"Is this the year?"

It's a question asked annually by Detroit Lions fans and local media amongst themselves.

It is answered by some fans, the ones with the Honolulu Blue and silver-colored glasses while, perhaps, holding a cold beverage, with a defiant, exuberant "Yes!"

The Lions ' final answer has been a resounding "no" in each of the first 59 seasons of the Super Bowl era . They are the only franchise to compete in each of those years able to say that.

Yet here we are again, asking the same question, nine months after the shocking home playoff loss against rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels and the upstart Washington Commanders . Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!

And we should be, despite a deep and competitive NFC where th

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