Thursday night was an ugly night for Detroit Lions football no matter how you look at it. If your goal as a fan was to gain confidence in the team’s depth, they failed miserably. If you were hoping to see some rookies make a play or two, the team failed there, too. Even if your hopes were for the Lions to make it out of the opening preseason game, the Lions unfortunately failed there, too.
But look close enough and there were tiny signs of optimism. So here are three winners and five losers from the Lions’ preseason opener against the New England Patriots.