I knew this was a possibility but I didn’t think the Lions would look that bad. I thought they would at least make it competitive at the beginning and then maybe get blown out or just keep up in a high scoring game. Well they looked awful and they let the Bills run over them the entire game, just an embarrassingperformance by the Lions and a really good game for the Bills. I know they scored 31 points, but that just isn’t enough against the Bills, especially when you have absolutely no defense, also one of those touchdowns was on garbage time. Their only chance going into this game was to try to keep pace with the Bills and they obviously failed at that by falling behind 21-0 very quickly.

As i said in the preview to this game, the Lions were going to need to stop Josh Allen from running too much, well they clearly didn’t read my article because they just decided to let him run as much as he wanted and that’s what he did the entire first drive and really the entire game and thats without including the thousand times they ran the QB sneak, which is the most boring and frustrating play in football.

But it wasn’t only running, Josh Allen was also getting it done passing, throwing 3 touchdowns in the first half alone, including one to Joshua Palmer where he was extremely wide open. Very few times have I ever seen someone so wide open, the Lions just forgot that they were supposed to cover receivers apparently. There is no other way of putting it, the Lions defense just sucks, they can’t cover anyone, they can’t stop the run and they can’t stop QB runs either, they can’t stop anything.

As for the Lions offense, they started very slow, didn’t really do much until they were down 21-0 and remember they were also supposed to play tonight. Jahmyr Gibbs is obviously the best player on that offense so he obviously scored the first touchdown for them. But it didn’t matter much because the Lions defense let the Bills score again right away. Then the Lions made a FG before the half to make it 27-10.

If all of that wasn’t enough, every time the Lions seemed to do something good on defense in the first half, there was always a penalty against them, including a penalty that negated an INT and gave the Bills a first and goal. Just committing mistake after mistake and shooting themselves in the foot throughout the whole game.

In the second half the Lions offense looked better, as they scored a touchdown on the first drive of the 3rd quarter. But then the defense again allowed the Bills to walk all over them and answer right back. Then the Lions scored another touchdown and then finally stopped the Bills for once. But then they quickly gave it back and the Bills scored again.

It was just an awful game for the Lions, and it’s not like the Bills defense was that good, they Lions were just not good, even though they put up enough points to make it presentable.

The Lions Super Bowl window is officially closed, and it really has been closed since they lost to the Commanders in the Divisional Round in the 2024 season. They might still have the same explosive players on offense but their defense is just not good at all, just a complete no-show and embarrassment to the sport.

Credit to the Bills because they just went out there and looked ready and did whatever they wanted. It was obviously a little more easy than expected when you don’t have anyone defending you, but still. They were able to control the game, set the pace and make early stops to be in front by a lot and make it too difficult for the Lions to come back. They still need to improve on defense obviously, they allowed 30 or more points in both of their games so far, but if their offense can keep scoring like that, it will be hard to beat them.

Josh Allen finished with 248 yards passing, 70 yards rushing, 3 passing TDs and 2 rushing TDs. Just an absolutely dominant performance and this puts him in the early lead in the MVP race.

The Bills move to 2-0 under new HC Joe Brady and the Lions are now 1-1.

The Bills face the Chargers next week at home and the Lions will play the Jets in Detroit.

And obviously I was the guy that had to play against Josh Allen in not one, but two fantasy leagues this week, where he just decided to do it all and scored a billion points. So that’s it for fantasy matchups this week.