Detroit sports fans are down in the dumps right now emotionally after watching the Lions get eliminated from NFL playoff consideration with a Christmas Day loss to the Minnesota Vikings. It's the first time since 2022 that the Lions won't be playing in the postseason.
Detroit went 3-5 over the past eight weeks and will now likely see the Chicago Bears win the NFC North. Questions surrounding Jared Goff's future have swirled.
And while it might feel to these fans that things couldn't get worse, the ongoing buzz surrounding Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is basically saying, "hold my beer", to that notion.