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The History of the Detroit Lions
It’s one of the most complicated and well loved teams in the NFL
The NFL draft has created a big hype around football. As fans debate about the picks their favorite teams chose and whether it will send them to the Super Bowl, players nervously wait to find out if they will be picked to play in the next season.
Detroit fans are equally on edge because the Lions have two first-round picks this time around, number 6 and 18. This has been cause for joy for the team as they look to rebuild a franchise that has historically been overlooked and often underestimated.
Part of the reason for the jokes about the Motor City team is that they have never made it to the Super Bowl. They’ve come close a few times but never made it to the big game itself.
However, The Bleacher Report says that there is no reason for despair about the team always losing. Before there was a Super Bowl, the Lions took home a championship 4 different times. The team won the league’s highest honors in 1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957.
It also is pointed out that in the 1990s, the team went to the playoffs six times. They came close to going to the Super Bowl in 1991 but ended up losing to the Washington Redskins,
