DETROIT — The assumption was, they were done. Cooked. Season lost, changes happening. One assistant coach fired, one key player traded, time to look to the future.
And then an odd thing happened Sunday in Ford Field. In the aftermath of turmoil, glimpses of the future arrived, and so did opportunity. The Lions didn’t drop it this time, just the opposite, actually. They picked it off, intercepting Aaron Rodgers three times, all the big defensive plays were made by youngsters, including two interceptions by rookie Kerby Joseph.
The Lions’ 15-9 victory against Green Bay was bizarre in many ways, and perhaps revealing in important ways. It wasn’t just that the Packers are a wounded, wobbly foe and Rodgers was awful. It’s that the Lions made him look awful, with a spirited effort from a defense that had been maligned and mauled.
