Lions film review: Before the tape gets incinerated, let's talk about what happened to the defense
Allen Park — A common saying in football is the film is never as good/bad as you thought, but the Detroit Lions defense challenged that notion with their performance in a 48-42 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
In some ways, a deep-dive review revealed things to be even worse than the live viewing.
“That team played really well, but we couldn’t get out of our own way, either,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said. “Just had a number of errors that had been uncharacteristic, and that tape speaks for itself. We’re going to learn from it, then we’re going to burn it, and then we’re moving on because that’s what we do.”
Obviously, no one is literally setting physical media ablaze. But before this one is mentally incinerated, we should review it to determine what in the hell happened. How were the Bills able to come to town and impose their will on a defense that had been playing reasonably well for months, despite an abundance of injuries.
You've been warned: This won't be pretty.