On Monday, Reader will take the field with the Lions as they venture back to the site where they suffered a similar feeling on Jan. 28, when they squandered a 17-point halftime lead against the San Francisco 49ers with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell didn't flinch. A thrilling Week 14 game against the Green Bay Packers had come down to the final moments. Facing a fourth-and-1 with 43 seconds remaining and the score tied at 31,

It wasn’t that long ago the Detroit Lions were still considered a non-marquee NFL team. In fact, the Lions were once so completely rudderless that future Hall of Fame tight end Rob Gronkowski vetoed a trade to Detroit in 2018 at the near-apex of his legendary career.