The Detroit Lions have dropped three of their last five, but it’s not because they’ve suddenly turned into a bad team. The issue is much simpler: they’ve come up short in the high-leverage moments that swing close games. Missing key fourth downs like going 0-for-3 in the 31–24 loss to the Green Bay Packers or 0-5 in the Week 11 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles has cost them.

That’s the kind of thing a team can clean up, and Dan Campbell’s group has shown it can bounce back. But there’s a bigger concern that’s harder to brush aside: Jared Goff hasn’t looked like himself. And according to ESPN, that’s tied to a couple of major factors. One of them is that Goff struggles in specific conditions. The kind the Lions could easily run into if they’re forced to play playoff games on

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