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Game 8: Lions @ Packers Thread

The only Lions to produce six games with an INT through the first eight games of any season since 1940:1.
Kerby Joseph (2024)
2. Bob Smith (1952)
3. Don Doll (1949)
4. Bob Smith (1949)

The only players in Lions history to log 70+ scrimmage yards in each of the first eight games of a season:
1. Jahmyr Gibbs (2024)
2. Barry Sanders (1993)

The only player in NFL history to produce six-straight games with a completion rate of 72.0%+, a passer rating of 105.0+ and a TD pass: Lions QB Jared Goff.

The only player in NFL history to complete at least 80.0% of his passes in three-straight games in a single season (15 attempt minimum): Lions QB Jared Goff.

In any six-game span in NFL history, Lions QB Jared Goff has:- the highest completion percentage (82.8%)- the highest passer rating (140.1).
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The Lions have won three-straight road games at Green Bay for the first time since 1986-88.

Lions RB Jahmyr Gibbs has averaged 5.0+ yards per rushing attempt in seven-straight games, an NFL record-long streak (10 attempts per game minimum).
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The Lions are 7-1, their best start to a season since 1956.
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Lions RB Jahmyr Gibbs has rushed for a TD in five-straight games against divisional opponents.

The only Lions to accumulate 4+ INTs and a pick-six against the Packers since 1940:
1. Kerby Joseph (2022-24)
2. Lem Barney (1967-77)
3. Jack Christiansen (1951-58)
4. Bob Smith (1950-53)

Lions S Kerby Joseph has 14 interceptions through the first three seasons of his career.This ranks as the third-most INTs any Lions player has had through three-career seasons since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger.
NFL's first safety to accumulate at least 14 INTs through three-career seasons since Ed Reed (2002-04).
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Lions S Kerby Joseph is the first Lions safety to log at least six interceptions and a pick-six in a single season since James Hunter in 1976.

Lions S Kerby Joseph is the:
1st Lions player to record a pick-six against Green Bay since 2000
1st Lions player to record a pick-six at Green Bay since 1979
1st Lions safety to log a pick-six at Green Bay since at least the 1970 AFL/NFL merger.

Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown has produced a TD reception in six-straight games, tying the franchise record-long streak (Herman Moore in 1994).

Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown has surpassed 4,000 receiving yards in 57-career games, the fastest player to reach the mark in franchise history.

Dan Campbell has tear-jerker interview “I love this team. I don’t want to let them down”.
 
Another odd stat. Saw it in espn.

League is 2-26 when out gained by 150 yards.
Lions are 2-0 last two weeks.

Also 1st team since 1933 with more offensive Td’s than incompletions in a 6 game
Span. 26 td’s 24 incompletions.
 
Through the first eight games of the season, the Lions have only allowed six passing TDs.This is their lowest since allowing only five passing TDs through the first eight games of the 1986 season.

Among a QB's first eight games of any season in NFL history (100 attempt minimum), Lions QB Jared Goff
has the second-highest completion percentage (74.9%).
The only player with a better mark was Drew Brees in 2018 (76.3%).

Lions RBs David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs have each totaled 625+ scrimmage yards and 7 rushing TDs this season. The last NFL RB duo to each log these numbers through the first 8 games of a season were Packers RBs Paul Hornung & Jim Taylor in 1960.
 
PFF Grades this week

(excluding low number of snaps)


Top 5 Overall
K Joseph 87.7
Amon-Ra 82.7
LaPorta 79.4
Zeitler 78.7
Campbell 78.5

Bottom 5 Overall
Muhammad 29.9
Houston 37.4
Robertson 40.0
B Joseph 41.5
Wright 49.7

Other notables
Davis 78.5
Sewell 76.8
Goff 76.2
Thor 72.5
Decker 72.3
McNeill 70.6
Ragnow 69.0
Arnold 67.5
Montgomery 63.8
Glasgow 60.7
Gibbs 58.6
Reader 54.7
Branch 52.6
 
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