Game 13: Packers @ Lions *Thursday Night* Thread

[kalinecountry]

Dan Campbell explained his final fourth-down call. “I just felt like we needed to end it on offense. I did not want to give that ball back,” he said. "Everything in me told me, 'Let's finish this.'"


Dan Campbell would get 95% of the votes if he ran for Governor of Michigan and the holdouts would be Packers fans in the U.P.


The Lions overcame injuries to beat the Packers in a game Dan Campbell said his players will “never forget.” Detroit won with fearless fourth down conversions, leaving Jared Goff to call Campbell “the guy with big stones.”


Lions clinch a playoff spot. They’ve won a franchise record 11 in a row. FORWARD DOWN THE DAMN FIELD.


“I told the team… this is one you’ll NEVER forget”- Lions HC Dan Campbell on what this win meant for the team.


How can you NOT fucking love Dan Campbell Makes me want to run thru a wall for him. “We were all supposed to be here together, we’re destined for this…Just stay the course” And that course is a freaking SUPER BOWL!
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The fast snap was massive on the 4th down Goff TD pass to PatrickGotta hand it to Dan Campbell. This Lions team is one of the few in the NFL that plays TO WIN & doesn’t play NOT TO LOSE . Those are the type of types of teams that can win it all.
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The Lions convert 4 out of 5 fourth downs tonight and clinch a playoff spot with a 34-31 win over the Green Bay Packers.

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Dan Campbell is now 15-7 against the NFC North
6-2 vs Packers
5-2 vs Vikings
4-3 vs Bears

 

[kalinecountry]

Lions K Jake Bates has been named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for November. He was the first Lions kicker to win a POTM Award since Matt Prater in September of 2017. He joins Prater (2) and Jason Hanson (5) as the only Lions kickers to win the award.

For the first time in franchise history, the Lions have won offensive, defensive and special teams POTM Awards in a single season.
Defensive POTM - Aidan Hutchinson (September)
Offensive POTM - Jared Goff (October)
Special Teams POTM - Jake Bates (November)

Lions RB David Montgomery rushed for his 12th TD of the season. The only other players in franchise history to rush for 12+ TDs in consecutive seasons:
1. Barry Sanders (1989-91)
2. Billy Sims (1980-81)

Since at least 1999, only three Lions DBs have produced a season with two INTs, two FRs and a FF:
1. Carlton Lowkey (2024)
2. Terrance Holt (2005)
3. Dre' Bly (2003)

Lions RB Jahmyr Gibbs has produced his second receiving TD and 12th scrimmage TD of the year.
This is the 11th game in which both Gibbs and David Montgomery have each produced a scrimmage TD.

For the first time in Lions history, two RBs have each logged at least 12 scrimmage TD in a single season
David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs.

Lions QB Jared Goff has thrown 2+ TD passes in five-straight games at Ford Field.

Lions RB Jahmyr Gibbs has produced his first-career 1,000-yard rushing season. He becomes the 9th Lions player to produce a 1,000-yard rushing season.

Lions WR Tim Patrick has produced his second-career game with two TD receptions.

For the first time in franchise history, the Lions have won 11-straight games.
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The Lions have tied a franchise record by producing their 12th win of the season.
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The Lions have clinched a postseason berth in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1994-95.
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The Lions are 9-2 in prime time games under Head Coach Dan Campbell.
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The Lions are 11-0 in games in which David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs both produce a TD.
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The only QB in Lions history to throw for 25+ TD passes in three-straight seasons: Jared Goff.
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The most games with a 75.0% completion percentage in a season in NFL history (15 attempts per game minimum):
1. 8, Tom Brady, 2007
2t. 7, Jared Goff, 2024
2t. 7, Kirk Cousins, 2019
2t. 7, Drew Brees, 2018

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The only QBs in
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history to complete at least 72.0% of their passes and throw 25+ TD passes through the first 13 games of a season:
1. Lions QB Jared Goff (2024)
2. Drew Brees (2018)
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Lions K Jake Bates has made four game-tying or go-ahead field goals with under 2:00 minutes left in the 4th quarter or OT this season.This ranks as the second-most in a season in franchise history behind only Matt Prater, who made six in 2016.

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[gotime909]

Kirk Cousins is dead to me if he can't win this revenge game vs Minnesota today!!

 

[kalinecountry]

The Lions' RB unit is led by David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs. Among all NFL RB units, Detroit's' RBs rank:
1st in scrimmage yds. (2,491)
1st in scrimmage TDs (24)
1st in rushing TDs (22)
2nd in rushing yds. (1,852)
2nd in receiving yds. (639)

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The only set of teammates in NFL history - regardless of position - to each total at least 2,000 scrimmage yards and 20 scrimmage TDs in a tandem's first 25 games played together:
Lions RBs David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs.

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[kalinecountry]

The Lions' RB unit is led by David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs. Among all NFL RB units, Detroit's' RBs rank:
1st in scrimmage yards. (2,491)
1st in scrimmage TDs (24)
1st in rushing TDs (22)
2nd in rushing yards. (1,852)
2nd in receiving yards. (639)

Among all NFL QBs this season, Lions QB Jared Goff ranks:
1st in passing first down % (43.0%)
2nd in passer rating (109.1)
2nd in completion % (72.4%)
3rd in yards/att. (8.57)
3rd in games with 2+ passing TDs (9)
5th in passing TDs (25)

The Lions secondary is anchored by:
Kerby Joseph
Brian Branch
Carlton Davis
Arnold Terrion
Amik Robertson
Detroit has not allowed an opponent to exceed a 60.0% completion rate in 7-straight games, the longest single-season streak by the Lions since 1976.

Among all NFL WRs, Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown ranks:
2nd in receiving first downs (51)
T-2nd in receiving TDs (9)
T-3rd in receptions (81)
4th in scrimmage yards per touch (10.5)
T-4th in contested catches (15)

 

[kalinecountry]

Among all NFL safeties this season, Lions S Kerby Joseph ranks:
T-1st in INTs (7)
T-1st in pass defenses (10)
T-1st in INT returned TDs (1)
3rd in lowest completion % allowed (54.5%) (15 target minimum, per PFF
5th in INT return yards (60)

Among all NFL punters this season, Lions P Jack Fox ranks:
1st in net punting average (46.3)
3rd in gross punting average (50.7)
6th in percentage of punts pinned inside the 20 (51.3%)

 

[kalinecountry]

Lions QB Jared Goff has been among the NFL's best QBs in home games since joining Detroit in 2021, ranking:
1st in passing TDs (70)
1st in passer rating (106.9)
2nd in passing yards (8,429)
3rd in completion % (69.4%)

Lions K Jake Bates is the 3rd player in team history to log 100+ points in a player's 1st-career season.
Among all NFL kickers in 2024, he's:
T-1st in FG % (95.5%)
T-1st in 50+ FG % (100.0%)
T-2nd in games with 10+ points (6)
3rd in points scored (111)

 

[grandy]

PFF Grades this week

(excluding low number of snaps)


Top 5 Overall
Turner 91.8
Campbell 85.4
M Adams 76.8
Goff 76.0
Patrick 73.9

Bottom 5 Overall
O'Connor 30.5
Branch 42.9
Martin 43.5
Wright 50.3
Long 54.7

Other notables
Zeitler 73.5
K Joseph 71.1
Jamo 69.7
Glasgow 69.2
Davis 67.8
LaPorta 67.6
Sewell 67.3
Montgomery 64.5
McNeill 63.4
Amon-Ra 62.9
Gibbs 61.9
Arnold 60.5
Skipper 58.4
Ragnow 56.8
Z Smith 56.6