When an unknown German became general manager of the Detroit Lions after the end of the regular season of the 2036 season, no one expected them to become Super Bowl champions two years later.
The Lions had a very good backfield and two good quarterbacks, but the rest of the team was average at best. First, a new HC was hired who brought new systems to both the offense and defense. Then old and overpaid players were let go.
In Free Agency for the 2037 season, the focus was on the O-Line and the D-Line and two strong players were signed for each line. The draft that followed was very successful and produced some starters and strong backups. During the season, a lot of draft capital was used to sign WR Payton, the go-to guy in the passing game. The season was used to rehearse the new system. Unfortunately, there were some unfortunate defeats, so that the playoffs were missed.
Unfortunately, due to some expensive contract extensions, there were no major commitments in free agency in the 2038 season. And also in the draft they had only two picks. However, the first pick with TE Tsang was a bull's eye. Unfortunately, with the second pick, they drafted a backup at most. The highlight of the off-season was the blockbuster trade for RB Ester. The team also decided against a trade for CB Horne. A strong regular season followed with the first division title for the Lions. But the play-off run was even stronger. They beat 3 of the last 4 Superbowl winners and in none of the four games could an opponent score more than 9 points, while they always scored at least 20 points themselves.
From the Lions point of view QB Benton is the MVP of the play-offs with 842 yards, 64,9 Comp.%, 8,68 Yds/att, 11 TD, 0 Int and a rating of 130,18.
The Lions thank all well-wishers.
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