They knew better than to play a journeyman fringe NFL QB and they had no realistic shot. Whatever McCoy is, he's a better player than either Ford or Murphy. RB most definitely shouldn't be a priority over OL, WR, CB, or DL.
Okay. If he had a season ending injury then sure, but that's not the case. You're also the one who wanted to see Barkley continue to play and had a focus on playoff scenarios these past couple of weeks. Murphy is a decent complementary back at 27 years old who can be a change of pace guy and Ford looks like a try hard fringe guy. Ford might actually get some snaps in these last few weeks, but McCoy is in the plans for 2019 as far as we know.
KEY QUESTIONS: Are there any injury updates from Sunday's game?
Lions head coach Matt Patricia spoke to the media Monday a day after the Lions won in Arizona for the first time since 1993 by beating the Cardinals 17-3 Sunday.
The Lions kicked off the final quarter of their season on a good note, but did suffer some key injuries in the win.
Here are all the key questions from Patricia’s Monday press conference: