NEW ORLEANS – If anything, this performance should make Detroit Lions owner Martha Firestone Ford even angrier.
Where was this nearly flawless offensive execution when the Lions barely held onto a thin thread of playoff contention the last couple weeks?
Instead, the Lions’ 35-27 Monday night victory over the New Orleans Saints served as another example of how this franchise often stands at the intersection of hope and fear. Looking good in a mutually meaningless late-season game could still become quarterback Matthew Stafford’s enduring legacy with the Lions.
Those adamant that Stafford remains the only logical answer at quarterback for the Lions in 2016 and beyond will passionately use his first half against the Saints as Exhibit A.