Each week that the Lions play a game of football is another week that I don’t know how I
haven’t suffered from a stress induced heart attack. With that being said, we won another football game, and I am on cloud nine. A huge, nail biting 41-38 win over the Los Angeles Chargers means we get to celebrate the victory all the way through week 11.
I’ll tell you this right now, it doesn’t matter the situation for Dan Campbell, the Head Coach for the Detroit Lions will pull the gutsiest moves to win football games, and I am here for it. It might not be the best for my blood pressure and wellbeing, but I don’t want it any other way. Winning the game on a field goal after going for it on 4 th and 2 to get your kicker 15 yards closer is such a baller move.
Now that I’ve shared with you how my mental state is after a Lions football game, let’s discuss what happened throughout the game on Sunday afternoon. The defense for the Lions is in what I would call disarray, mainly because we can’t get any pressure on the quarterback, we let the run game walk all over us, and to top it all off our secondary looks like it’s no better than last year at this point in the season.
The team has been plagued with some injuries, and this is the first time that we’ve been able to get a lot of the key pieces back on the field so we’ll see next week if the rust is knocked off for some of the guys. However, after what I saw from this contest against the Chargers, Lions GM Brad Holmes should’ve made some moves on the defensive side last week before the trade deadline.
Chargers QB Justin Herbert was able to sling it for 323 yards and a four touchdowns, but he tossed an interception to Kerby Joseph in the first half. He connected Jalen Guyton and Quentin Johnson for a touchdown a piece, and Keenan Allen caused my fantasy team to get the loss with 2 touchdowns and 175 yards on 11 receptions. Despite their record the Chargers are one of the better teams in the AFC, and they showed with the shootout on Sunday.
There was a bright spot for the defense though. They were able to hold the Chargers to a casual 7 goal line stops in a row late in the game. It should’ve been only four plays, but Cam Sutton was called for a pass interference on fourth down that was a hands down terrible call, and I will die on that hill. Los Angeles would score at the end of the drive, but credit where credit is due, the defense stepped up.
Remember last year when we’d put up forty plus points and we lost a lot at the start of the season? It is so nice now to be on the other side of it when you put up points like that. Huge performances all around, I really can’t complain about it.
Jared Thomas Goff, leader of the Detroit Lions, could very well toss his hat in the ring for the MVP conversation. I said what I said, stats might not be as crazy as some of the other guys, but results are results, and when you cover 333 yards on 23 completions while picking up two touchdowns, it’s not ridiculous to say that.
Goff continued to target his guy Amon-Ra St. Brown with 8 receptions for 156 yards and a TD.
The Sun god also had one of craziest shoe string catches that he sprinted off for a touchdown.
Sam LaPorta had 4 catches for forty yards, and Brock Wright scored the last touchdown for the lions with a huge 25 yard reception over the top of the defense.
David Montgomery made his return to the lineup and shared the love with Jahmyr Gibbs.
Montgomery had himself a day with 116 rushing yards and a touchdown, while Gibbs picked up two scores on 14 carries for 77 yards.
This past week, the Lions offense did what I’d expect them to, especially when the Chargers defense is less than middle of the pack when compared to other NFL teams. I will tell you what I am most excited for though, is how Donovan Peoples-Jones, a Detroit native and former Cleveland Brown, will fit into the lineup, and what that means for guys like Jameson Williams’ development.
Jim Nantz, who was the play by play broadcaster for the game, said that the Lions are a team you might see in Las Vegas this year. The Super Bowl will be in the Sin City, but the Lions need to improve their defense hard and fast before before they think they can get past the NFC gauntlet of Philadelphia, San Francisco, and even Seattle. I remain optimistic, but these next few games where they jump into the heavy part of the NFC North will be a telltale sign.
On the docket for this upcoming Sunday, they have the Chicago Bears coming to town, and that could very well be a blowout. They did pick up a win against the Panthers last Thursday to move to 3-7, but the Panthers are garbage so it’s really not that big of a deal. Additionally, the Bears are looking like Justin Fields won’t return from injury next week so we’re going to have a former number one overall Jared Goff facing off against an undrafted division 2 quarterback in Tyson Bagent.
I will leave you with this thought, this week will be a tune up game for the defense and a trip to the playground for the offense. Sure, the Bears held the Panthers to 13 points, but it’s not that hard when you’re opposing quarterback can’t even see over the offensive line.
Lions are taking this one by at least three scores and we will be sipping the blue Kool-Aid once again while enjoying a nice helping of knee caps for our entrée. Lions by a million.

Lions host the Bears this Sunday at 1:00pm.

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