Detroit — The boos began early and echoed all night, increasingly louder, angrier and thoroughly justified. This was an embarrassment in every way, the worst start ever for a franchise that has birthed plenty of bombs.
Matt Patricia’s debut as Lions coach was so stunningly bad, you already have to ask tough questions. His team looked clueless, including the one guy he thought he could count on. Matthew Stafford threw four interceptions, and when he wasn’t heaving recklessly, he was getting clobbered behind a broken offensive line.
If only it were as simple as pinning it all on Stafford.