Winless Lions Facing Gloomy Prospects After Blowout Loss
The Lions were in disarray during their 42-17 loss Sunday. Fans booed, and they headed for the exits early. Quarterback Matthew Stafford was benched in the third quarter.
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The Lions were in disarray during their 42-17 loss Sunday. Fans booed, and they headed for the exits early. Quarterback Matthew Stafford was benched in the third quarter.
There are times where I question the world I live in.
"Yeah, I think the doctors will make the final determination on that," he said.
An in-season benching can be a nail in the coffin of an NFL quarterback's career.
"It was fun, you know. I didn't know what the Detroit fans expected."
The Detroit Lions stayed the only team in the NFL without a win, and the Arizona Cardinals were even playing so well that it brought Matthew Stafford to the bench. Actually, nothing went right at all.
"And when we lose, we all lose together. Today I felt like at times our fanbase kind of turned their back on us."
The Lions (0-5) have the dubious distinction of being the NFL's only winless team and are off to their worst start since becoming the league's only 0-16 team in 2008.
The NFL's only winless team is in danger of reliving its darkest five-game start from seven years ago.
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The Detroit Lions have ruled out running back Joique Bell, tight end Eric Ebron and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata for their game against the Arizona Cardinals.
With a game against the Arizona Cardinals coming up, the Detroit Lions are hoping to no longer be the last team in the NFL without a win. The only thing is that they will have to do it without running back Joique Bell as he's out yet again, and so is Haloti Ngata, but DeAndre Levy is back.
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