The Lions knew they had to do what the Packers could not the week before, stop Dalvin Cook. Even with stacking the box with eight players, they failed.
What's the worst thing a team, with a disappointing record of 2-5, can do to push a fan base over the cliff? Trade a local favorite. But nobody is untradeable in the NFL.
When you have a government job you know you probably will never get fired. When the Vikings extended the contracts of Kirk Cousins, Mike Zimmer, and Rick Spielman, they must have felt like government employees.