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- Matthew Stafford Is 3-0 in the NFL Playoffs and playing for a Super Bowl in his first season with the Los Angeles Rams after leaving Detroit
- The overwhelming majority of Detroit Lions will root for Stafford’s success but a store in Detroit is getting roasted for taking things too far
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You know when professional sports teams hang ‘playoffs’ banners like participation trophies? This is kind of the t-shirt equivalent of that except it’s even worse. A store in Detroit is getting roasted on Twitter and TikTok for selling a ‘Detroit Rams’ t-shirt as a show of support for Matthew Stafford and while it’s well-intentioned it’s also hilariously sad.
It really is bittersweet for Detroit Lions fans who praised Matthew Stafford for 12 seasons as one of the league’s best quarterbacks but a player stuck on a mediocre team only to see him to the stacked Rams and go 3-0 in the playoffs. There are plenty of Lions fans who are salty about Stafford leaving but a LOT more Detroit fans are rooting for him to succeed.
These folks were hoping to cash in on the fans who remain faithful to Stafford but they didn’t really think through the optics of this. This wouldn’t be as embarrassing if Matthew Stafford had NFL Playoffs success with the Lions but as things stand it’s like a t-shirt version of being a parasite leeching off the life force of another vibrant and healthy creature. Now let’s see what the people are saying over on Twitter!
Detroit Store Gets Roasted For Selling ‘Detroit Rams’ Shirts
#DetroitRams in stores now at Pro Sports Zone! pic.twitter.com/bIVZ2Jk9un
— TheDLine™ (@TheDetroitLine) February 11, 2022
It’s so sad. Let’s check out the reactions…
The D Line is getting roasted by Lions fans
I'm embarrassed for you
— Isaac (@WorldofIsaac) February 11, 2022
Where is this store located? Need to make sure I never accidentally end up there.
— Andrew (@ACfromtheD) February 11, 2022
— Kenneth Walker III for Heisman (@jameslandon2) February 11, 2022
— Arpan Lobo (@ArpanLobo) February 11, 2022
Y’all gonna have a lot of dead stock lol who tf is gonna buy that?
— Just Peachy 🍑 (@spartandawg1855) February 11, 2022
https://t.co/A8cE7D9Bn3 pic.twitter.com/oPkusucGMN
— Connor Toole (@CTooleSaysStuff) February 11, 2022
Cringe for any fan that cops these
— Cody (@jazzkabbage) February 11, 2022
— Average Joe in the D (@AveJoeintheD) February 11, 2022
This is terrible and disrespectful on so many levels.
— Aimee 〽️🐊⚔️🐙🦁🐯 (@GatorTapeGirl) February 11, 2022
Note to self: don't ever, ever buy anything from The D Line.
— Mark Van Osdol (@markvanosdol) February 11, 2022
Suffice it to say there will be a LOT of these Detroit Rams t-shirts leftover despite the Motor City being chock full of Matthew Stafford fans.