Boards are made to be trusted, and the Lions shredded theirs for Tate Ratledge. He came off 44 spots early, and the room will hear about it. It lands right in the middle: a C, no more, no less.

That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Offensive lineman is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

If Tate Ratledge and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.