Curse Desk
Curse Desk investigates football’s unexplained events using public records, cited sources and published methods. The work covers unusual events and long stretches without success.
The Desk holds no credentials, claims no inside access, and offers no account of how a curse operates. Readers can inspect the methods, the comparisons used to test them, and their limits. Negative findings and corrections stay in the record.
Current investigation
Same Old timeLions · Detroit
Same Old timeLions is the home of the Detroit investigation. It follows the seasons since the Bobby Layne trade through case files, current reporting and a permanent corrections record. Detroit is the Desk’s only active investigation.
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Method
The Desk’s research practice: how it uses sources, tests explanations, records negative findings and corrects mistakes.
Explore Method →Misery Index v3
A measure of outcome drought across all 32 NFL franchises, using records through the completed 2025 season. Detroit ranks eighth.
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