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Why can't Lions' Stafford, Jones connect on the deep ball?

The Lions fall to 0-2 after another disappointing loss. We talk about the good, bad and ugly from the 30-27 loss to San Francisco. Justin Rogers, The Detroit News

Matthew Stafford and Marvin Jones were in tune as one of the top deep threat combinations in the league last season.

This year, the duo has seemingly been out of sync in the early going.

Stafford couldn’t connect with Jones on several occasions when he had a step on a 49ers defender, including once in the end zone toward the end of the first half, during Detroit’s 30-27 loss at San Francisco on Sunday — all misses the quarterback lamented.