The Detroit Lions being 0-7 through two months probably cannot be classified as a big surprise. Sure, most people had them with at least a win by now, but most people knew this would be a rough year, and going winless against a pretty strong schedule was certainly a possibility with this roster.
But that doesn’t mean everything that happened thus far has gone as expected. In fact, there are a ton of things that I would describe as surprising about the 2021 Detroit Lions. Undrafted rookie AJ Parker locking down the slot job in training camp and looking like he belongs in the regular season has to be near the top of most surprising things.