Sunday’s 38-17 beating by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers brought this awful Detroit Lions season one step closer to ending. The goal now is to only finish this season with nine straight losses, and hope the team can crack the top four (maybe even the top two) of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Some might argue that a nine-game losing streak is bad and will carry over into next season. An argument that makes little sense, especially considering that eight of those losses will be without the team’s best player and leader: quarterback Matthew Stafford, who was officially placed on Injured Reserve on Tuesday.