Just a few short days removed from a brutal Detroit Lions loss to start the season, a video of a third-grade classroom receiving an incredible gift from the Lions may help put the pep back in your step.

You may remember her viral videos — Mary Cripper is a third-grade teacher in Miami who made national headlines for incorporating the NFL in her lessons. What started with tracking the Dolphins’ wins and losses last season became an entire curriculum she named “NFelementary.”

In a video that has nearly 1 million likes on TikTok, Crippen explains that her students sent letters to NFL teams from their Miami classrom.

“Yesterday, we received a response,” she announces to the students, who begin screaming.

She picks up a box, turning it to the side to show the Detroit Lions logo. She then re

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