[Rough loss.](http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2018093002/2018/REG4/lions@cowboys) With the dreaded [Packers](/teams/greenbaypackers/profile?team=GB) [coming to Detroit this week](http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2018100704/2018/REG5/packers@lions), the [Lions](/teams/detroitlions/profile?team=DET) find themselves in desperate need of a win to avoid heading into the bye at 1-4. Also needed in the Motor City: a hastening of [Kerryon Johnson](https://www.nfl.com/prospects/kerryon-johnson?id=32462018-0002-5600-5225-62a270a0dee0)'s development. He rumbled for 32 yards [on the first play of the game](http://www.nfl.com/videos/detroit-lions/0ap3000000967586/Kerryon-Johnson-starts-off-the-game-dashing-for-32-yards), then carried the ball all of eight times the rest of the day. Huh? A proposal for this week: Avoid the track meet, provide the defense a couple gallons of oxygen (or however you measure the stuff that allows guys to run after quarterbacks) and grab a much-needed division home game. With quality teams like the [Eagles](/teams/philadelphiaeagles/profile?team=PHI), [Vikings](/teams/minnesotavikings/profile?team=MIN) and [Falcons](/teams/atlantafalcons/profile?team=ATL) at .500 or worse, NFC wild-card slots are more open than anticipated. Maybe Detroit doesn't own the pieces on the defensive side of the ball for that. OK. What Matt Patricia *does* have at his disposal is talent outside, a premium quarterback and a viable (even if underperforming) offensive line -- essentially enough to set up the ground game. Figure it out. </content:power-ranking>