DETROIT

Week 1 result: Green Bay 27, Detroit 13

The good: Detroit struggled in a lot of areas but their ability to limit the Packers in the run game was a bright spot coming out of the loss. Green Bay rushed 25 times for just 78 yards with a 3.1-yard average per rush. Overall the Packers had just 266 total yards of offense as the defense settled down and played pretty well in the second half.

Needs improvement: One of the biggest concerns heading into the season was how three new starters upfront along the offensive line would fare. The Lions were plagued with several missed assignments upfront as quarterback Jared Goff was pressured 19 times, sacked four times and hit nine times. Detroit averaged just 2.1 yards per carry on 46 total rushing yards as the players upfront struggled to create holes.

Star performance: One of the bright spots for the Lions Sunday was the play of third-year tight end Sam LaPorta. He led the team with 79 receiving yards on six catches for an average of 13.2 yards per reception.

Key stat: Detroit ball carries were hit in the backfield on 16 of their 22 rushing attempts.

Quotable: “We just weren’t good enough, third down, really on either side of the ball and we kind of dug ourselves in a hole early in that game that we couldn’t quite get out of,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell said. “We had some miscommunications, some MAs, that really cost us at the worst times, couple of penalties that bit us. It just wasn’t clean. We didn’t play well.

“We had two or three players who played really well, but not enough. So, that was really the story, we just didn’t have enough good performances and really we didn’t coach well enough. That obviously starts with me. We had a lot of MAs and so that tells me that we had too much on their plate, which that’s my fault. So, that was really the story.”

Twentyman: It was a disappointing debut all around for Detroit as they didn’t play well in all three phases. The biggest concerns I had coming into the season were the adjustment of losing All-Pro center Frank Ragnow to retirement and having three new starters upfront along the interior of the offensive line, and if they could generate enough pressure defensively with their front four. Coming out of Week 1, those two areas are still a question.

There’s no need to panic after a Week 1 loss. Five teams lost their season opener last year and still made the playoffs. It’s a long season. Three of those teams started 0-2 and still got in. Campbell expressed Monday how important it was to play better and get a win at home against another division opponent in Chicago to right the ship.

Up next: vs. Chicago, Sun. Sept. 14, 1 p.m.