![](https://images.hive.blog/DQmaxhvVYRZco7fGyEggQRLf8NDRYabE7XozQMTt9PgL7Ri/PXL_20260917_221325541.webp) --------------------------------- It shouldn't have been too much of a surprise to anyone this week that the Lions lost to the Buffalo Bills 41 to 31 on Thursday night. As I said last week, the fact that they barely beat the Saints on opening week should have been a pretty good indication of how the season was going to go. Clearly we are still struggling on the defensive side of the ball. In fact, those 31 points the Lions put up would have won them all but a handful of the other games this week. There were only about seven teams who scored that many points across all the games this weekend. However, it doesn't matter how many points you score when you are giving up 41 points on the other side of the ball. The Panthers hammered the Falcons 34 to 3, Eagles beat the Titans 24 to 20, and the Patriots beat the Steelers 20 to 3. In news closer to home in Detroit, the Vikings just barely scraped out a win against the Bears 9 to 3 in what was an absolutely miserable game all around. You have to wonder if the Bears might have scored a few more points if their quarter back hadn't gotten hurt, but I honestly don't know. The Vikings defense was doing a pretty good job of keeping them bottled up all the way into the middle of the fourth quarter which is when Caleb Williams got hurt. To be fair, the Bears defense showed up to play as well, but this goes back to a conversation I had with @hanshotfirst the other day. The Bears scored a lot of points in their week 1 victory, but they also gave up a lot of points too. The big issue is, if you give up a lot of points and you come up against a team that can stop your offense, you are going to be in a world of hurt. Half of that happened this past weekend, and we will see if the defense can keep things turned around. The Packers needed overtime to beat the Jets 20 to 17, Browns beat the Buccaneers 23 to 19, and The Bengals beat the Texans 20 to 6. The Broncos bounced back from their week 1 loss to beat the Jaguars 20 to 13, The Raiders beat the Chargers 26 to 14, and the Cowboys got a big win over the Commanders 37 to 20. Seattle beat the Cardinals 31 to 7, the 49'ers took down the Dolphins 35 to 13, and the Chiefs had a big Sunday night win in overtime against the Colts 33 to 30. Finally, last night in Monday night football the Rams destroyed the Giants 28 to 6. Hopefully the Lions can bounce back next week and get their second win of the season. ---------- ### [My Sports Account - @bozz.sports](https://www.peakd.com/@bozz.sports) ---------- #### Come hang out in [The Pub](https://peakd.com/c/hive-178138/created) [Find us on Discord](https://discord.gg/cCEMJXAEXk) Or Check out my [Grilling and Smoking Community on HIVE](https://peakd.com/c/hive-138631/created) ------------- ![TEAMUSAhive_footer_bozz.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/bozz/fXpCTKUZ-TEAMUSA-hive_footer_bozz.jpg) ---------------- *All pictures/screenshots taken by myself or @mrsbozz unless otherwise sourced*