3 winners and 5 losers in the Lions loss to the Packers, Brad Holmes is going to have a bad week, but not for the reasons you think

Losers

Penei Sewell

Sewell has never been in this category before. I don't know what to do with my hands. This was such a bad day for him. Probably the worst game of his Hall of Fame career. He allowed three pressures, and he struggled to run block, too. Everything that could go wrong there went wrong. The good thing is, we know how good this guy is. He can snap back next week.

Tate Ratledge

Ratledge looked exactly like a rookie offensive lineman usually looks, so we won't harp on him too much. Especially since he had to contend with Micah Parsons on multiple snaps. That's a big ask for a veteran player. Ratledge allowed four pressures and a sack. Things will get better there. Don't freak out. Again, a rookie offensive lineman had to stop one of the best players in the game.

Terrion Arnold

This was an all-around bad day for Arnold. He allowed four catches for 86 yards and a touchdown on six targets and then went out with a groin injury that caused him to miss the entire second half of the game. This was the worst outing he's had in his career so far.

Dave Fipp

This was a rough day for the special teams group as a whole. Multiple penalties and the curious coice ot have Jacob Saylors, who barely had any returns this summer, as the return man along with Grant Stuard, who I still don't understand why he's taking returns. It was just bad field position all day. Even Jack Foxx, who's usually incredible, didn't have his best stuff in this game. This has been a rough year for this group so far, and they have to get it under control. All three phases are super important.

Brad Holmes

To be 1,000% clear, Holmes is a very good GM, and I don't think he did anything wrong this week. He's in this category because a lot of Lions fans are going to blame him for not getting an edge rusher, even though the Lions did fairly well in bringing pressure and struggled mightily in coverage, and couldn't get anything going on offense. Generating a pass rush was near the bottom in reasons as to why this team lost. But again, that is not going to stop the radio guys and the people who listen to the radio guys from exclusively blaming Holmes for this one thing.

I mean, if you wanted to blame him for anything, it's not getting Kevin Zeitler to stay or being more active with the offensive line in free agency if you knew Frank Ragnow was going to retire. The Lions' offense couldn't get going because the line got taken to the woodshed.