The Detroit Lions let a heartbreaker slip through their fingers against the Buffalo Bills. They went toe-to-toe with the NFL’s best, but just couldn’t come up with the necessary play or two to close out the win.
It certainly feels like a gut punch when a win would’ve meant so much to the team and truly put them on the NFC playoff race map, but it’s also hard not to come away from this game feeling pretty good about the competitive level of this team right now. It’s a complicated feeling, no doubt, so let’s take a closer look at the game with six takeaways.