CAUTION: Are Detroit Lions JINXED Like the Pistons & Red Wings? Can Dan Campbell Reverse It?

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🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Are Detroit sports teams cursed, or is it just bad luck? Matt Dery explores the uncanny string of injuries plaguing the Detroit Lions, Pistons, and Red Wings—including key losses like Cade Cunningham and Dylan Larkin—and questions whether a “jinx” is holding back the city’s top talent from championship glory. Matt breaks down the Lions’ free agency moves, spotlighting the front office’s heavy investment in the offensive and defensive lines with additions like Cade Mays, DJ Wonnum, and Larry Borom. He reassures fans about Detroit’s core talent, including Jared Goff, Jahmyr Gibbs, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and Aidan Hutchinson, and shares an entertaining behind-the-scenes Dan Campbell story featuring Hendon Hooker’s rookie challenges. Can Brad Holmes’ strategic signings and Campbell’s unique coaching revive the Lions’ Super Bowl hopes, or will injury woes continue to define the season?

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0:00.0	I never like saying that the Lions or Detroit teams are jinx when it comes to injuries, but maybe it's real.
0:11.3	You are Locked on Lions, your daily Detroit Lions podcast.
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0:24.7	Well, good afternoon, everybody. Welcome in, Matt Derry with you on a Friday edition of
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0:45.0	On the program today, got to get into it a little bit later on in the show, a great Dan Campbell story as it pertains to former Lion Hendon Hooker.
0:53.2	Also, the Lions core guys. Nobody is talking
0:56.1	enough about the talent that is still on the team. We'll get to that, a trend in free agency,
1:00.8	but we start with this. A lot of people are looking back, unfortunately, and remembering,
1:08.8	unfortunately, what took place just a couple of years ago.
1:12.6	Actually, it wasn't a couple of years ago.
1:13.8	It was actually the divisional playoffs in January of 2025 when the 15 and 2 Detroit Lions hosted the Washington commanders in the divisional round of the playoffs and lost 45 to 31.
1:30.9	It was a bitter day for everybody.
1:33.1	It was a horrible day at Ford Field.
1:35.8	Jaden Daniels went off and went crazy and threw for 299 yards and had a 122.9
1:42.9	quarterback rating.
1:46.4	He also ran for 51 yards,
1:52.8	two touchdowns, no sacks against him, no picks against him. And the Lions lost and the season was over. And I'm bringing that up because some fans, even some media members say,
2:00.2	you know,
2:03.7	the reason why the Detroit Lions might not ever win,
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