Greg Bedard had a spot-on Pats-Lions game preview

[Fencer]

Patriots at Lions: What to watch for - Extra Points - Boston.com

Patriots 42, Lions 24: Don’t see how the Lions will stop the Patriots, and the defense will have a tough time for a while against Detroit. But eventually the Lions will make mistakes (penalties and turnovers) and the Patriots will be able to put the game away in the second half.

 

[weswelker#83]

The lions played very good for 3 quarters, the score doesn't really show how close the game was, for at least 3 quarters.
If you see the score, without watching the game, you would think it was an easy game. It was tough for most of it.

 

[jah]

 

[JoeSixPat]

The lions played very good for 3 quarters, the score doesn't really show how close the game was, for at least 3 quarters.
If you see the score, without watching the game, you would think it was an easy game. It was tough for most of it.

That describes a lot of Lions games too... they seem to start strong but fade like clockwork.

Still, going into an away game on just a few days rest is never easy - if this team took things for granted watching the Lions score two early TDs certainly woke the Pats up today.

I think they may have mistakenly had their turkey early today and it took awhile to shake off the tryptophan.