Episode #122: Quarter-Season Review

They played valiantly, but 2 fumbles in the red zone proved to be too costly for the Lions to overcome while losing 34-30 to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. This week the team gets to heal up with their Bye Week and begin to prepare to face the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football in another week.

• Inferred injury report
• 6th rounder WR Travis Fulgham was waived then, re-signed to the practice squad, necessitating the release DT Frank Herron
• Slot WR Tom Kennedy was promoted to the 53 man
• DE Jonathan Wynn brought back to practice squad, waive DT Ray Smith
• Recapping the Chiefs game
• Mike Ford played well in Darius Slay’s absence
• NFL took a hard pass in reviewing the Hail Mary shove
• The Week 5 Power Rankings, the Lions rise in half the polls despite coming off a loss
• Next Gen Stats show that Stafford has started hot
• Lions Wire’s Quarter-Season Awards
• MVP candidates
• Rookie of the year leader
• Most Improved
• Most pleasant surprise
• Biggest disappointment
• Best Play/favorite moment
• Erik answers questions from a jam-packed mailbag

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