Allen Park — It’s what few expected and no one in the organization wanted, but three weeks into the 2018 season and the Detroit Lions are already on the brink of a wasted campaign.
With perennial Super Bowl contender New England on deck, the Lions face the realistic, or maybe it's more appropriate to say likely, possibility of an 0-3 start. The Patriots are favored by seven and have a history of demolishing their next opponent against a loss.
And while teams that lose their first two games face a steep uphill climb to carve a path into the postseason -- right around 11 percent of those teams accomplish the feat -- it’s nearly impossible to do it when you start the year three games in the hole.