Pssst. Here’s a badly kept secret: the Detroit Lions have offensive issues.
That may sound strange after the crazy close of Sunday’s game against Carolina, which saw two Lions touchdowns in less than three minutes. But that was backyard ball against a 17-point deficit, and in the end, it was still a loss, a frantic 27-24 case of too little, too late.
Mostly too little.
Before things went hog wild at the end, Sunday was a Lions game that resembled the Lions' previous games, and the offensive lags were too familiar.
They start with the line, extend to the running game, and continue through receivers who either can’t get separation or drop the ball, making life difficult for the quarterback, Matthew Stafford, who is running for his life like the coyote in the Road Runner cartoons.