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Can the Lions Bounce Back After Falling Short in the NFC?
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2/19/2025
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But Donnie, we almost forget, as the Birds looked like the best team all playoffs long,
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especially in a dominant and impressive Super Bowl performance over Kansas City,
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they weren't the favorites to win the NFC entering this year or even the postseason.
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They weren't the favorites to win the Super Bowl entering the playoff run.
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They weren't even a one seed in the NFC playoff bracket.
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In all three of those categories, it was the Detroit Lions, a 15-2 season,
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more history for the Lions becoming a one seed in a conference for the first time in franchise
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history. But the thing that has eluded Detroit, a Super Bowl appearance, having never even played
00:40
in a big game, let alone won a Lombardi trophy. A 9-1 price for Detroit to try to rectify that
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this year, fifth best number, second best around the NFC. 28th overall pick, Howie Roseman has
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been great in the draft as has the GM in the Motor City in Brad Holmes and $45 million of
01:00
cap space to spend to improve this offseason. But big question, number one, DRS, last year
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felt like that historical turning tide season for the Lions. Was 2024 the window
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for a Super Bowl in the Motor City? I mean, the window is still open, but my goodness,
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when you take a look at that, everything they needed, home field advantage lined up here first
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time, the crowd was amazing and they get dropped right on their head by Washington at home. But
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you could also say injuries played a big factor into that season. You know me, I backed the Detroit
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Lions before anybody else in this season back in late September, early October. That's my team
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that's going to get to the Super Bowl. But obviously in the NFL, you do have a lot of games
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played and a lot of attrition and there was no more attrition on that defense in the NFL than
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what you saw with Detroit. But here's my issue with Detroit moving forward. If they come
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back healthy and add a couple pieces, which we'll get to in a second, yes, that window is still wide
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open. But if you can equate it to like a reference on like a brand new Ferrari ripping around outside,
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it looks fantastic out of the garage. And then you say, OK, the following day you take it out.
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Hold on now, I don't have a dashboard, which means I don't know how fast I'm going. Do any gas in the
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tank? Does the oil need to be changed? Is it overheating? That's Ben Johnson. Ben Johnson was
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that regulator. I was like, you know what? I got weapons all over the place. I'm the maestro.
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We are going to play this thing right down the road. And they were fantastic. So I can't just
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look back at this Detroit offense and with confidence say they won't skip a beat. They
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had the best play caller. It was a perfect fit. And now they're starting to change up that unlike
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the players. My biggest worry is the coach and how he's going to be able to hold up as an offensive
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coordinator and say, you know what? I can do the same things Ben Johnson can do.
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