Lions' Playoff Loss is Mayhew's Mulligan

They say you should never bring a knife to a gunfight.Well, the Lions didn't; they brought a shotgun. Trouble is, the New Orleans Saints have a howitzer.The Lions, 45-28 losers on Saturday night in New Orleans, didn't get blown out because they don't have a good offense. The Lions lost big because the Saints' offense is better, and the Lions' defense is still a work in progress. If the Lions defense was a freeway, three lanes would be shut down and it would be filled with orange cones.Did you notice any glaring differences between the Lions and Saints, when it came to having the football?Don't look at the quarterbacks; Matthew Stafford and Drew Brees are pretty comparable.Don't look at the receivers; the Lions have the best one on the planet, but the Saints have a cache of good receivers in their own right.Did you happen to notice that the Saints have something called a ground game?Oh, what the Lions offense could look like, if they had someone to run the...