An inevitable train wreck like the Detroit Lions is always fit for television, which makes sense why they’d be the team chosen to be featured on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” in 2022. But make no mistake, there was enough choo chooing and billowing smoke clouds from the Minnesota Vikings last season to kick viewership for “Hard Knocks” into overdrive.
It was a hard miss by HBO, who spent the season following around the Indianapolis Colts instead.
The Vikings hadn’t quite dipped to the Lions’ levels of struggles yet—no playoff berth in the last six years and a last place NFC North finish in four consecutive seasons. But the struggle-bus was still rolling in the not-so-hunky-dory Minnesota land with general manager Rick Spielman and coach Mike Zimmer overseeing things.
