The Lions can't sit on their hands after loss to the Chiefs, they need help, 8 other takeaways

At the end of the day, the Detroit Lions just couldn't get a few plays to go their way, and it meant almost everything. Luckily for the Chiefs, pretty much everything went their way, and they wound up beating the Lions 30-17

The little things killed the Lions

The big things get talked about all the time, but it's the little mistakes that killed the Lions on Sunday Night. The touchdown on the first drive getting called back, St. Brown with the incredibly rare drop on fourth down from Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the DPI on Rock Ya-Sin that set up a touchdown. Maybe two of those things don't happen, and they possibly win this game. That's the story here. Nothing more, nothing less. No matter what narratives get shoved in your face this coming week.

The Lions were noticeably hurt by playing with a hurt secondary

Patrick Mahomes is a different animal, but the Lions' secondary had been playing well all year. But going into this game without D.J. Reed and Terrion Arnold, and then having both Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph banged up. The Lions got picked apart.

The big thing Lions head coach Dan Campbell wanted his guys to achieve was to be able to cover for six seconds. Detroit's defense just wasn't able to do it, and the Chiefs took advantage of that. On top of that, they went after the new guy in Arthur Maulet. A guy who has three practices logged for the Lions. When it rained, it poured. The Lions need to get healthy as soon as possible.

The Lions have to sign Stephon Gilmore or make a trade

At this point, we don't know how long both Arnold and Reed are going to be out, but we do know that this team needs help at corner because they got burnt all night long. Mahomes couldn't miss. It was like he was playing against air. The coverage was off all day, and there was just no adjustment that the Lions could make to stop it. So it's time to consider your options outside of the building. The worst-case scenario is that you wind up with really good depth at cornerback when you get your starters back.

Goff Report

Jared Goff played pretty well in this game. He managed to complete 79.3% of his passes. The ones he didn't complete were some bad drops, or there was one play where Gibbs just goes left, he has a wide open catch, and takes it directly to the endzone for a touchdown. Goff finished the day going 23-29 for 203 yards and two touchdowns.

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