How about Matthews or does he not count? Or all the others injuries you didn't mention. And it doesn't matter if we have a better RB, I still question that, to them their injuries aren't any less important. When we play Minny, Abdullah will matter more than AP?
Hyde is better than Burnett in coverage. Matthews and Shields hurt but we were missing Ansah and Levy.
And here is thing, the Lions score 27 and missed a FG. They did what they should have done on a banged up defense
Green Bay kind of did what they should have done on a Lions team missing Ansah and Levy and Wilson (12 snaps). They scored 34. About 15 of those points was the direct aid of the referees though.
Green Bay was healthy on offense. And scored 34 with ref aid
Lions were injured on defense and gave up 34 while being screwed by the refs.