For a coach on one of the hottest seats in the NFL, with few chances left to prove he deserves to keep his job, it wasn’t the start – or finish – he needed.
The Detroit Lions played their worst first quarter of the season, then mounted a comeback that went up in flames when David Blough threw a fourth-quarter interception that Sean Murphy-Bunting returned 70 yards for the game-clinching touchdown as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers embarrassed the Lions, 38-17, at Ford Field.
The Lions have lost seven straight games and 10 of their last 11, and at 3-10-1 need to win one of their final two games to avoid their worst record since 2010.