DETROIT -- Matthew Stafford started for the Lions on Friday night against the New York Giants. He had Marvin Jones on one side of the field too, and Kenny Golladay on the other.
But there was no Golden Tate.
The Lions have been toying with two-receiver formations lately, something they ran just 18.1 percent of the time last year. They started in the look in their 30-17 loss against the Giants, and went on to run it seven times with the starters still in the game. They showed the look an eighth time, too, but tight end Michael Roberts was whistled for a false start.