Detroit’s five-game winning streak against the Vikings was snapped in the process. The Lions entered as heavy favorites, but a sleepy, sloppy showing doomed them for most of the day.

The Lions also struggled in the running game. The Vikings give quarterbacks fits with their varied blitz packages, but teams have been able to run against them. David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs, though, managed 65 yards on 20 carries with a long of 11 yards.

SCOUTING THE GAME: Lions vs Vikings prediction ... And yet the Lions still won by 22 points. Since then, Minnesota has fallen a couple tiers below Detroit because its quarterback situation is a bit of a mess. Former Michigan football J.J. McCarthy ...

Former Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy threw two touchdown passes in his third career start and the Lions struggled to sustain offensive possessions for the third straight game as the Vikings upset the Lions,

Safety Harrison Smith’s 13th trip to Ford Field needs to go better than his 12th, when the Vikings’ chances at the NFC’s No. 1 seed last season were shattered by the freight train that is Sunday’s foe – the Detroit Lions – and the horn that blares inside the stadium after every Lions score.

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The FOX 2 Sportsworks panel discusses the Lions game, which according to them was one of the worst performances the team has had in years. Coming off the bye week Detroit fell to the Vikings 27-24.