Here is a quick breakdown of the Bobby Layne curse and how it predicted the next six-plus decades of Lions football: Layne joined Detroit in 1950 after a trade with the now-disbanded New York ...

The Lions lost their next game after ... 70s or older can possibly remember them being this good. Detroit was an NFL powerhouse in the 1950s, winning three titles in a six-season stretch.

But, much like some of the other likenesses between these two, there are enough differences for us to look into and examine ...