Caputo Asks: How Will Lions Respond To Adversity? [VIDEO]

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97.1 The Ticket -- Whether you're of the belief that the Lions got hosed by the officials in Monday night's 23-22 loss at Green Bay or feel they failed to capitalize when they should have, we can all agree the Lions are facing adversity heading into a crucial matchup Sunday at Ford Field against the Vikings.
97.1 The Ticket's Pat Caputo is curious to see how the Lions will respond going forward, because in the past, "they haven't reacted well when they've had moments like that." Fans, analysts and even former Lions took to social media to rant about the officials' performance on Monday. Regardless of your opinion on Monday's debacle, there's no denying the Lions have had more than a few "SOL" moments with the refs over the years and they haven't necessarily reacted well in the aftermath.
What happened after the "process of the catch" play with Calvin Johnson? Detroit lost four of its first five games that season and never recovered.
What happened after Devin Taylor got called for the facemask on Rodgers? There's the Hail Mary pass that ends up losing the game. 

What happened after the Dallas fiasco where Pete Morelli picked up the flag? The Lions started out the next year 1-7.

The list goes on and on.

"I think you're going to find out here whether things are different with the Lions by how they react to this adversity," Caputo said. "Minnesota just won; they just throttled the Eagles last week. This is a huge game coming up on Sunday. They can make it up here, but they've got to win. Will they react well to what happened to them in Green Bay on Monday night? To me, this is just absolutely a huge litmus test."

With a win Sunday, the Lions can improve to 3-2-1 and be back in the thick of the playoff race, but with a loss, they'd fall to 2-3-1 and be staring at a daunting task of finding their way back into the race, with two losses to start their NFC North slate.

So what do you think? How will the Lions respond?