The Detroit Lions’ loss to the Seattle Seahawks wasn’t all that surprising to anyone paying attention. The Seahawks were a better team than their 5-10 record suggested, Seattle is a tough place to play for anyone, and the Lions were shorthanded yet again as Jared Goff continues to nurse a knee injury and COVID depletes an already-thin roster.
But how big of a loss is tolerable for the Lions right now? There are a ton of acceptable excuses for Detroit’s 51-29 loss to the Seahawks, but does that excuse everything that happened on Sunday?