Call off the shovels. Hold off the dirt. Tell the vultures they’ll have to wait another week to pick apart the carcass.
The Detroit Lions aren’t dead yet.
After imploding on national television two weeks ago in a stinkfest for the ages, then following that up with a mistake-filled slopfest in San Francisco, the Lions hit the reset button Sunday night at Ford Field.
And came out strutting. And running. And shoving the ball down the throat of the NFL’s most ruthless bully … the Patriots, to the tune of a 26-10 victory.
How dominant were the Lions?