Let’s get it out of the way. The Detroit Lions looked awful in their first preseason game. I don’t place a ton of emphasis on exhibition games, and I certainly don’t care about wins and losses. But the team just didn’t look right.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford did not play at all. As far as backup quarterbacks Tom Savage and David Fales, their last names serve well to describe the way they played last Thursday. Since the draft, the importance of fixing the depth at quarterback has been very clear. But the team did nothing.