One last slam on the Lions' 34-3 loss to Washington as we head into the bye week comes from Redskins tight end Chris Cooley. On his weekly radio appearance on "Elliot in the Morning" the day after the game, Cooley said heat was a contributing factor to the Redskins' win (game time temperature was 88 degrees) and a "dead" performance by the Lions in the second half.

"They didn't even care," Cooley said. "It seemed like they didn't care what happened. Sometimes that goes on in a game and when you're tired fatigue kind of takes over."

Asked if he thought the Lions' heads weren't into playing the second half, Cooley said "definitely."

"For example, we come out,, we're trying to run the ball and they're real physical, they're playing solid, it's tough to get yards, everything's high speed. And then a couple plays in the second half and I get into blocking a guy and they pretty much just stop and let me block them. So it's like, 'Well, thanks buddy. I'll just hold you here, you just stay here and we'll run away from you.'"

Watching the game live, I must say I didn't get that impression on the field. Still, that's not the sort of damning thing you expect to hear about a team that's preached mental toughness from the start of training camp.