Does the NFL hate the Lions?

[Vic]

[goldenlions]

I like the first video. Guy was funny.

[CapnCrunch]

I agree, that was a great video first thing in the morning

[Felix]

There ya go, Vic...youre finally catching up...been sayin that shit for years....

[Deleted]

If you compiled all of the bad calls against the Lions over the years you would have a full length feature film.....that was just a taste.

[Megatron]

I wouldn't say the NFL hates the Detroit Lions. What I would say is that they do at times appear to have either an unofficial or subconscious preference for certain teams/organisations(NFC East teams, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, New England).

[bigdogchris]

Jan 10, 2020 17:01:01 GMT -6 Megatron said:

I wouldn't say the NFL hates the Detroit Lions. What I would say is that they do at times appear to have either an unofficial or subconscious preference for certain teams/organisations(NFC East teams, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, New England).

If anything that would be because refs are human and when teams are good I can imagine situations where as a human you can think "they couldn't have possibly made a mistake". It's just about respect and the Lions will not be respected until they start winning.

I will never believe that a team (the ones you listed) consistently wins or consistently loses (Lions, Browns, etc) over the course of years because of a subconscious advantage in officiating being the deciding factor. The lions lose over the course of years because of bad coaching and bad talent acquisition.