Embarrassing.
That is the first word that comes to mind when describing the Detroit Lions‘ effort against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday afternoon.
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With a win, the Lions would have moved to 5-5 on the season and put themselves in position to make a run at the final wild-card spot in the NFC but instead, they laid an egg as they lost 20-0.
On Monday, Peter King released his weekly column and he agrees that what the Lions did on Sunday was “embarrassing for this once-proud franchise.”
“How much longer can Matt Patricia last? After 6-10 and 3-12-1 in his first two years, the Lions fell to 4-6 with quite likely the ugliest loss of Patricia’s 28: They were shut out by a backup quarterback making his first NFL start, P.J. Walker. Lack of Discipline of the Week: Carolina was going to punt late in the fourth quarter. Fourth-and-five. On consecutive snaps, Romeo Okwara and Nick Williams were called for encroachment. First down, Carolina. Victory formation. End of game. How embarrassing for this once-proud franchise. Can’t wait to see the Lions play on Thanksgiving.”
It is one thing to lose a football game in the NFL as there is no such thing as an easy win (especially for the Lions) but to see a group of professional athletes and coaches pull what we saw on Sunday is a disgrace.
