Apparel fail

 Some days you'd like to be a fly on the wall, or maybe just a guy skinny enough to hide behind the curtains. Then you'd get the straight dope on how dumb stuff happens.

Like, you know, that new Detroit Lions cap, which says far more than was obviously intended.

Here it is. And, yes, it's for real, and not a meme.

Although I'm sure those are coming straightaway.

Seriously, how is this not a giant "Kick me" sign? Surely the last thing the Lions want to do is remind people of how pathetic they've been for the last, what, 64 years. That was 1957, the last time the Lions won a title. In all the Bill Munsons and Karl Sweetans and Jeff Komlos since, they've accomplished, well, pretty much nothing.

They haven't won a division title in 28 years.

They haven't won a playoff game in 30 years.

Since the turn of the century, they've had five winning seasons, interspersed with some truly spectacular futility. Like that 0-16 gem in 2008, and a 2-14 masterpiece in 2009, and a 3-12 (2019) and a couple of 3-13s (2002, 2006.)

So now you unveil a cap to commemorate that -- a cap that literally says "Losers," emblazoned with an "L" on the crown?

Can't wait for the sales pitch.

Arm getting tired from holding that "L" against your forehead, Lions fan? Well, no more! Now there's a cap that will do it for you! Available today at all fine apparel stores!

Yeesh.