Discuss an entire group effort.
Six totally different gamers scored touchdowns for the Lions Sunday as all three phases performed a important position in a convincing 52-14 victory over the Tennessee Titans that makes it 5 straight wins for Detroit (6-1).
Three huge particular groups returns (two punt, one kickoff), 4 defensive takeaways and massive performs on offense resulted in Detroit’s most spectacular win of the season.
The 52 factors scored are tied for the second most in franchise historical past. Over their final 4 video games, the Lions have scored 172 factors and 22 touchdowns. This marks essentially the most factors and touchdowns the Lions have ever scored in any four-game span in a single season.
Detroit’s protection arrange the primary factors of the sport when an excellent rush by Levi Onwuzurike led to an ill-advised cross from Tennessee quarterback Mason Rudolph proper into the arms of linebacker Trevor Nowaske on the Titans’ 31-yard line. Nowaske returned it to the 23-yard line. It took simply two performs from there for working again David Montgomery to punch it in from seven yards out to provide the Lions a 7-0 lead.
Tennessee got here proper again and marched 75 yards on simply 4 performs capped off by a Rudolph 11-yard landing run, the primary dashing landing of his profession.
On the primary play following the Titans landing, working again Jahmyr Gibbs went by an enormous gap opened by Taylor Decker, Graham Glasgow and Frank Ragnow on the left aspect of the offensive line and beat everybody down the left sideline for a 70-yard landing run. Gibbs is the primary Lions participant to provide a dashing landing of 45-plus yards in consecutive video games since Dutch Clark in 1934.