Some Game Film on the Lions

November 10th, the Houston Texans picked off Jared Goff five times. The Lions, like the Commanders, won the game despite the turnover margin. But Houston had a good defensive game.

The 49ers had over 400 yards passing and nearly 500 yards offense. You know Kingsbury will study this relatively recent game, December 30th, to see what Dan Quinn's former Offensive Coordinator cooked up for Big D.

After beating Washington in their opener, the Bucs beat the Lions in Week 2. The takeaway is that you can still beat Detroit even though they move the ball like a hot knife through butter.

The Bills and Lions scored 90 points in one game on December 15th with the Bills nabbing 197 yards rushing and 362 yards passing. Goff threw five TD passes in a losing effort. Some say the best shootout game of the year. 

The best defensive performances against the Lions were the back-to-back Titans and Packers games. They were the only two games the Lions were held to less than 300 yards offense. In the weird Titans game, despite the mediocre yardage day, the Lions scored 52 points. 

The Packers held the Lions to 261 total yards November 3rd. The Packers may have seen something in that Lions rout. Such as the Titans turned the ball over 4 times. 

How the Lions adjusted might be gleaned from their second Packers game.