Lions’ pathetic Week 1 effort speaks volumes about Bears’ Ben Johnson

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The results of Week 1 games can cause fans and analysts to draw wildly incorrect conclusions if not taken with an appropriately sized grain of salt. The Lions, who have been one of the NFL’s leading offenses for the past three years, came out like kitty cats against the Green Bay Packers. Just look at some of these box score numbers: thirteen total points with just one touchdown in garbage time, Jared Goff threw for only 225 yards on 39 pass attempts and finished with a meager 88.6 passer rating, and the entire running back room averaged just 2.1 yards per carry. Before anyone writes this off as typical Week 1 jitters, this is far from typical from what the Lions have been accustomed to.

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