After playing the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 10, the Detroit Lions won't go 0-17 this season. They can still go 0-16-1. Let's look at a bewildering and yet entirely unsurprising tie  in one of the most hilarious games all year … unless you live in Detroit or Pittsburgh.

Here are four Lions takeaways from their Week 10 game.

Detroit Lions Week 10 Takeaways

4. Matt Prater is sorely missed

The Lions have been a bad team for most of the Super Bowl era (since the 1966 NFL season), and yet they have been one of the best kicking teams in that same era. This franchise has had steady and dependable kicking over the course of several decades. Eddie Murray was their rock in the 1980s. Then came Jason Hanson. Then came Matt Prater.

The Lions really could have used Prater's leg on Sunday. Ryan Santoso duffed a game-winning field goal from 48 yards out in overtime. He caught it fat. The kick was not only wide, but also short. It's true that Heinz Field in Pittsburgh is the worst field in the NFL, rivaled only by FedEx Field (Washington Football Team), but a kicker must at least hit the ball long enough on a 48-yarder. Leaving the kick short is the ultimate humiliation.

That's so Lions, it hurts.

The Lions will hold a tryout for a kicker this week, as they should. Their days of having reliable kickers are long gone.

3. Jared Goff trade is a bust

The Lions thought they could remake Jared Goff into a good quarterback after his slippage in 2019 and 2020 with the Los Angeles Rams. It's time to admit they were wrong, or at the very least, to change how they handle Goff.

Let's be real here: If the Lions were going to bet big on Goff — which they did when they traded for him — they needed to trust him to win games. It's true that their running game is better than their passing game, but Goff threw just 25 passes in a 70-minute game, nearly five full quarters. He threw for only 114 yards, well under five yards per attempt.

Getting THAT in exchange for Matthew Stafford is an awful trade (even though Stafford is not having a good season for the Rams). The Lions whiffed. They clearly need a new answer at quarterback, which leads us to our next point:

2. Dan Campbell needs to give backups a look in December

The Lions know they're going to be one of the two or three worst teams in the NFL. They will get a very high draft pick and the trade-asset leverage which comes with it. They need that high pick more than they need three or four wins. They do need to win one game to avoid a bagel (0-16-1), but they don't need to escape the bottom three in the league.

If Jared Goff is so clearly a bust, Dan Campbell has to give his other quarterbacks a chance to play meaningful snaps. If nothing else, another team looking for a backup quarterback could scout David Blough (the No. 2 QB). The Lions could establish a trade relationship with that team before April arrives. If the roster is going to be remade, Campbell needs to give the full roster a good look in the final month of the season, especially at quarterback.

1. This team is stuck

The Houston Texans at least have the possibility of being able to unload Deshaun Watson for extensive assets. The Lions and the Jacksonville Jaguars are not in the same position.

The Lions and Jaguars are the two NFL teams which — if they keep their current head coaches — have no future in 2022.

The Lions have no answer at quarterback. The Jaguars have Trevor Lawrence, but Urban Meyer clearly has no idea how to use him. Given that the 2022 NFL quarterback class is poor — look at how Spencer Rattler, Kedon Slovis, and Sam Howell (among others) have struggled — Detroit doesn't have a franchise-changing player to take at the top of the draft board.

The Lions are in such a deep hole that they shouldn't be planning for 2022. They need to be planning for 2023 at this point, basing their decisions on how they can transform their roster over a longer period of time.

It's not fun, but the Lions have to think that way. Otherwise, they'll never get out of this ditch.