All things considered, Sunday’s loss might have been the Detroit Lions’ most disheartening of the season.
Coming off two straight wins, after giving their fans and themselves a glimmer of playoff hope, the Lions looked supremely overmatched against the only above-.500 team they face in a two-month span.
Matthew Stafford lost a fumble and threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown on back-to-back drives in the second half, and the Lions committed a pair of possession-extending penalties that led to scores as they lost their seventh straight home game dating back to last season, 41-21, to the Indianapolis Colts.