Under the lights for their third primetime game of the season, the first at Ford Field, the hosted the for Monday Night Football in a big game for the Lions. Coming off an embarrassing loss to the Baltimore Ravens last week, the football world wondered if Detroit was a legit team, or if they were just pretenders with an inflated record.
With a rocking crowd filling up Ford Field, the Lions were prepared to rebound on a national stage, but they would try and do so with some starters banged up. Once again, running back David Montgomery and left guard Jonah Jackson didn’t play, but center Frank Ragnow missed his first game of the season, and right guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai would not start.