Week 10, 2019 Detroit Lions @ Chicago Bears

Very underwhelming.

The 3-5-1 Detroit Lions lose to the 4-5 Chicago Bears with a score of 13-20. Matthew Stafford sat this one out with a back injury so getting his first start as a Lion was Jeff Driskel. That worked out just about as well as you would expect, very underwhelming.

Jeff Driskel was 27 of 46 (58.7%) for 269 yards and 1 TD along with 1 INT (straight to the opponent). Now it was nice to watch a QB who can run a 4.59 40 yard dash, making him just a tiny bit slower then the RBs, but I'm hopeful Stafford gets well soon, like now. Driskel had 5 carries for the team leading 37 rushing yards. McKissic had 10 carries for 36 rushing yards. Ty Johnson had 5 carries for 16 yards before he went under the concussion protocol (so out of the game in the first quarter). Total rushing yards for the Lions was 98 yards and no TDs. Very underwhelming.

The Lions defense actually had some improvement in their rushing D allowing only 81 yards but they allowed Mitchell Trubisky to go 16 of 23 (69.57%) for 173 yards and 3 TDs with no INTs passing. The complete lack of blitzes by the Lions defense is beginning to drive me crazy, but I digress. The defense for the Lions was able to get some stops, and some three and outs, but not one turnover, again. Before this game the Lions defense was ranked one of the three worst in the NFL. Very underwhelming.

The Lions next game is at home at 1pm next Sunday against the 5-3 Dallas Cowboys (they are playing the Minnesota Vikings Sunday night). There are currently 9 NFC teams with a record above .500, the odds of the Lions knocking 4 of those teams out of the wildcard race is approaching single digits. In fact, it won't be long and we might be talking about who the Lions will draft with a top 10 pick once again. Since I still don't want to talk about the draft in November just yet, I'll just keep on hoping for that miracle.

Oh what the heck, let's show one draft paragraph now, just in case. Currently the draft order is as follows:

1 Cincinnati 0-9 .000
2 Washington 1-8 .111
3 NY Giants 2-8 .200
4 Miami 2-7 .222
5 NY Jets 2-7 .222
6 Atlanta 2-7 .222
7 Cleveland 3-6 .333
8 Tampa Bay 3-6 .333
9 Denver 3-6 .333
10 Arizona 3-6-1 .350
11 Detroit 3-5-1 .389
12 LA Chargers 4-6 .400

Sad, isn't it? Yep, very underwhelming.