In the end, a really great offensive team was damned by their defense; and all that remains from the 2011 Lions is some great memories of some entertaining football.
The Lions carried a 14-10 lead into halftime Saturday night. But bad calls by the officials doing the game along with Detroit forgetting how to cover and make crucial stops ended up being their undoing in the end.
I thought Calvin Johnson and Matthew Stafford were phenomenal the other night. The Lions didn't try any semblance of a run game, they lined up 5-wide many times and just chucked the ball. Megatron beat triple coverage a number of times.
Stafford tweeted the morning after the game, saying thanks to the Lions fans and that the Lions will be back.
I have to say, he's right. This team will be a force once they build a defense. They showed a lot this year and were generally a great story to get behind in 2011. They just fell short of the end goal.
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