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Detroit Lions lose preseason opener to Patriots: 3 main takeaways

Don’t push the alarm button but the Detroit Lions got off to a very poor start in their first preseason game of the 2019 campaign. We aren’t going to sugar coat it, it was an ugly showing. Here are a few observations from the 31-3 beatdown at Ford Field.

If a team is capable of checking all of the boxes for a great game, this game was about as opposite of that as we will ever see. We all know that preseason game outcomes are essentially meaningless but you do want to see the team be competitive.