Motor City Sonics Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) The last time the Lions won a playoff game and they absolutely destroyed a future Super Bowl champ. I was born at the end of 1964. I think this is the only playoff game they've won in my lifetime (Click on to watch on You Tube). I didn't realize they had replay reviews that far back. Edited January 5, 2022 by Motor City Sonics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 The Lions and NFL in general was the last sport I got into as a kid so this was either my first or 2nd season as a Lions fan, can't remember for sure. Little did I know the misery they would put me through and how it would all go downhill from there. Kinda like Marino making the SB his rookie year, he probably thought "Ahh this isn't too bad, I'll be back here" and little did he know he never would be. That's my experience with the Lions "ahh losing the NFC Championship game the first year I follow them, not too bad we'll be back some other time. " 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Yeah, that 1991 season was as great as the 2021 Michigan season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 I am watching the game now on my tv and you can just feel how loud that place was that day. I was at that Barry 2,000 game vs. the Jets at the Silverdome and it was the loudest thing I've ever experienced, including seeing The Raconteurs, Filter and Sugar in concert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 21 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said: The Lions and NFL in general was the last sport I got into as a kid so this was either my first or 2nd season as a Lions fan, can't remember for sure. Little did I know the misery they would put me through and how it would all go downhill from there. Kinda like Marino making the SB his rookie year, he probably thought "Ahh this isn't too bad, I'll be back here" and little did he know he never would be. That's my experience with the Lions "ahh losing the NFC Championship game the first year I follow them, not too bad we'll be back some other time. " 2 months before that they lost a really good young OG to a spinal injury and then after the season the other OG was hit buy a truck and killed while mowing his grass. They really are cursed. We thought with the group they had that they were going places and POOF, 30 years later and they are the last team left that existed during the first Super Bowl that hasn't ever been to one. (Sorry, the current Cleveland Browns are not the team from the 60s). I will give them something though..........When Wayne was the coach, they were rarely boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: I am watching the game now on my tv and you can just feel how loud that place was that day. I was at that Barry 2,000 game vs. the Jets at the Silverdome and it was the loudest thing I've ever experienced, including seeing The Raconteurs, Filter and Sugar in concert. I remember watching that one, since the Dallas win probably the biggest win the past 30 years for the franchise. Not only did Barry get 2000 yards but it was a win or go home for both the Lions and Jets so as close to a playoff win as you can get. Of course in true Lions fashion they win a big game but something bad has to happen to offset it and that was the tragic Reggie Brown injury. I remember Bobby Ross's classic quote " There's only two things we can do for Reggie now, we can pray for him and we can play for him. " Edited January 5, 2022 by RandyMarsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 minute ago, RandyMarsh said: I remember watching that one, since the Dallas win probably the biggest win the past 30 years for the franchise. Not only did Barry get 2000 yards but it was a win or go home for both the Lions and Jets so as close to a playoff win as you can get. Of course in true Lions fashion they win a big game but something bad has to happen to offset it and that was the tragic Reggie Brown injury. I remember Bobby Ross's classic quote " There's only two things we can do for Reggie now, we can pray for him and we can play for him. " The place was so loud when Neil O'Donnell was trying to snap the ball that they had to stop the game and the refs warned the crowd there would be a penalty.........which only made the crowd louder. Then when Reggie went down and guys SPRINTED to the ambulance it was so quiet. It was strange because Barry made a 3 yard run, no big deal and then they announcer said Barry Sanders has just rushed for over 2,000 yards and the crowd had a big cheer. I said to a friend that he'd probably lose 3 yards next........but then he broke a 50 yard run down to the 2 yard line and that place just erupted. At one point I went into the 97.1 suite because a friend worked there and the windows did not open, you couldn't hear the crowd or anything...........it sucked.............stayed there for about 1 series and left. That noise in there really worked on your adrenaline so it kind of fed itself there. It was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 i was at the 2000 yard game too. the play he did it on was a real short gain, so nobody knew if he had actually broken the record or not, but they gave it to him anyway. and the next play he broke one 50 yards and removed all doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 And that 50 yard run secured the game and the playoffs for the Lions as well. The Jets had no timeouts left but if they would've stopped them on 2nd and 3rd down they still couldve gotten the ball with like a minute left down a field goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 You knew the Reggie Brown injury was serious when both teams got together on a knee and prayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 I was watching the 4th quarter and Chuck Long was on the sideline. I had no idea he was on that team. I guess they signed him to be #3 QB when Rodney Peete got hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Bombers Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 (edited) Speaking of Reggie Brown, I remember reading recently how Willie Clay Ford helped set him up with his own Ford dealership after his NFL career was over. Brown went on to become a successful dealership owner. Edited January 6, 2022 by Motown Bombers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Bombers Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I just realized Aaron Glenn played in that 1997 game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Btw that Dallas win was of course the first postseason win since 1957, if we don't win one in the next 5 years the current drought would actually be longer than that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Erik Kramer had a very weird way of coming out of the snap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Just now, romad1 said: Erik Kramer had a very weird way of coming out of the snap. Which I guess is all about the "run and shoot" style of working behind center on a majority pass play offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 John Madden loved to over-explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 There were two plays where Hall of Fame RBs missed screen passes. E Smith and B Sanders both did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Brian_K Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 On 1/5/2022 at 4:08 PM, romad1 said: Yeah, that 1991 season was as great as the 2021 Michigan season. That was the year I started really getting into football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 i forget how young some of you guys are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 52 minutes ago, buddha said: i forget how young some of you guys are. Gen X came of age in the time of that game. I remember the time I spent in the sweat lodge and journeyed to understand the space coyote's words. Or, what actually happened was I drank a lot of tequila at some dive bar in Pontiac and got on the shuttle bus and watched my team do something amazing. Herman Moore's veritable coming out game. Barry Sanders with the mystery run into 8-9 Dallas defenders and then voosh! out the other side. Multiple defensive plays (fumble recoveries, pick sixes!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 32 minutes ago, romad1 said: Gen X came of age in the time of that game. I remember the time I spent in the sweat lodge and journeyed to understand the space coyote's words. Or, what actually happened was I drank a lot of tequila at some dive bar in Pontiac and got on the shuttle bus and watched my team do something amazing. Herman Moore's veritable coming out game. Barry Sanders with the mystery run into 8-9 Dallas defenders and then voosh! out the other side. Multiple defensive plays (fumble recoveries, pick sixes!). my earliest lions memory was billy sims on the cover of sports illustrated when they started 4-0 in 1980 (and missed the playoffs). then going 8-7 in 81 and ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS BEAT THE BUCS IN THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR AND THEY BLEW IT. then the strike year when they (and everyone else) made the playoffs at 4-5 and got obliterated by the skins. and then. 1983. they had the niners. they had them. despite FIVE gary danielson picks they had a 40 yard field goal to win the game. and little buddha at his grandparents' home in ypsi watching between his fingers cause he couldnt look, monte clark in prayer on the sideline, and reliable eddie murray just needing this one simple kick to send the lions to the nfc championship game and he.... ....pushed it wide. i came in with pain and its been nothing but pain since. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganCardinal Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, buddha said: i forget how young some of you guys are. I mean, my parents met in 1991 for what it’s worth. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 2 hours ago, buddha said: i forget how young some of you guys are. I thought you were a whipper snapper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said: I thought you were a whipper snapper i'm 49. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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