Expectations at the start of the 2019 season may not have been too high for the Detroit Lions, but a 2-0-1 record after the first three games started to turn a lot of heads. On paper, the early stretch looked fairly daunting for the Lions, and emerging from the first three weeks without a loss was a great start for a team with some question marks.
We all know what happened next. A close loss to the Chiefs was understandable and a good moral victory at the time, but two more losses followed to drop the team under .