I’ve been a fan since about 1970 and after all these years, while the obvious hope was that “this is our year” every year it never felt like it was going to be. After so many years it almost felt like the impossible dream so now that it’s happening I’m having a hard , but glorious, time processing this kind of success.
Of course, winning the Super Bowl is the only way to truly consider this a full success but man, this is FUN.
My Lions PTSD kicks in for almost every game but they keep proving it’s unfounded. Hoping for decent news on Arnold and Zietler.
I’m going to soak up every second of the next two weeks and hope you all will, too.
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I totally did the thing where you grab your chair and put your feet on the ground for stability when the Van Ginkel near interception went down.
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Same. Keep waiting for it to happen. But it isn’t. Dan has done the impossible. What a season.
My brain can’t keep up.
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I watched the game with SIL and stayed off the board for the game.
What a night, what a frickin night and season.
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I will say this about all of the past couple of seasons.
Since the early 80s I have been hoping that this was the season. But it was always a hope that the team could catch some magic and somehow a miracle would happen.
This is no miracle. There is no magic here. This team and org have worked their arses off and built a winning culture and team that has a proper foundation and is built to last.
So this almost feels like it is the next step.
But yes if you take a step back and look at it from a 40-50 years view is seems crazy and hard to believe. But when you focus on how the team got here it does not seem outlandish.
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I guess I don’t really have a surreal feeling at this point. If we make it to the Super Bowl I’m sure it would kick in. At this point the Lions are exactly where we thought they would be, and that’s in the playoffs. We were all clearly hoping for the #1 Seed and thought the 49ers would be our biggest competition for that.
But from this point on it’s “win or you’re done season”, so there’s a bit of nervousness that comes with that. At this point I’m just anxious to watch next weekends match ups and see who the Lions will be playing.
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Yes, my Lions PTSD kicks in every single game. Even last night, when we went up two scores…I fully expected the Vikings to get a quick score on some deep passing or a pick 6 (which almost happened). I told my son at halftime the Lions were pressing too much and it will cost them the game, I am sooo glad I was dead wrong.
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I have a friend who is a Steelers fan and during the many down years he kept telling me I should just jump ship and root for a new team. Told him I just couldn’t do it, glad I hung in there. So worth the ride and satisfying. Hate band wagon fans that always like whatever teams are winning
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The other thing about this team, and we see it from occasional visitors to the board. Most of my friends who have teams in the playoffs are cheering on Detroit as their second team. So cool to see you guys win it, we love Dan Campbell.
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It doesn’t feel surreal to me anymore, I’m used to these guys being really good and coming up big in primetime. I passed the surreal phase last year, the Lions are now one of the model franchise in this league and I have complete faith in this group from ownership down to players. In other words, the Lions are what I thought they were.
My SOL PTSD was extinguished last year.
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Me too. My earliest Lions memory is the Lions 5-0 loss to the Cowboys with a vague recollection of Earl McCulloch dropping the pass that would have won the game.
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I know the game but don’t remember it. I was soon after…
A long, long time ago
I get that and i definitely have much different expectations after last year but I still have the PTSD during big games.
Not sure that can go away without a Super Bowl win…
I’m the same. Very confident when my logical mind is at work pre-and-post game, but during the game I pace, I chew my fingernails, I cuss at the refs, I complain about hypotheticals that never come to pass… frankly, I’m not a lot of fun lol.
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Well, you’re always going to have the band wagoners, but it is nice to hear from people that they’re actually pulling for the Lions
And they mean it.
Haha…I’m not much fun either…I think we’d be great watching a game together…two negatives = a positive
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I doubt anyone in the room with us would agree.
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No doubt, I live near Akron Ohio and had 2 ppl come up to me today bcuz I had on a Lions hat and tell me how they love the Lions. Went to BW3 last night in Youngstown and there were 4 guys all wearing Lions jerseys cheering the team on. Also heard from a retired coworker last night for the first time in forever. So on one hand it is kinda kool.
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