Pride of Detroit
We may not have liked how 2024 ended, but it was still a special season for the Detroit Lions. What was your favorite part?
It’s still hard to think of the 2024 Detroit Lions season as a positive. There were so many expectations for the year, and for it to end so abruptly and surprisingly was a huge bummer. The team was clearly better than they were in 2023, yet their playoff push ended a game short of where they got that season. On top of that, the Lions now head into 2025 with major questions about their coaching staff. It’s easy to feel like the Lions may have blown their best opportunity to get a ring.
Yet, all of that thinking is extremely premature. The roster remain fantastic, the three most important parts of a team—the coach, general manager, and quarterback—are unchanged, and the team is in fantastic managerial shape to continue their success for the foreseeable future.
And as for this past season, the Lions still managed a ton of accomplishments we’ve never seen from this franchise. They set the team record for wins in a season, they won back-to-back division titles for the first time in the Super Bowl era, and they produced consecutive 10-win seasons for the first time ever.
There’s a lot to be happy with in 2024 and there’s even more to be excited about in 2025 and beyond. So today’s Question of the Day is:
My answer: I can’t get over how much fun the Lions offense was last year. What made it so special was the amount of ways the Lions were able to punish opposing defenses. If they wanted, they could just pound the rock with David Montgomery and physically dominate—as they did in overtime against the Rams in Week 1. They could nickel and dime you over the middle with Sam LaPorta and Amon-Ra St. Brown. And if you got complacent and crowded the line of scrimmage, Jameson Williams would punish you over the top. Oh, and Jahmyr Gibbs grew to be a top-three running back in the NFL.
Beyond just being extremely talented, the Lions offense was also extremely creative. You never knew when they were going to pull off a perfectly-executed hook-and-ladder, or give Penei Sewell a chance to throw the ball (I don’t care if it didn’t work, it was fun). The “stumblebum” was the peak of both the team’s creativity and talent.
We can only hope the Lions don’t lose much of that with their new offensive coaching staff, because that’s not only what has carried the Lions for the past three years, but it has made them so extremely fun to watch.
What was your favorite part of the 2024 Lions season? Let us know in the comment section.
