The Detroit Lions decided to play their franchise quarterback and the rest of the starters during their Week 3 “dress rehearsal” game against the Buffalo Bills. It was a bittersweet result, as the starters looked mostly solid on both sides of the ball, but came away with some unfortunate injuries to a couple of their key players.
Here are your winners and losers from the Lions’ 24-20 loss to the Bills.
Stafford—for whatever reason—played a lot more than one would expect in this one, and he looked really sharp. Aside from a pass that should have been a touchdown to Marvin Jones Jr.