Whenever an NFL team can’t close out a tight game, two people are put under the microscope: the quarterback and the head coach. The Detroit Lions’ 28-25 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Thanksgiving is a perfect example of that, as one bad pass and a couple of... interesting coaching decisions have dominated the narrative in the hours after the game.
But in our weekly report card, we try to take the entire game into scope, and for Jared Goff and Dan Campbell, there were a lot of very good things both did to keep Detroit in this game, and a handful of bad things that likely contributed to the loss.