FIRST DOWN: MAKING PLAYS
Lions head coach Matt Patricia opened his postgame press conference Sunday with a similar message as we've heard in the past.
“Obviously, tough game for us right there,” Patricia said again Sunday after Detroit’s latest loss, a 19-16 defeat at the hands of the Washington Redskins. “Didn’t make enough plays to win.”
The Lions haven’t made enough plays to win games over the last two months. It’s why they’ve lost four straight, six of their last seven and find themselves at 3-7-1 on the year.
The difficult part about it is that this coaching staff and these players seem incapable of fixing the problem. Just this week the big focus was on limiting some of the crucial penalties that have plagued them recently. Those still popped up Sunday.
Last week, the defense couldn’t find a way to make a stop, and gave up over 500 yards of total offense to Dallas in a loss. The offense played well enough to win that contest.
This week, the defense didn’t allow a touchdown (four field goals), but the offense turned the ball over four times, including a critical interception in the final minute driving to possibly win the game with a score themselves.
Even special teams, which has been pretty good all year, allowed a kickoff-return touchdown Sunday and missed a field goal.
It was the Redskins that made the game’s critical play late. On 3rd and 5 with just 26 seconds left, cornerback Darius Slay allowed rookie wide receiver Terry McLaurin just enough separation to catch a 17-yard pass down to the Detroit 21-yard line to set up the winning field goal.
It’s a play that’s gone the opponent's way too many times late in games this season.
“We have to play as a complete team,” cornerback Justin Coleman said. “Offense, defense and special teams all got to be on the same page and all have to be making impact plays out there at the same time.”
That hasn’t happened enough, and it’s why the 2019 season has slipped away from this team.
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