Regardless of how arduous white folks attempt, some issues simply can’t be gentrified.
In one of many oddest and most weird strikes which were made in the course of the Dan Campbell period — which included him wanting his group to chunk their opponent’s kneecaps and discussions about having an precise lion on the sidelines — the group is encouraging its fan bases to put on ski masks to video games as in the event that they play in Des Moines and never Detroit.
How did all this begin?
As a result of Lions defensive again C.J. Gardner-Johnson is a dumb ass.
“You gonna see on Sunday, blue ski masks in all places,” he declared days earlier than Detroit’s 31-37 time beyond regulation loss to the Seattle Seahawks within the Lions’ dwelling opener. Gardner-Johnson was sporting one after the Lions upset the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs within the season opener. He wished it to grow to be a development. His want was tragically granted.
“A part of us, it’s the tradition. I’m altering it,” he stated.
“From what I’ve seen, the gang, we’ve most likely acquired probably the most ruthless followers within the recreation,” he added. “So, I believe, from speaking crap, they feed off of us, they yell the loudest … They only love their Lions group, so the extra we win, the extra we’ll see true Lions followers.”
Not solely did it not work on Sunday, however the Lions misplaced a recreation wherein they’d extra whole yards and drives than Seattle, and fewer penalties and penalty yards in a recreation they have been favored to win.
“I do know it stings and people guys are disenchanted. I’m disenchanted, the employees is, however that is good,” Campbell stated after the sport. “We’ll get just a little humble pie right here.”
“Generally you don’t know precisely the place you’re at till you’re in it. We come off an enormous win and you may at all times preach sure issues, however man, that is the NFL, and these guys got here in, they usually took that win,” he added. “They earned it over there and we did the errors that value us.
“I don’t wish to say we weren’t prepared, however we’ve got to make these performs within the second, and never simply assume it’s gonna flip into the kind of recreation you need it to.”
Sunday wasn’t nearly letting one slip away coming off an enormous win. The Lions have been making an attempt to construct momentum after final yr’s season-ending win towards the Packers — which was Aaron Rodgers’ final recreation in Inexperienced Bay — and their opening win towards Patrick Mahomes. Over the weekend, a statute of Barry Sanders was unveiled, because it felt like issues have been lastly headed in a constructive path.
However then, these dumb ski masks occurred earlier than a loss.
In line with analysis by Safety Gauge, Detroit is the fifth-most harmful metropolis in America. Initially of the yr, CBS had town ranked third when it got here to cities with the most important murder charges. And based on Axios, resulting from a capturing that occurred in Denver over the weekend, this nation has now reached 500 mass shootings for the yr — and it’s solely September.
Enjoying with weapons is lethal. Strolling round with ski masks on whenever you aren’t about “that life” invitations unhealthy conduct.
“F*ck a good one, I get mine the quick means, ski masks means…” — The Infamous B.I.G. (1994)
This yr, town of Detroit ended its 40-year reign as America’s largest majority-Black metropolis. Michigan’s largest and hottest metropolis is a spot with a layered historical past. One aspect of America has at all times considered it as soiled, harmful, and a spot you keep away from. Whereas the opposite has chosen to give attention to all of the constructive issues about Detroit. It’s a metropolis that demonstrates why there are “Two Americas” — one white, and one Black.
Ski masks are worn for 2 causes — to hit the slopes or to commit a criminal offense. In Detroit, it’s for the latter, not the previous. Having folks present as much as video games with blue ski masks isn’t the sensible factor to do for white or Black followers. In reality, it’s fairly dumb, and insulting in some methods. Apart from, a budget gimmick has already failed. Seattle celebrated Sunday’s win by sporting one of many masks within the locker room, that means that the Lions let the Seahawks steal a recreation — and their property.
