It only takes a quick glance at our weekly staff predictions to see that this 2018 Detroit Lions team has been wildly unpredictable. Get blown out by the New York Jets to start the year, beat the New England Patriots just a couple weeks later. Run for 248 yards and 7.1 YPC in Miami, come back to Detroit and run for 34 and 2.6. Trade for one of the best run stoppers in the league one week. Send the YAC King packing the next.
It’s been disorienting for Lions fans, and it’s why our FanPulse confidence graph looked like this last week:
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Of course, there’s a big dip coming after Sunday’s loss to the Seahawks.