The Detroit Lions remain a work in progress.
To tell the tale from Monday night’s loss to the Green Bay Packers, 35-17, it was truly reminiscent of Week 1’s matchup against the San Francisco 49ers but flipped on its head. Jared Goff and the Lions' offense took advantage of an undermanned Packers defense as defensive coordinator Joe Barry had no answer for Detroit’s passing attack in the first half. Leading 17-14 at halftime, it was clear the Lions needed to go blow for blow with the Packers offense.
Detroit, however, couldn’t weather the storm—literally—as their warts on defense and offense were on full display last night.