They always say the most important game of the season is the next one. This week, that could be especially true for the Detroit Lions. While the Kansas City Chiefs are not an in-conference team and Sunday’s game won’t hold many tiebreaker implications, it will serve as an early-season litmus test for the undefeated Lions.
Last week, Detroit passed its first major test: a road game against a 2018 playoff team. Even the week before, the Lions rose to the occasion, defeating up a good, but beat-up, Chargers team. Now they’ll face their biggest test to date.