CHICAGO – In a season of near-misses and almosts, the Detroit Lions had plenty of both Sunday.
The Lions committed two red-zone turnovers in their first three possessions and failed to score on two more trips inside the Chicago Bears’ 20-yard line, losing their fourth straight game, 24-14, at Soldier Field.
The Lions (0-4) are off to their worst start since going 0-5 to open the 2015 season, and Dan Campbell’s 0-4 record is the worst by a Lions coach to open his first season since Rod Marinelli went 0-5 in 2006.
Campbell’s aggressive approach cost the Lions valuable points Sunday when he passed on one field goal early — choosing unsuccessfully to try a fourth-and-goal from the 5 on the Lions’ second possession — and another late, when Jared Goff threw incomplete on fourth-and-1 from the 8 with 4:19 to play.