You don't need to tell any Michigan pro football fans that their home state team, the Detroit Lions, have feel like a particularly curse franchise. Is that bad luck, bad management or bad water?

Some football fans are looking to Lake Erie, the closest Great Lake to Detroit to perhaps explains the football woes of the city. And when they do, they find some familiar company.

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What you find when you look at the three NFL franchise cities along Lake Erie, Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroit are similar tales of woe. One fan brought it up on a Reddit forum dedicated to supporting these there teams asking if there is something evil lurking in Lake Erie:

I mean think about it, the Browns and the Lions are the only 2 teams to ever go 0-16. The bills went to FOUR STRAIGHT super bowls in a row and lost all four of them.

For the Lions, the last couple of seasons have ended in Playoff round exits after incredibly promising regular seasons. The Browns are perennial basement dwellers and the Buffalo Bills, so far, have been unable to overcome the AFC and reach a recent Super Bowl.

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The Lions believe they have exorcised the curse of Bobby Layne. The entire city of Cleveland suffered through a 50+ year pro sports championships drought, an era dubbed the Cleveland Curse years. And a Buffalo Sports Curse has lasted for 120 years.

As for the lake itself, industrial pollution and agricultural runoff has been blamed for years of poor water quality. So is the lake putting a curse on the cities that surround it? We'll have to let the fans of the Lake Erie teams be the judge of that.

The Best Detroit Lions Nicknames for Both Past and Present Players

Part of the great fandom of sports is the assigning of nicknames to players or event entire squads. Is it a lost art in sports or do great nicknames still exist? Here are some legendary names of both past and present Detroit Lions players.

Gallery Credit: Eric Meier

The Detroit Lions Best Trick Plays of All Time

The Detroit Lions under head coach Dan Campbell and quarterback Jared Goff don't so much play a game of football - rather put on a football carnival. Unique trick plays often happen in games to the surprise and delight of the team's fans and consternation of their opponents. The Lions recently named their top trick plays of all time.

Gallery Credit: Detroit Lions YouTube

 

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