Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett wraps up the coverage after the Detroit Lions' 26-17 loss to the Bengals on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017, in Cincinnati.
If it wasn’t the drops, it was the overthrows. Or underthrows. Or zags by the receiver when the quarterback was looking for a zig.
From the moment the game began Sunday in Cincinnati, the Detroit Lions looked off, as if most of the roster had stayed behind in Detroit. Which makes sense, because even if they’d managed a win against the lowly Bengals this team wasn’t going anywhere anyway.