A weekly look at what the Detroit Lions must fix:

After a season where there were kicking woes after kicking woes and offensive inconsistency after offensive inconsistency, the Lions need to do only one thing Sunday against Tampa Bay: Try to play as well as it did against Chicago on Thanksgiving.

While the Lions weren't perfect against the Bears, it was by far the most complementary game they have played all season. Matthew Stafford had one of the best days of his career. The Lions' defense turned dominant again after a first-quarter hiccup allowing two touchdowns. Sam Martin averaged 42.7 net yards per punt and Matt Prater made both of his field goals.

So what do the Lions need to do now? They need to maintain consistency on offense and translate one good performance into something they can count on each week. On defense, if there is a nit to pick, it is this. For the second straight week, teams were able to move the ball early on Detroit using a short passing game to act as a team's run game.

For New England, it worked the entire game and led to miscommunications on the Lions' defense. For Chicago, it worked for two drives and then the Lions adjusted and allowed just three points the rest of the game. Considering Josh McCown and Tampa Bay are closer to Chicago than Tom Brady and New England, this could be a good sign for the Lions.

But trying to diagnose some of how to incorporate coverage of the short passes along with everything else that has worked well on the defense will continue to allow this season's Detroit defense to be among the elite.