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Detroit Lions look atrocious for most of their preseason loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers

Free Press sports writer Carlos Monarrez answers three questions about the Detroit Lions26-20 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Saturday’s NFL preseason game.

How bad did the Lions look in their loss?

You know what? I’m going to let coach Dan Campbell take this first question, based on what he told Fox 2 right before the third quarter, when they trailed, 20-0. (Take it away coach, and keep it clean.)

“I just think the biggest thing for us is we’ve been uncompetitive,” Campbell said. “We got too many penalties, we’re getting no pressure on the quarterback, we’re not catching balls, we’re not making plays in the secondary.