The Detroit Lions’ offense has gone from being shut out to shooting itself in the foot.
In Sunday’s 20-0 loss to the Carolina Panthers, the Lions were shut out for the first time since 2009 and failed to even reach the red zone.
In Thursday’s 41-25 loss to the Houston Texans, the offense at least showed some life — but ultimately ended up choking on its own mistakes and failed to sustain any momentum after a whiz-bang of a reverse flea-flicker play on the opening drive resulted in a 7-0 lead.
The Lions scored three touchdowns — though the final one came in garbage time — accounting for all of their output over their past nine quarters.