Lions Fans Are Really Obsessed With Draft Attendance

The NFL Draft has wrapped up in Green Bay. While most people are concentrating on the players picked and how they fit with the teams who picked them, one group of fans seems oddly transfixed on the attendance.

It seems to have begun after President Ron Wood took a jab at Green Bay on April 21st, saying there was no way Green Bay would come close to topping Detroit’s record.

“There’s no way Green Bay will come close. They’ll finish second or as I said to Brad (Galli), they’ll finish third like they did last year.“

This caused Lions fans to follow suit, and they yapped about it all weekend, seemingly to themselves.
I don’t recall draft attendance ever being a flex for anyone. But I suppose when your organization’s only notable accomplishment in existence is ruining the career of one of the greatest running backs of all time, you have to make your own happiness.

But since they care so much about attendance, let’s run some numbers.
The attendance in the 2024 draft was about 775,000 fans over the weekend. Mind you, Detroit is a city with 633,000 people. So that’s about 122% of the city’s usual population.
The 2025 Draft was about 600,000 fans. Green Bay is a city of 105,000 people. So that’s a 570% increase in that city’s population.
For my fellow Sconnie’s, that’s like Wisconsin Dells in the winter, versus Wisconsin Dells in the summer. It’s difficult to imagine how all of those people even fit there.

What I believe is, after all these years of obscurity, the Lions are desperate for a division rivalry and they really want our attention. The Packers, Vikings, and Bears have all had a solid rivalry with one another my entire life. But all 3 of us have spent most of our fandom completely forgetting Detroit exists.
Now that they finally have a team they can watch without bags on their heads, they want in on our magic. Which is why I propose a new nickname for them.

“The Motor City Pick-Me’s”