The surprising Lions have moved on to 2-0 after annihilating a Chiefs’ side that has shipped more points – way more points – over two games than any other team in the league and scored just 10.
The score line of 48-3 may slightly flatter the Lions, who racked up a further 21 points in the fourth when the game was beyond reach of the discomposed Chiefs, but it does say this about them: the Lions want this, and they want it badly.
For years they’ve fluctuated between a laughing stock and the next big thing, but never have they lasted a whole season. They have patches of cohesion when they look exceptional, but there’s no telling if they’re just off to a lucky start or whether this new identity as a winning team will stick.
The real test will come against a top-ranked team. They have an unpredictable Dallas unit in Week 4, then two games against Chicago in weeks 5 and 10, before rounding off the season with the second of two match-ups with the Packers, the first of which coming in week 12. They are really their toughest games on early season evidence, and unfortunately for the Lions, they are also the most important. Going 1-1 in each series may well be enough to, if not win the division, finish second with a good chance of making the Wild Card spot on tie-breakers.
The Chiefs continue to sink to new depths. The only game I can see them having a chance of winning before the end of October is the trip to Minnesota in Week 4, but even that will be uncomfortably close.
A good game with 15 big plays and another solid performance from Stafford, who threw 4 TD passes with only 1 INT, while notching-up his second 100+ passer rating.
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