Tapp: Lions don't want 0-1 start to 'snowball into something worse'
Darryl Tapp is a 31-year-old journeyman of the NFL, and he knows trouble when he sees it. After last Sunday's loss to the San Diego Chargers, Tapp wants to make sure his Detroit Lions get back on the right track before things get any worse.
When reminded that Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers completed 83.3 percent of his passes and San Diego's offense put up 483 yards, Tapp said the following, via Carlos Monarrez of the Detroit Free Press:
They could've had 100 yards and we lost, and it still would have stung," he said. "For us, it's about getting back to the basics. Whenever things go wrong, whenever you take a loss, it's back to the basics.
We're a prideful group. We're going to go out there and do the things we're taught to do, do it the right way. Like I said, we're going to make sure this loss doesn't snowball into something worse.
The "snowball" theory is a legitimate concern for the Lions. The Detroit Free Press points out that the last five times they've started the regular season with a loss, the Lions have finished with the following records: 6-10 (2010), 2-14 (2009), 0-16 (2008), 3-13 (2006) and 3-13 (2002).
(h/t Detroit Free Press)
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