in the state of Oklahoma that then belonged to the Big 8 Conference. - Won the Heisman Trophy in their respective junior seasons in college. - Had first names (or nicknames) starting with "B" and last names starting with "S".

Watched this after the rematch of the year and win in Detroit to start 2024, and man, reliving these have been hard. The first full season I watched growing up was that 0-16, I didn't watch much sports as a kid, and though they've had their moments, watching them has always felt like a trial in patience. This feels different. The Lions feel different, the culture feels different. I truly believe the curse is lifting, if not lifted. SOL is done. Kneecaps everywhere beware. Great video. Painful, but great.

Great video! As a DieHard Packers fan I respect the Lions. I'm glad to see them trending upwards in the right direction.

I'm a packers fan with a deep affection for the lions. Excellent video, subbed and waiting for more

OMG Amazing show! I thank you very much for your hard work, it shows!

I always laugh at that Barry run against the cowboys. One of their guys was walking because he thought Barry was down. I mean there was a pile of cowboys players around him. Barry takes off down the field and the dude turns his head and looks shocked

Sheila ,Spielman, Campball, and Holmes in 2020 was the answer!

Some quick snippets from the top of my head on this In 1960, linebacker Joe Schmidt, one of the best to ever do it, won defensive MVP as the lions went 10-2, upsetting the then undefeated Packers on Thanksgiving. Due to playoff rules, however, they could not make it back in, since the aforementioned Packers went 11-1, only loss to detroit That playoff appearance against Washington in the 80's was due to a shortened season thanks to a players strike. We went 4-5, if I'm not mistaken. That playoff run where we looked like we could go places in 1991, the Redskins team we ran into is considered one of the best of all time. Horrific luck again. The team could never find a consistent franchise cornerstone at QB for Sanders. Him leaving was completely justified. He is one of the two greatest running backs of all time because he did what he did with up to 8 defenders in the box sometimes. I will only accept Walter Payton as the other possible greatest The millen firing came 5 years too late with how shit he was. One of my favorite tidbits from the 2008 fuckfest of a season is center Domanic Raiola flipping the bird to heckeling fans Part of Schwartz's downfall was his inability to keep the promise of the playoff run. The lions severely underperformed in that year I will never forgive Patricia for trading Big play Slay The stafford deal honestly worked for both teams. Stafford boosted the Rams to the super bow and got his ring, and we got the draft capital to make shit happen I will still hang my hat on being hyped over the Jahmyr Gibbs pick when it happened. Everyone else thought it was a reach, but this guy would have been a top 5 prospect (not top 5 pick) if it weren't for Bijan. In our loss to the cowboys this past season, refball happened again. LT Taylor Decker declared himself as an eligible reciever on the play to the ref and caught a 2 point conversion. Yet somehow, the ref failed to recognise it and called it an illegal catch. After decker made the effort to inform the refs. Fuck the refs. I honestly feel like the curse isn't over yet. Cambell is one hell of a coach, but his weakness is his overagression on playcalls. It's what cost us the playoff game, and the Dallas game. And the more people say "this is the year everything changes," the more I feel Jordan Love and the Packers will fuck us up. Pessimism is usually best with this team until they show us they can do it

You know the interesting thing? In 2021, the Lions tied with the Steelers. The last time the Lions tied with the Steelers? Against Bobby Layne. Since then (including playoffs) the Lions have gone 26-17. So I think the tie with the Steelers was the real end to the curse.

This video was absolutely awesome.

Honestly with how often the players on the Lions got screwed over by bs calls from refs, surprised none of em took their helmet off and proceeded to beat the ref announcing the call to a pulp

I really want this lions team to go down in the good side of NFL history with a super bowl win or more and an iconic nickname people will refer to them as when telling it to their children 😭

So many painful moments, but having been there to experience it, the game against the Falcons was unbelievably rough. All of that happened immediately after a game winning touchdown, imagine the feeling of the stadium as thousands of people go from elated to confused to furious all at the same time.

This was brilliant! And you have an awesome voice for narration! Ok, just for accuracy sake and no other, two VERY minor details to point out. 1) it's Portsmouth, not Portsmith. 2) the "take the wind" game was not played in Chicago. It was played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign-Urbana (University of Illinois) where the Bears played while they renovated, and ruined, Soldier Field (soon to be their former home stadium). Great stuff, man! You are super talented. Keep it going!

Had a bit of PTSD reliving all the incompetencies by the refs. But these Lions are not the same ol’ lions of the past. I felt it when Holmes and Campbell took over. And I feel in my bones that this is the year we win the whole damn thing. The curse is no more.

The most toxic curse was WCF becoming the sole owner of the team. He couldn't pick a GM or HC. His meddling in draft picks and free agency was horrific. He died and now his daughter Shelia Ford Hamp is turning it around. How you ask? By surrounding the team with people who know how to win games and by listening to them. Solved it for you.

to say that lions fans were dissapointed losing to the 9ers is like saying someone was upset that they put too much ice in a free coffee.

Great video, keep it up. Stay encouraged!

I think it's funny when people always say the Lions haven't gone to the Super Bowl, which is true, they haven’t. But the Lions are 9th all time in championships. You can't just change the name from the NFL Championship to Super Bowl. They won it all and were champions of the league 3 times. The name has NOTHING to do with it.

Lane, said Detroit never win another Championship for 50yrs. The curse is still on

Born in Michigan and became a fan after the 2008 Thanksgiving game. My Mom and Dad were never big football people but grew up as Tigers and Red Wings fans. As a kid, the Lions were a team that I would hear friends at school talk about or play tag football being Matthew Stafford or Calvin Johnson. I would always watch the Thanksgiving or Christmas games when I was over at my Grandparents, those moments have made me love the Lions more and eventually started to watch the team regularly in 2020. Crazy to see a team that had the "Patriot Way" fail and restart from the depths of hell. Always loved Campbell since day one even though he didn't win for us the first season (which is normal for a new coach in other sports). Since the 2021 season, I have loved this team more and more as time goes on. Plus, glad I don't have to suffer anymore😅

This is an amazing video. Thank you.

ONE DAMN PRIDE

If anyone wasn't watching every Sunday, the bad ref calls were on par with gaslighting. It felt like our team was playing with a different set of rules.

If there was a franchise other than the Raiders that knew a thing about ref ball, its the Lions.

In Goff we trust that was the beat trade we could have ever made

The tide is turning, I can feel it!

Dude this video was amazing. Only 663 subs and you put out quality content like this? That's a damn shame. Have a sub my man. What a roller coaster of emotions. Seeing all of those terrible calls that absolutely screwed us over was heartbreaking and infuriating. Blowing that lead in SF in the second half was such a gut punch. I really like our staff and roster moves and we're only going to be better this upcoming season, though having a more difficult schedule is worrying. Goff gets slept on for some reason but he's literally a top 5 QB.

“There’s been a 10 second run off” gives straight PTSD

As a lifelong Lions fan, the Lions didn't need the referees to lose games. For the first time in my life, the Lions are on the same page. Ownership, management, and players. They've built the team the right way. You build in the trenches, invest in scouting and build through the draft, make good free agent signings, and smart contracts. Sheila Hamp, Chris Spielman, Brad Holmes, and Dan Campbell have righted the ship by finally putting a worthy roster together with talent and character. Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson are great coordinators. They will probably end up as head coaches somewhere. Trading Stafford for Goff and all of those draft picks was the first move. It reminded me of the Hershel Walker trade Dallas did so many years ago. Drafting Sewell, St. Brown, McNeil, Rodriguez, Hutchinson, Williams, Gibbs, Campbell, Laporta, Branch, Arnold, Rakestraw... We have a young talented team of superstars. The future is looking great. I gotta wear shades. 😎😎😎

This is the first video I've seen that mentioned Chris spielman as the start of things - good to see it

Yoo great job on this video. Detroit vs everybody .... Westside raised Eastside bread AntDog

I'm of the belief that Layne said 50 years, and that has elapsed, but you still have to build a good team.

I'm so glad I gave this a watch. As a Lions fan, thank you for the great vid.

You should have included the very odd yet notable first ever championship game in NFL history with the Portsmouth Spartans at Chicago Bears

"It feels like this time the Lions will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come." Only problem being we've been there before. It's the same things people were saying when we had Barry and after coming up just short in 1993. And we all know(either due to living it, or thanks to your very well put together video) how that played out lol

Theirs no such thing as a cursed team. Just bad leadership. Unfortunately some teams have had decades of bad leadership.

Lost my dad August 9th of last year. He never got to see them break the curse. He would have been so happy

That COMPLETE HORSES#!T face mask call still haunts me to this day

DyNasty Bginz ⚒️🦁💙

Great video. Thank you for making it!

Its funny how the same refree screwed lions in 2010's

Very well put together vid, you gained a sub. As a raiders fan a vid on their downfall since their last SB appearance would be a good idea for a future vid.

@10:43 That's Roy Williams in the pic not Mike Williams, other than that fucking EPIC video dude!👏👏👏