Suddenly this was a 14-3 team with doubts and demons rising up. It was the byproduct of a dreadful night of quarterback play by Sam Darnold and a franchise history that is tortured enough to know a ...

Detroit’s injury-riddled defense had been mostly a sieve of late, surrendering 31 to Green Bay, 34 to San Francisco and 48 to Buffalo. Yet Minnesota managed just nine, got stopped from scoring a ...