IT’S DAGGER TIME, BABY!
Not a bad battle cry, if you ask me. Quarterback Matthew Stafford invented the phrase “dagger time” as the team’s mantra this season, tight end T.J. Hockenson told media on Monday.
“It’s something we came up with in a team meeting. Everyone says finish but I think we wanted to change it up and you know, we’ve heard that throughout — all growing up is finish, finish, finish, but we kind of wanted to put our own little spin on it,” he said.
Detroitlions.com senior writer Tim Twentyman explains that it refers to finishing games and being better in high pressure situations.