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Podcast: The Detroit Lions Podcast
Episode: Daily DLP: A Lump of Lions Coal for Christmas
Description: A Christmas Collapse in Minnesota
The Detroit Lions turned a dominant defensive effort into a bitter loss on Christmas. They fell to the Minnesota Vikings despite allowing only three net passing yards until the final snap. The NFL will not remember the style points. It will remember six Detroit giveaways and one back-breaking coverage bust. That was the difference in a game the Lions should have closed.
The numbers sting. Minnesota finished with just 11 first downs and 161 total yards on 51 plays. Sixty-five came on Jordan Addison’s game-sealing touchdown. One play erased three quarters of wo...