The Detroit Lions season will finally, and mercifully come to an end today. Next weekend the Honolulu Blue and Silver faithful will only have real NFL football to watch in the playoffs. Like almost every season at this time.
As we sift through the ashes of the Lions 2019 season trying to figure out where everything went wrong, I think it’s safe to say that it derailed right where our expectations started.
After Lions general manager Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia had painstakingly acquired more pieces to add to the defense this past offseason, the consensus among the majority of the fans and media was that Matt Patricia’s defense had a chance to be really good.