Can't blame the NFL for this loss.
Well, maybe, you could because the league keeps scheduling games for the Lions.
An early season of lows reached even deeper depths Sunday. The Detroit Lions committed the cardinal sin against the Arizona Cardinals.
They quit.
They bailed on their season, their coaches and their fans. And when Jim Caldwell yanked an absolutely atrocious Matthew Stafford for backup Dan Orlovsky in the third quarter after the Cardinals scored 35 straight points, it was a feeble attempt at demanding accountability. But it was too little, too late. This team, this season was already beyond resuscitation.