Playoff Paradise in the D January 17, 2025
Long before they had their own television show, Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson had each other. After they met at Second City Detroit in the early 2000s, the two hometown boys started bro’ing out over their favorite teams. Robinson, Richardson’s impr...
The Uniquely Cruel Collapse of the Detroit Lions January 30, 2024
The Detroit Lions, until now the most likable team left in the NFL playoffs, subjected their fans to one of the worst days of their lives on Sunday. The Lions carried a 17-point lead into halftime in the NFC championship game against the San Francisc...
6 Things We Learned From the NFL’s Season of Swift January 25, 2024
How will we remember the 2023–24 NFL season? It’s possible that our primary association will be the Detroit Lions’ first-ever Super Bowl appearance (if they can beat the San Francisco 49ers next week), or the absence of Tom Brady for the first time i...
The NFL’s Most Irresistible Team in Years January 22, 2024
Shortly before he began his first season coaching the Detroit Lions, in 2021, Dan Campbell gave one of the great run-through-a-brick-wall quotes in football history. Usually, NFL coaches talk about their jobs a certain way. They praise the team’s own...