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Lions grades: Plenty of Fs to go around in loss to Vikings

Detroit — Justin Rogers grades the Detroit Lions' performance in their 27-9 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

Quarterback

It has felt impossible to grade Matthew Stafford the past month. The excuses are built-in, from injuries to personnel, but he's also doing nothing to elevate the team around him. For the second time in three games, he finished with fewer than 120 passing yards, averaging an ugly 3.7 yards per pass attempt against the Vikings. And after the game, he admitted he had a role in some of the atrocious first-half calls that contributed to keeping the Lions out of the end zone.