Detroit's late defensive letdowns in the opener proved more costly, of course, as the Lions let a game get away to the Bears. After having allowed just six points through the first 42-plus minutes, the Lions' defense had the Bears in third-and-10 from their own 41-yard line with 2½ minutes left in the third quarter.
One clutch conversion got Chicago rolling, and from there the Bears put together touchdown drives of 59 and 55 yards, and then hit a 27-yard touchdown pass after a Detroit turnover to claim their first lead with just under two minutes left.
In between the two longer TD drives was one Bears punt, thanks to a big third-down sack by Detroit's Trey Flowers, but even on that drive Chicago had reached the edge of field-goal range before getting turned back.
Little went right down the stretch for Detroit's defense, which also committed two penalties to surrender 20 free yards.
The Packers' performance wasn't much better, except Green Bay's offense kept answering Minnesota's scores, so the win was never really in jeopardy.
But after a dominant second quarter that featured a safety, third-down sack and interception, and two third-quarter stops – including a fourth-and-3 in Green Bay territory – the Packers' defense lost its handle on things.
Vikings QB Kirk Cousins directed three straight touchdown drives covering 77, 65 and 75 yards. Most concerning, Minnesota was gaining big chunks of yardage (five pass completions of 17-plus, including two of the TDs) and needed only five minutes, 21 seconds of time on the clock to score three times.
Safety Adrian Amos said the miscues come down to "little things that we can iron out," and that discipline with assignments is the key fix. But having them compound drive after drive after solid play through the middle two quarters didn't sit well at all.
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