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Video Gamer Ninja to Serve as Lions' Honorary Captain against Giants

The video game superstar Ninja will be honorary captain and take over social media for Lions' Week 8 tilt with Giants
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What do you do when you're an NFL franchise that's on a three-game losing streak?

Obviously, you invite a celebrity video gamer to your next game.

Or at least, that's what the Lions are doing in having Detroit superfan and Taylor, Mich., native Ninja be their honorary captain for today's game against the New York Giants.

The Lions will also have the Fortnite superstar run their social media for the Week 8 matchup -- something the 28-year-old first publicly expressed interest in doing in early September.

Unfortunately, Ninja won't be able to take the spot of Kerryon Johnson at running back or help out with the Lions' struggling pass rush. 

Maybe, just maybe, though, he will serve as a source of good luck for the Lions.

Lord knows they could use it.

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Vito Chirco
VITO CHIRCO

Vito has covered the NFL and the Detroit Lions for the past five years.  Has extensive reporting history of college athletics, the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Mercy Athletics.  Chirco's work include NFL columns, analyzing potential Detroit Lions prospects coming out of college, NFL draft coverage and analysis of events occurring in the NFL.  Extensive broadcasting experience including hosting a Detroit Tigers podcast and co-hosting a Detroit Lions NFL podcast since 2019. 

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