Analysis: Lions look like playoff contender vs. Chiefs, but can't finish and lose 34-30 at Ford Field, Sept. 29, 2019. Carlos Monarrez, Dave Birkett and Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press
A quarter of the way through the NFL season, it seems as if we have a pretty good football team on our hands.
Not a great one. Maybe not even a playoff one. But one that, Sunday’s 34-30 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs proved, can hang with anyone.
The Detroit Lions nearly slayed one of the two biggest dragons in football, and if not for a couple of weird plays – and, more crushingly, a huge fourth-quarter defensive breakdown – they would have.