Some Detroit Lions fans are beside themselves that Ben Johnson is staying in the NFC North with the Chicago Bears: 'Benedict Johnson'

The Detroit Lions' 2024 season ended in disappointing fashion. Despite a historic regular season in which the team set a franchise record for wins, the trek to a Super Bowl ended with a Divisional Round upset loss at the hands of the Washington Commanders.

Detroit Lions fans called in droves to share what the team means to them. This is about more than football; This is family and tradition.

Free Press readers are processing their feelings over the Detroit Lions' startling loss to the Washington Commanders.

Washington certainly played well enough to win, but the Lions made several critical mistakes throughout the game. Detroit turned the ball over five times, including a pick-six, and surrendered four Commanders scoring drives of 70 yards or more.

This brings us to the Curse of Bobby Layne. Back in 1958, the Lions traded Layne to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and an angry Layne allegedly declared the Lions wouldn’t win a title for 50 years. Now, if that curse was a thing, it would have expired by now, right? And Peyton Manning and actor Jeff Daniels have been trying to get rid of it, too.

Anger, frustration and disappointment are just a few of the many feelings Detroit Lions​ players are dealing with following their playoff loss to the Washington Commanders.

In one of the wildest playoff games in recent memory, Jayden Daniels and the No. 6-seed Washington Commanders pulled off a stunning upset, defeating the top-seeded Detroit Lions 45-31. Daniels was nearly flawless in repeatedly staring down Detroit's blitz-happy defense,

The Detroit Lions aren’t broken. They picked a horrible night to have a bad night — it’s that simple. So, let’s review everything that is working.

A day after their stunning playoff loss, the Detroit Lions gathered in Allen Park on Sunday for exit physicals and one final team meeting.

I found something fresh and different on Sunday by viewing this Detroit Lions team through the innocent, enthusiastic, wondrous eyes of a 12-year-old.