In the past three weeks, the Detroit Lions have played stream of not-so-good teams. On paper, the Steelers, Browns and Bears aren’t exactly bottom of the barrel teams, but the Lions happened to face two of them starting a backup quarterback, and the third—Cleveland—had a quarterback who was playing like a backup due to injuries, and (maybe) he’s just not that good.
But this post isn’t about crapping on Baker Mayfield. The point is the Lions had three golden opportunities for a win straight out of the bye, and they failed all three times.