The teams are very evenly matched. Both games were very close. Yes, the Lions are better, but most of that is in the experience and prep.
One thing I struggle to understand is that we seem to be very bad at predicting what teams are going to throw at us...and very predictable for what we are going to do. We fall behind quickly and then eventually adjust, but we look terrible early on nearly every game (except Miami, but they just froze).