What was going on was Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers. The Packers won the division in 15 of those seasons. The Vikings were also pretty good many of those years with Randy Moss and/or Adrian Peterson among others. Mostly, it was because the Lions were a poorly run organization. I definitely don't want the Lions having success, they're one of the only teams that's been worse than the Cowboys when it comes to playoff wins. They haven't won a playoff game since 1991. The last time they actually won their division, in 1993, they lost the Wild Card game to the Packers. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have won the NFC North more recently than the Detroit Lions, lol!