Donât buy into the old okey-dole. Iâm sure Wetzel has already written the article crushing Detroit as the SOL if they lose.
Ask yourself, would the national journalists rather see Detroit win or lose? Whatâs an easier story for them to write.?
I donât want to âekeâ out a win in KC. I want to punish them. 200 rushing yard kind of punishment.
If we win by 3 points, the media will throw on an asterisk (because of Jones/Kelce).
Hmmm, since 2000. Nah, gotta be a respectable playoff loss in that span.
I really enjoyed that article. I am not familiar with the author, but he seemed to understand the teams history while playfully not understanding the teams history at the same time. Every time I had a question mark about something he said, he seemed to address it later in the article. Or he jumped in front of a question I would normally have.
Its interesting that despite the heading, he boiled this down to a âhave our cake and eat it tooâ kind of a game. If we lose, thatâs what we expect. No big deal. But if we win? Let the hype train hit the turbo button.
I think this game is a huge game as well. Game of the century? Maybe, for now.
But here is how I see it.
If the Lions go in there and beat KC, their confidence and bandwagon size will soar out of sight.
Hopefully Dan can steer that energy to a championship and Super Bowl run.
On the other hand, if they go in there and compete, stand toe to toe with the champs and still lose, they will be better prepared for the next high pressure nationally televised game, Iâm talking about a playoff game. or a playoff run. Hopefully all the way to the Super Bowl. Dream? Maybe. But if it should happen and they are on the big stage, they will have this game as experience. The old saying, âyou have to lose one before you win oneâ, will possibly have already played out in the same season.
So a loss is not a death sentence for these Lions. They are going to show up, and they are going to compete, and they are going to win, no matter what the scoreboard says.
Now I really do want to see that W on our stat sheet and not theirs, and Iâm going to be bummed if we donât get it, but I wonât despair over it. Dan and his staff will just use it to put a little more steel in their backbones.
Pretty sure itâs just week one of the regular season. A Super Bowl appearance would be the game of the century
That would have been the Week 17 showdown with the Packers to win the Division a few years back.
This game is a measuring stick for the Reality vs Hype mainly. But it is still only a Week 1 Regular Season Game. Lot of season left no matter if we win or lose.
I missed this post and replied in the other one, same response here:
Ugghh, that article was disappointing, specifically in how it accurately described the Lions history and my fandom.
This was one that stood out for the future which I think we have seen the beginnings of.
For Detroit, itâs about winning week after week, becoming a competent and then compelling team, challenging for a division title for the first time since the 1993 season and then somehow getting into January and actually advancing.
For most franchises, thatâs an annual and reasonable goal.
For Detroit, such potential is so rare that it seems dangerous to embrace. Itâs how a season opener could actually mean so much, because the organization has historically accomplished so little.
Thursday is coming though, a rare opportunity coming into focus.
A loss wonât break the Lions. A win, however, sure could propel them.
Same.
Wetzel has written some excellent articles over the years and this one is another example, imo.
This is the Brand New Lions.
Every game is the game of the century.
The next team is the only one that exists.
Our men KNOW they can beat team ânextâ no matter who the â â â â they are.
They know you have to earn every inch. Take nothing for granted or you wonât play (Buggs). Learn to stay in your lane and do your job and you will earn playing time regardless of draft position (Barnes).
Never give up. Fight for every inch.
The '91 NFC championship game against the Redskins was a much bigger game.
but that was LAST centuryâŚ. 
Right. Sh!t. I had the idea of best game in a century stuck in my head for some reason.
Best game since 2000 doesnât seem to mean much being that Y2K only targeted Detroit.
No, thatâs ridiculous. Itâs Game 1 of the season, itâs important but itâs not THAT important.
The Lions have been largely shit this century but Iâm pretty sure the Dallas playoff game was the most important game of the century.
I get it with the expectations being higher than ever with a chance to make a statement against the SB champs with the eyeballs of the entire NFL universe on them butâŚitâs either 1-0 or 0-1 at the end of the day. The season will just simply move on to Week 2 after this game.
Media (NFL Network Good Morning Football) already setting it up that itâs the SOL if they lose to KC especially if they are without Kelce.
While Kelce being out gives the Lions a better chance to win, part of me would like to like to see him play just so if the Lions win, we wonât hear the BS about KC not really being the same KC team. And if we should happen to lose (even though we are underdogs) the media blasts us.
Sounds like if Kelce canât go we are put in a no win situation.
It might a âno-winâ situation with the mediaâŚ.
but a 1-0 record is a 1-0 record.
A win⌠is a win.
Make the playoffs. Win the division. Win playoff games.
Nobody will ever look back at week 1 and think⌠âboy the Lions lucked out this year because the Chiefs played without 2 players not named Mahomes.â
You just put a weird thought into my head.
In 1991 we opened the season losing to the Redskins 45-0. We ended the season in the NFC Championship losing to the Redskins 41-10. If we win 12 games and âbookendâ losses to the Chiefs on opening day and the Super Bowl, how will we feel about it?
Good. Though Iâd feel like crap on Friday morning if we lost 45-0.
That Redskins team was awesome btw.