Week 17 typically means the end of the regular season in the NFL, and for this year, I wished it was still the same.
The Detroit Lions took the field in Week 17 bruised, battered and physically ill, and it showed. A minute into the second quarter, the team was already down three scores, and even a three-touchdown second half couldn’t bring Detroit within 20 of the Seattle Seahawks by the time the clock hit zero.
On one hand, that would have been a terrible way for the Lions’ 2021 season—which has actually borne some real reasons for optimism—to end.