Messy Start Should Have Lions Rethinking Long-Term Plans for Stafford, Caldwell

October 13, 2015   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

The 0-5 Detroit Lions are such a talented hot mess—and have been for so long—that it's fair to wonder if they'd be better off rebuilding, conceding painfully that they've wasted the heart of the Calvin Johnson era in a fashion that eerily and tragically resembles their failures with Barry Sanders. 
By no means has luck been on Detroit's side early this season. The Lions lost their best defensive player, All-Pro defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, after being outbid by the Miami Dolphins in the offseason. And second-team All-Pro linebacker DeAndre Levy—undoubtedly their best defender now that Suh is gone—has been on the field for just 17 snaps this season as he battles a hip injury. 
But they still rank out of the bottom 10 in terms of total defense, so it wouldn't be fair to pin this start on that shorthanded unit. 
No, the Lions are 0-5 because one of the most talented offenses in football is averaging just 16.6 points per game, w...

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