The Detroit Lions rushing attack has been D.O.A. since the days of Reggie Bush. And in the past, that’s be okay. Without a dominate rusher in the backfield, Detroit has still found a way to make the playoffs twice in the last three years.
As a result, all the pressure to win has been on the shoulders of quarterback Matthew Stafford. Against the Minnesota Vikings on Thanksgiving, we witnessed what happens when Stafford isn’t near perfect or gets injured. We saw the same thing at the end of last season, when a bad finger resulted in four straight losses, including a 26-6 defeat in the playoffs at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks.