Week 5 · 2025–26 season
Lions
W 37-24 at Bengals · Oct 5, 2025
Misery Index · Miserable
Lions fans won by 13 and somehow left madder at the refs than the Bengals.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
Thirteen-point win in Cincinnati, and the fanbase walked away grumbling about refball, pass protection, and a secondary that needed A.Robertson's pick of J.Chase just to stop the bleeding. S.LaPorta did S.LaPorta things — including the short-left touchdown — and A.Anzalone's interception of J.Browning sealed it, but the J.Goff strip-sack by T.Hendrickson lingers as a reminder that the protection issues aren't going away. Winning ugly still counts. Barely feels like it.
What fans said
“I’m so angry with the refs because they completely fucked over the Lions.”
u/Amonamission▲ 161rage
“Offensive passivity + poor pass pro + secondary injuries + refball made this an unnecessarily ugly game.”
u/fakeplants387▲ 324frustration
“Arnold haters blown the fuck out, hope you guys eat crow, secondary without him is cooked and he is able to lock down chase”
u/Technical_Slip_3776▲ 117rage
“The destruction of Ohio is complete!”
u/ZombieAppetizer▲ 199joy
“Both of those PI penalties on their first TD were straight bullshit.”
u/Key-Property7489▲ 43rage
“Yeah no one going to comment about how all of sudden Jamar Chase and the WR core starts fucking destroying us after TA leaves.”
u/Key-Property7489▲ 68rage
14 more
“This is wild because i feel like 37 points is rare as fuck”
u/MrTeddyBearr▲ 115joy
“I CANNOT FUCKING STAND HOW THEY STOPPED SHOWING REPLAYS OF IMPORTANT PLAYS IN THE PAST 2-3 YEARS JUST TO JUMP TO COMMERCIAL EARLY. FUCK THE NFL MEDIA”
u/Pinkaroundme▲ 47rage
“Cincinnati is on quit watch. Detroit should’ve won this game by 28”
u/longd0ngs1lvers-▲ 109frustration
“A win is a win, but as Dan said last week "No where near good enough"”
u/KarmaMJO▲ 460frustration
“Hutch was held like a fly in a spider web. Fuck. These. Refs.”
u/CallmeKahn▲ 24rage
“Bengals fan fist bumping Monty’s sister :’)”
u/LeoLinguini▲ 31joy
“Man that makes me so fucking happy for Monty and his family. I'm not crying bro but someone's definitely cutting onions”
u/altafullahu▲ 29joy
“Did anyone else notice the little girl at the end was the same little girl who was cheering when Goff jumped into the stands a couple of games ago and was hilarious 😆”
u/sheepysheepers▲ 45joy
“Giving Montgomery a TD pass in his homecoming is so amazing”
u/Samplesize313▲ 21joy
“Special moment for D Mo in his hometown let’s goooo!!!”
u/Detlionfan3420▲ 17joy
“Fuck you Fox and you BS commercials”
u/notgoodatthese▲ 17rage
“The bengals fan giving Monty’s sister a fist bump is a good dude!”
u/pcozzy▲ 40joy
“I call bullshit on that PI call”
u/No_Sandwich555▲ 20rage
“NICE CATCHABLE BALL. HOLY FUCK THESE REFS.”
u/wonder_rs▲ 20rage