David Morian was a believer in June when he took a chance with art on his body. He heard his friends and family joking with him when he decided to get a tattoo with an unlikely proclamation on it.

Morian, 23, tattooed the Vince Lombardi Trophy and the Detroit Lions logo on the inside of his left calf during the "Dave and Chuck The Freak Morning Show" on Detroit radio station WRIF this summer. That's one thing. Here's where he went really bold -- on top of the trophy he had the words "Super Bowl" written in script.

Lions fan David Morian continues to hold out hope that Detroit can win the Super Bowl in 2015 -- just like it reads on the tattoo on his left calf. 101 WRIF/Greater Media Detroit

At the bottom of the trophy, he had "2015 Champs" written in the same script lettering.

At the time, the Lions didn't appear to be true playoff contenders, let alone a Super Bowl team. And now? The Lions are headed to the playoffs.

"It's been an experience, I guess," Morian told ESPN.com earlier this week. "I was really hoping that this was how [the season] was going to turn out and really we're starting to make something right now.

"It's getting me excited."

Morian said he's occasionally been asked about the tattoo when he's gone out to local bars. Eventually, he said some of his work colleagues at Knight Global figured out he was the same David Morian who got the Lions tattoo on the radio, creating some funny conversations.

Overall, he said the reaction has been nothing major. He said his friends joked with him that the tattoo had something to do with Detroit coming from behind to win games throughout the season, but he laughed that off.

He does like what he's seen from the Lions when he watched games from his Grand Blanc, Michigan, home throughout the season. While he hasn't attended a game this season, he said he saved up enough money to go to a home playoff game should the Lions have one.

"Not a whole lot's changed," Morian said. "Still really optimistic about what's going to happen going into Sunday. Can't wait for that game.

"It's going to be a big one."

He's also picked up a few more superstitions since getting the tattoo, too. He said he doesn't wear his Calvin Johnson jersey anymore because the Lions seem to play better when he isn't wearing it. He also said he stays off social media during games because whatever he posts typically backfires.

He has no regrets getting the tattoo, though, because "it puts a smile on my face every time I see it."

He also maintained what he said when he initially got the tattoo, that he believed this season was going to be different for Detroit and so far, it has been.

"There was the same feeling you get every year as a Lions fan, but this year it was different," Morian said. "A lot of different pieces falling into place at the same time.

"It did feel different, like this actually could be a different kind of year for us."