"Suddenly the postgame locker room got real quiet and the only sound was the angry voice of Dominic Raiola.

"Grow up," he shouted. "Grow the (expletive) up. Everybody, GROW UP!"

For the second straight nationally televised game, the Lions were done in by their own immaturity.

Eleven penalties for 107 yards, plus three costly personal foul penalties, were as much to blame for the 31-17 loss to the Saints on Sunday night as was Drew Brees' 342 yards passing and three touchdowns.

"Last year we made a big point of pretending to be in a playoff race … well guess what? We're in one now and we need to act accordingly," coach Jim Schwartz said. "By that I mean we need to be a team that doesn't beat ourselves.

"We have talent. We have good schemes, good coaches. We can't afford to be selfish and put the team at risk. There was way too much of that today.""