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Niyo: Lions backup QB race offers little comfort

Detroit News reporters try to decipher meaning, if there is any, in Detroit's ugly 30-17 loss to the Giants. Justin Rogers, The Detroit News

Detroit — Jake Rudock lunged toward the goal line, stretched the football forward and finally got somewhere. The official raised his arms to signal a touchdown. And the loudspeakers at Ford Field soon blared the Lions’ fight song.

But Rudock’s face was twisted in disgust as he left the field. And even as he stood on the sidelines congratulating some of his offensive linemen, the expression never really changed.