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Detroit hosted Green Bay in last year's season finale, and the teams have met seven times in the final game of the season since 1993. Unfortunately for Em and the Lions though, the game didn’t go too well as the Sam Darnold-led Jets crushed Detroit 48-17, giving their new head coach Matt Patricia plenty of things to work on ahead of next week’s game against the 49ers. But the 49ers won three of their last four home games last season, including two December wins by Jimmy Garoppolo, whose GQ-bearded mug has made it onto a bobblehead for fans at Sunday’s gates. No moment represented that more than when Patricia lined the Lions up for a 62-yard field goal to end the half in Tampa Bay, less than two hours after heavy rains drenched the playing surface.
The Lions added 10 points in the second quarter, via a 29-yard field goal by Matt Prater and a two-yard touchdown run from LeGarrette Blount. Miami got on the board via a five-yard touchdown pass from Brock Osweiler to Kenny Stills, to make the score 17–7 in favor of the Lions at half-time. The Lions extended their lead in third quarter via a 28-yard field goal from Prater and a four-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Roberts. The Dolphins responded with a 54-yard touchdown run by Kenyan Drake.
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Aside from Blount, no other Lion had more than 10 yards rushing. In Week 3, NBC's Sunday Night Football returns to Detroit as the Lions welcome the New England Patriots to Ford Field on September 23. The SNF clash against New England marks the Lions' first-ever prime time game against New England and the first nationally-televised regular season contest between the two clubs since 2010 when they met on Thanksgiving Day. Allen Park, Mich. –The Detroit Lions announced today their 2018 regular season schedule that features three nationally-televised games, including Week 1 vs. the New York Jets on ESPN's Monday Night Football at Ford Field. The Lions have been a sieve defensively since the start of training camp, and while some wanted to pretend their August struggles didn’t matter, the truth is they were foreshadowing Monday’s fiasco.
Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday or Monday nights. San Francisco 49ers’ Raheem Mostert is tackled by Indianapolis Colts’ John Simon and Antonio Morrison during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Indianapolis. GET SPECIAL. The 49ers aren’t taking for granted how easily the Lions succumbed to the Jets, and one such area that hurt Detroit was on special teams.
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The Lions added six points in the fourth quarter, via two field goals by Prater from 35-yards and 50-yards, respectively. The Dolphins responded with a 24-yard touchdown pass from Osweiler to Danny Amendola, making the final score 32–21 in favor of Detroit. The Lions rushed for 248 yards in the game, their highest rushing total since November 23, 1997.
The Lions only tallied two sacks in four games, an ominous sign for a team coming off a campaign where they finished 20th in the category, and 27th in pressure rate. But we must remind ourselves, each time an opponent faced minimal resistance as it drove the length of the field, the preseason is not reality. Gallery 2022 Junior Cheerleaders halftime performance View photos from the 2022 Detroit Lions Junior Cheerleaders halftime performance on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. The starters got to play a bit more Friday night and Slay made a couple of good plays in the first quarter, but also was called for pass interference, which caught his ire. Rookie Kerryon Johnson, who had a promising debut last week with 34 yards on seven carries against the Raiders, totaled just four carries for nine yards.
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The Lions are intent on creating havoc, even without their top pick, injured tackle Nick Fairley. Still, sustaining success isn’t easy, especially with this winning thing all new to the Lions. They’re 8-point favorites Sunday, and near as anyone can tell, it’s their biggest spread since they were nine-point favorites in the 2000 finale against the Bears, a crushing loss.
About a minute after the Jets returned an interception for a touchdown, they scored on a 78-yard punt return for a 21-point lead midway through the third quarter. The wide receiving corps must step up in place of Marquise Goodwin, who won’t play because of a quadriceps bruise. That puts Pettis in line for his first career start, and he flashed big-time potential in last Sunday’s debut by producing the 49ers’ only touchdown on a 22-yard, off-schedule play. Detroit concludes the 2018 regular season with a road contest against the Green Bay Packers in Week 17.
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Most of the damage came on outside runs, raising questions about Detroit’s ability to set an edge in their new scheme, given the perimeter is now occupied by a 255-pound linebacker where a 280-pound defensive end lined up in the previous iteration of the scheme. Anna is a rookie Detroit Lions Cheerleader as well as an aspiring occupational therapist. Learn more about her in this week's Cheer Spotlight presented by FIGO Salon.
On January 1, the Lions fired head coach Jim Caldwell and assistant head coach/offensive line coach Ron Prince. For the eighth-consecutive season, the Lions will play at least two nationally-televised games. Since 2011, the Lions have played in 27 nationally-televised games . The season opener vs. the Jets marks only the second all-time meeting between the Lions and Jets on Monday Night (12/6/82). Detroit will open at home for the second-consecutive season and appear on MNF in Week 1 for the second time since 2014 (9/8/14 vs. NYG).
If the 49ers are to snap a four-year playoff drought (and 23-year Lombardi Trophy vanishing act), they absolutely need to hold serve at home. There are plenty of questions about how this defense will perform, from the scheme to the personnel, but we just have to accept the fact there isn’t enough information to accurately predict how it might turn out. It marked the fourth straight year New England held opponents to under 20 points per game, something no other NFL team can claim. Yet even in the ground game, where individual matchups would appear to trump scheme, linebacker coach Al Golden highlighted why that’s not the case when explaining why he wasn’t concerned about the edge-setting issue.
Carolina scored another touchdown via an eight-yard pass from Newton to D. J. Moore, then attempted to take the lead with a two-point conversion but failed, making the final score 20–19 in favor of Detroit. In week 5, the Lions hosted their divisional rival the Green Bay Packers.
In week 16, the Lions played their final home game of the season when they hosted a rematch with their divisional rival the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions opened the scoring in the first quarter via a 47-yard field goal by Matt Prater and extended their lead in the second quarter via two field goals by Prater, from 35-yardsand 48-yards, respectively. The Vikings responded with two touchdowns, an eight-yard touchdown pass from Kirk Cousins to Stefon Diggs and a 44-yard Hail Mary pass from Cousins to Kyle Rudolph as time expired in the first half, to make the score 14–9 in favor of the Vikings at half-time. With the loss, the Lions fell to 5–10 and secured a last place finish in NFC North for the first time since 2012. The Lions took an early lead in the first quarter, that they never gave back, following a 15-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Michael Roberts.
In week 9, the Lions visited their divisional rival the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings took an early lead in the first quarter via a one-yard touchdown run from Latavius Murray. The Lions responded in the second quarter with a pair of 35-yard field goals by Matt Prater. The Vikings extended their lead via a two-yard touchdown pass from Kirk Cousins to Adam Thielen and a 39-yard field goal by Dan Bailey, to make the score 17–6 in favor of Minnesota at half-time. After a scoreless third quarter, each team scored once in the fourth quarter. First a 32-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown by Danielle Hunter for the Vikings, then a 37-yard field goal by Prater for the Lions, making the final score 24–9 in favor of Minnesota.
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Frankly, they should be annoyed they didn’t beat the Buccaneers worse. But it’s encouraging to know the heart of the team, that menacing defensive line, could shut down Tampa Bay’s run game and harass quarterback Josh Freeman and not be overly pleased. In the 2018 NFL Preseason opener, the Lions head to Oakland to face the Raiders in the teams' third preseason clash since 2012. The Lions and Raiders have met only seven times in the preseason, with Oakland winning the most recent matchup in 2014.
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