This is the greatest thing to come out of our season . <| sep |> The player is Matt Stafford the QB of the Detroit Lions . Historically the Lions have been terrible and have never won a Super Bowl , never really been considered a good team since the 1950 s . They have the only 016 season in the history of the NFL in 2008 , had arguably one of the greatest running backs Barry Sanders retire in his prime and also just recently had Calvin Johnson a generational wide receiver retire fairly youngeven though his injuries might have forced his hand compared to Barry Sanders . So the story is that ever since the Lions traded Bobby Lane their QB they have been cursed , this is in the 50 s . Stafford is from Lanes home town and was drafted by the Lions as a first round pick when Stafford was fairly young I think sophomore year . Lions have a terrible track record with Quarterbacks since Bobby Lane . Stafford started off a rocky career , talent was there but had a few injuries that sidelined him and the Lions were just mediocre . Now Stafford has a competent Offensive Coordinator named Jim Bob Cooterhis name is a walking meme and is playing football at an MVP level . He has 7 come from behind 4 th quarter drives this season . And thus the meme is born . The photo is edited if I recall but he does have baby cheeks .