Jeff Daniels celebrates the end of Detroit Lions curse

Jeff Daniels writes song about Detroit Lions 'Curse of Bobby Layne': Read the lyrics
Daniels recently appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and performed a song he wrote about the curse and Lions' turnaround. It's called "The Curse of Bobby Layne" and he cut the song with the Ben Daniels Band — his son's group. Here are the lyrics to the song. "On my phone was Peyton Manning.
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The Curse of Bobby Layne for the Detroit Lions, explained
This brings us to the Curse of Bobby Layne. Back in 1958, the Lions traded Layne to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and an angry Layne allegedly declared the Lions wouldn’t win a title for 50 years. Now, if that curse was a thing, it would have expired by now, right? And Peyton Manning and actor Jeff Daniels have been trying to get rid of it, too.
Jeff Daniels goes on The Tonight Show singing about breaking the Lions' curse
Lifetime Lions fan and actor Jeff Daniels goes on The Tonight Show singing about breaking the Lions’ ‘Curse of Bobby Layne’
Jeff Daniels sings about Detroit Lions, breaking Bobby Layne's 'Curse' on Fallon
Daniels, who had the studio audience and host Jimmy Fallon singing along to the song, also talked about his role in "Dumb & Dumber," which turned 30 last month, and the new season of his Audible memoir, "Jeff Daniels: Alive and Well Enough."
Jeff Daniels sings song about Detroit Lions curse of Bobby Layne on 'Tonight Show'
Jeff Daniels appeared on Jimmy Fallon's late-night show to talk about his Audible memoir podcast — and sing a song about the Detroit Lions curse.
Jeff Daniels Talks Dumb and Dumber Toilet Scene, Sings His Detroit Lions Curse of Bobby Layne Song
Jeff Daniels talks about creating his podcast Alive and Well Enough and working with Jim Carrey in the Dumb and Dumber films before singing a song he wrote about breaking the Detroit Lions' Bobby Layne curse with Peyton Manning.
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