The NFL uses the Detroit Lions as a test case for the most obscure rules in the book
You were also, like, victims of the most obscure parts of the rule book constantly... Rules that you never hear about growing up playing football, but somehow, like, it's like the refs go, they check under the hood, then they flip to the very back of the rule book, put their glasses on, and they're like, here, this one right here... They use you [the Lions] as a test case scenario for a lot of them.
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