Detroit Lions

I received a comment from Rogelio on my 1999 Falcons post below and he made some interesting points about the Superbowls that add to 8

SB8: AFC East vs NFC North
SB17: AFC East vs NFC East
SB26: AFC East vs NFC East
SB35: AFC North vs NFC East
SB:44: AFC South vs NFC South


If the pattern were to reset this year
SB53: AFC East vs NFC North

Let's say it does, the Obvious teams would be Greeb Bay, who have Aaron Rodgers and Minnesota, who made the NFC Championship last season

One team who I've been keeping an eye on is the Detroit Lions

The Lions won the NFL Championship in 1935 (16th Season)

Lions defeated the Giants 26-7 (33)

In 1952 (33rd NFL Season) the Lions won again
Defeating the Browns 17-7 (24)

In 1953 (34th NFL Season)
Lions defeated the Browns again 17-16 (33)

In 1954 (35th NFL Season)
Browns beat the Lions 56-10 (66)

In 1957 (38th Season)
The Lions would play in/win their last Championship
Defeating the Browns 59-14 (73)

This was 61 years ago
61 = 18th prime

Their QB was Bobby Layne. He was 31 years old when they won in 1957
Layne was hurt in the last game of the Regular Season vs the Browns, he did not play in the playoffs

The following season (1958) the Lions traded Bobby Layne.
Layne was quoted as saying "the lions would not win for 50 years"

Since then the Lions Playoff Record is 1-12
Only win came in 1991, they defeated the Cowboys 38-6

In 2009 the first year after the curse would be over, the Lions Drafted Matthew Stafford # overall.

Stafford turned 30 on 2/7/18.
38th day of the year

SB53 will be played 361 days later
19 = Square root of 361
SB53 to be played in 20(19)

Bobby Layne died 18 days before his 60th birthday, the curse is on its 60th year

He died 61 weeks 6 days before Stafford was born
He would have been 61 years old when Stafford was born
Layne was drafted 61 years prior to Stafford (1948)

The Lions have a new coach former Patriots DC, Matt Patricia
The Lions organization is loaded with former Patriots, both on the field and front office

Could be something...could mean nothing

There are some many riddles with so many different teams going on its crazy but I enjoy trying to decode them all