Why the Lions Lost to the Commanders
This explanation is based on superstition, and is obviously meant to be more humorous than serious. However, I was so tickled by the football game last night between the Detroit Lions and the Washington Commanders that I decided to provide a more humorous explanation as to why the first seed in the NFC got spanked in the divisional rounds of the playoffs against the sixth seed, who were double digit underdogs going into last night’s game.
I was going to say it’s because they look like Smurfs, due to their blue uniform uniforms, and since Smurfs are asexual they weren’t manly enough, but that would be pretty mean, lol. I know their fans are quite heartbroken today, and I certainly know, as a Vikings fan, how that feels. My superstitious explanation is that they’re in the same division as the Minnesota Vikings, the most cursed team in the NFL, and apparently that curse is contagious.
With the exception of the 2011 Super Bowl fluke, in which the Green Bay Packers won, For which I theorize the curse was temporarily broken due to Brett Favre briefly playing as quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, I’ve been saying the same thing about the heartbreaking playoff losses by the Packers ever since 1996. And they’ve had quite a few. The Minnesota curse is contagious.
The Minnesota Vikings have lost their last six straight NFC championships, going all the way back to the 1970s, four of which were by just one score. Prior to that they also lost four straight Super Bowls, and they’ve won more playoff games since they became a franchise than any other team that has not won a Super Bowl yet in the NFL. They are obviously a very cursed team. My theory is the curse is contagious, and if any other team in the NFC North wants to win the Super Bowl, they’re gonna have to switch divisions, lol!
As for the more serious reason, I would say it’s because Dan Campbell, Detroit’s head coach, was too aggressive, lost too many players ultimately due to injury over the season, and took too many risks. But the superstitious theory just sounds a little bit more entertaining, lol!
