Allen Park — It's Thursday, which means it's time to dip into the Detroit Lions mailbag.
What keeps the Lion's offense, with all of the resources, personnel, high draft picks, salary cap, from being high scoring?
— Just Plain Bill (@vincewlaw) October 4, 2018
It starts with the red zone. The Lions are last in the NFL, converting just 33 percent of their trips inside the 20 into touchdowns. At a rate closer to league average, they would have scored seven touchdowns, instead of four. That's not a massive swing in points, but it would be enough to move the Lions up from 17th in scoring to 10th.