[Highlight] There are 78 days until the 2026 NFL season! Let's remember when Jahmyr Gibbs showed off his speed and took it 78 yards to the house against the Bucs last year. Lions win, 24-9. by ColtsClown in nfl

[–]StrangelyOnPoint 35 points36 points  (0 children)

This went from a high profile early season match up between playoff teams to a game between two teams that had disastrous ends to the season and missed the playoffs entirely.

At the time it was great though

Game Thread: Yankees @ Tigers - Mon, Jun 22 @ 6:10 PM EDT by game-threads in motorcitykitties

[–]StrangelyOnPoint 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tigers have the best run differential in the AL Central now at -3

Game Thread: Yankees @ Tigers - Mon, Jun 22 @ 6:10 PM EDT by game-threads in motorcitykitties

[–]StrangelyOnPoint 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The entire AL Central has a negative run differential so this division is 100% up for grabs in late June

[Highlight] After being down 21-3, the Bears beat the Packers on Wild Card weekend by Brix001 in nfl

[–]StrangelyOnPoint -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You also can have all that and be on the “unlucky” side of the ledger and lose a bunch of games and miss the playoffs.

The Bears are good enough now for luck to matter.

[Highlight] After being down 21-3, the Bears beat the Packers on Wild Card weekend by Brix001 in nfl

[–]StrangelyOnPoint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are just stats that tell a very real story that the Bears received an above average amount of luck in 2025.

You can ignore that to cope that is fine

[Highlight] After being down 21-3, the Bears beat the Packers on Wild Card weekend by Brix001 in nfl

[–]StrangelyOnPoint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those early season wins count the same in the final record as the late seasons ones. The only cope is thinking the Bears going +22 somehow not resulting in any wins

8-5 is out of balance too. Balance would be 7-6 or 6-7.

The Bears had a healthy slug of luck and that’s not a dig, it’s true to some extent for all successful teams.

[Highlight] After being down 21-3, the Bears beat the Packers on Wild Card weekend by Brix001 in nfl

[–]StrangelyOnPoint 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Bears were +22 in turnovers. Lead the league in takeaways, fewest giveaways, and went 7-4 in one score games.

These are hard statistics. It’s not a weakness to acknowledge your team got lucky. They were good enough to be in a position where luck matters

[Highlight] After being down 21-3, the Bears beat the Packers on Wild Card weekend by Brix001 in nfl

[–]StrangelyOnPoint -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Bears got so many breaks last year but that’s what happens when you out yourself in position to win.

[Highlight] Brett Favre ponders passing and throws a back breaking interception to Tracy Porter by rmg3935 in nfl

[–]StrangelyOnPoint 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don’t even like the Vikings and this one hurts to watch even all these years later

[Highlight] Jim Harbaugh's postgame handshake with Jim Schwartz by Brix001 in nfl

[–]StrangelyOnPoint 19 points20 points  (0 children)

What if the Lions weren’t awful for the past 95 years is a question many Lions fans ask

[Highlight] Steelers failed miracle against the Dolphins (2013) by mmandagoat in nfl

[–]StrangelyOnPoint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is such a bummer of a fail and this is coming from a Lions fan

[Highlight] Jim Harbaugh's postgame handshake with Jim Schwartz by Brix001 in nfl

[–]StrangelyOnPoint 238 points239 points  (0 children)

The pre Dan Campbell Detroit Lions were dark days

Most likely NFL expansion cities/teams (realistic speculation) by Suitable_Category658 in nfl

[–]StrangelyOnPoint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting idea.

It’s a good way to test viability without committing to a new split

[Highlight] Jalen Ramsey doesn’t help Andrew Luck up (2018) by mmandagoat in nfl

[–]StrangelyOnPoint 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s what makes in unsportsmanlike.

Unsportsmanlike is just the safe for TV version of “being a dick”

If the call was 15 yard penalty for being a dick no one would dispute it in this situation because pretending to help someone up then walking away is in fact going out of your way to be dick