The Detroit Lions are technically alive in the NFC playoff hunt, although they would have to vault seven other teams over the final three weeks of the season.
The Detroit Lions are technically alive in the NFC playoff hunt, although they would have to vault seven other teams over the final three weeks of the season.
Given those improbable circumstances, the Lions are more focused on how to boost production from an injury-depleted offense when they visit another struggling team in the Buffalo Bills on Sunday afternoon.
Detroit leaned on its defense to halt a two-game slide with a 17-3 road win at Arizona last weekend, marking the fifth time in the past seven games the team has failed to score more than 17 points. Still, first-year head coach Matt Patricia pointed to the end result rather than how it was achieved.
« I think everybody has different views on what they think is exciting and fun football, » Patricia said. « I tend to like the struggle, I like the battle, I like all of it. So, I think back in the day when I was growing up, I think SEC football, scores used to be like 7-3 and I thought those were exciting. I thought they were great games. So it doesn’t really matter however the game goes, you just got to try to find a way to win.
« And whether it’s a lot of points or no points, doesn’t matter as long as you can just try to come up with the W, which is the hardest thing to do. »
Patricia’s vision of exciting football could be on tap against the Bills, who are averaging an AFC-worst 15.
