So after a week of having to hear how bad the Lions were going to get the shit kicked out of them by the Kansas City Chiefs, low and behold Detroit was the one who was in a good position to come out on top against arguably the NFL’s best team Sunday.
And to be fair, we too were fully expecting Pat Mahomes to have his way with the Detroit defense who was without their best player in the secondary Darius Slay.
Still though despite Mahomes having his worst game so far this season, he was still able to lead Kansas City down the field in the waning minutes of the 4th quarter to help secure a 34-30 win for KC keeping their undefeated record in tact.
But loss aside, you can’t help but take note of the way the Lions were able to overcome some of their own mistakes to once again put themselves in position to knock off the top team in the League. I mean when Kerryon Johnson fumbled at the one-yard line that resulted in a 99-yard touchdown return for the Kansas City defense, that could have been enough to put a dagger in unquestioned good teams in the NFL.
That didn’t happen though.
Dare I say it — under the leadership of Matt Patricia — Detroit was able to brush it off, regroup and give a good return jab right back at KC. In after the play, the Lions were able to outscore Kansas City 17-14 which again says a lot about the character of the team after it would have been SOL to pack it in and simply give up on the rest of the game.
Still, some fans are going to go on about SOL and how a loss is still a loss, which they’re right about that second part. If Detroit comes up a win short of making the playoffs Sunday’s outcome is going to hurt that much more.
However at the same time, fans need to come to realize at this point, this team isn’t that bad. After the boner that they gave us in Arizona to open up the regular season, Detroit was able to knock off a Chargers team riding a high after beating the Colts in overtime and play a tough road game against Philadelphia while coming out with a win. When you factor all of that into the equation, plus the NFC North stacking up a little better than originally thought for the Lions, Detroit is in pretty good shape moving forward.