Well, that was not a good night for the Lions, but they figured it out. This is why this team is who they are. The Lions win an unreal game 26-23.
Good teams have bad days, great teams find a way to win despite it
I know that there were some Lions fans that were to pack it in on this now 8-1 football team because they’re insane, but this happens to teams from time to time. It’s about how you respond and the Lions responded the only way that they know how.
It all comes back to Dan Campbell saying a few weeks ago that this team is so hardened. They just don’t see adversity and when it does happen, they just play right past it. This is a championship football team.
Goff report
Jared Goff has been playing MVP level football all season long, but Sunday night the Texans absolutely had his number. He set a career high with five interceptions. Just a really bad night.
The picks were a little meh. Two were tipped and one was a hail Mary. It’s not like Goff just went out there and sloppily threw the ball all over the place. At least that was the case until the fifth one. Good lord that was bad.
Still, Goff maintained his composure and led the Lions down field for two touchdowns, a game tying field goal and a game winning field goal.
Offensive line take a beating
Part of Gaff’s problem is that the Lions offensive line just got manhandled by a very good defensive line. The team struggled to run the ball and then when Goff dropped back, the line was giving up pressures and he was taking hits on throws.
The Lions line gave up 8 pressures, 2 hurries and 6 quarterback hits. Not a great night at all.
Defense
The Lions defense deserves the game ball in this one. After a 23 point first half from the Texans, they weren’t able to do anything in the second half because the Lions shut them down. They forced two picks, got Stroud multiple times and just overall kept the Houston offense from accomplishing anything.
You’re watching the Aaron Glenn put on master classes out here. He is going to be a red hot coaching candidate this offseason and its because of games like this.
Perfect timing
Something like this never happens. Dan Campbell did his pre-recorded second half interview and he talked about how the Lions need to get takeaways on defense. Literally at the same time he said that, Carlton Davis gets a diving interception. What a moment.