There are many reasons the Detroit Lions’ season went poorly. They suffered a ton of injuries. Their pass rush was horrible. They had questionable coaching decisions that both directly and indirectly caused the team to blow so many leads.
When a team like the Lions lose so many close games, it’s often said that they need to “learn to win.” Whether that’s a real thing or not remains to be seen, but the NFL has repeatedly shown us that inexperience is one of the worst qualities you can have.
And as it turns out, the Lions had a lot of inexperience on their roster in 2019:
Teams with the most snaps played by rookies this season:
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