There are mistakes to point at after a loss, after every loss, actually, but then you know that. And mistakes surely contributed to the Detroit Lions’ most dispiriting loss Sunday afternoon to the Indianapolis Colts.
But mistakes weren’t why the Lions lost their fourth game of the season, falling below .500 again, teasing their fans and then ripping out their hearts, at least the fans who stayed with them the first seven weeks, hoping, praying — yet again — that this time it would be different.
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It wasn’t.