NFL fans troll Detroit Lions as Thanksgiving curse continues following defeat to Packers
The Lions' Thanksgiving curse strikes again.
Detroit's abysmal Turkey Day fortunes continued for another year after a 22-29 defeat to the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field on Thursday.
After losing to the Packers, the Lions' Thanksgiving record moves to 37-45-2, with their last victory on the national holiday coming in 2016 when they beat the Minnesota Vikings, 16-13.
Unfortunately for the Lions, the rest of the NFL world seemed to be loving their latest Thanksgiving misery.
Fans were piling in on the franchise on social media and ridiculing them with various memes and jokes about how terrible their Thanksgiving record is.
'The old lions showing up on Thanksgiving,' one fan said after the game.
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Many also shared an infamous Family Guy gag where Brian, the family dog, falls into a pit with two lions.
"Easy there", Brian says as he backs away from the wild animals. "It's Thanksgiving, shouldn't you be in Detroit losing a football game right now?"
'The Lions can't buy a win on Thanksgiving,' another person remarked.
'It's the Lions on Thanksgiving. It's tradition for them to lose,' a rival fan commented.
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The Lions now drop to 8-3 on the season after one of their sloppiest performances of the season.
The Packers scored a season-high 20 first-quarter points to jump out to an early 20-6 lead, leaving the Lions a fair bit to do in the remaining three quarters.
Green Bay were in control throughout most of the game though, and despite the Lions scoring a touchdown on their final drive, the result was never really in doubt.
Quarterbacks Jordan Love and Jared Goff couldn't have had more opposite afternoons. The Packers signal caller completed 22 of 31 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns while Goff fumbled three times - including one which was recovered for a TD.
The Lions still hold a lead in the NFC North, but are now 1.5 games behind the Philadelphia Eagles for home-field advantage in the NFC.
Crucially, though, their Thanksgiving hoodoo continues with their seventh straight Thanksgiving loss.