Minneapolis — With the Lions, it’s never too early to sniff a crisis. So here it comes after another painfully wasted effort, after watching Matthew Stafford running frantically and looking harried, and others looking lost.
The Lions’ offense is a mash-mash of unclear intentions right now, unable to consistently run, block, or throw the ball deeper than 10 yards. Everyone knew this opening stretch would be a brutal test and the Lions have failed so far, now 0-2 after Sunday’s 26-16 loss to the Vikings.
You don’t want to overreact, but something is amiss. It’s not because the Lions dropped two road games, but because they looked so confused doing it.