Detroit Lions Notes

Lions notes: Crazy stats from the Lions’ 28-13 victory over Saints

Sunday’s win over the Saints was unbelievable on so many levels.

By Jeremy Reisman@DetroitOnLion Dec 5, 2016, 1:00pm EST

Detroit Lions v New Orleans Saints

I probably have enough notes today to cover three or four day’s worth of notes, but why not just binge on them all now:

Matthew Stafford has been unbelievable in the red zone since 2015:

Since 2015, Matt Stafford has thrown 41 TD 0 INTs in the Red Zone. That's insane. He is the most underrated elite QB in the game. pic.twitter.com/q8ntXHDwgf
— NFL Draft Insider (@NFLDraftInsider) December 5, 2016

He has also made the Superdome his new home:

Matthew Stafford's last two trips to NOLA?

⚫️ 52/67 (77.6%)
⚫️ 595 yards
⚫️ 5 TD
⚫️ 0 INT
⚫️ 128.5 rtg
⚫️ 2 wins
⚫️ 1 dance pic.twitter.com/2MkA3h7yee
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) December 5, 2016

How about this Detroit Lions defense?

At the end of today, the Lions' defense will have allowed fewer points since Week 7 (98) than anyone but the Ravens (92).
— Ty Schalter (@tyschalter) December 4, 2016

This stat is just too weird and too amazing to be true, but it is:

Lions have lost 22 straight times in road games after Thanksgiving. Last win: 1974 vs Bengals. #DETvsNO
— Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) November 30, 2016

Sandman has got your slowlights of the game, and he even threw us a nod for the soundtrack:

The Lions Twitter account perfectly trolled the folks at ESPN after the game:

lol pic.twitter.com/fw1kUoetBj
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) December 4, 2016

And after Eric Ebron requested some Crying Jordans, our own Chris Lemieux stepped up to the plate:

We got you @Ebron85 @PrideOfDetroit pic.twitter.com/mL1cykQEYK
— moscow holiday mule (@DetroitSouthern) December 4, 2016

Many were suggesting the Week 15 game between the Lions and Giants may get flexed to Sunday night, but the NFL went in another—predictable—direction:

Dec 18 flex sked change: Tampa Bay at Dallas moves to 8:30p SNF; PIT-CIN now @ 1p et
— Brian McCarthy (@NFLprguy) December 5, 2016

On a more somber note, Justin Forsett said his goodbye to the city of Detroit on Saturday after the team released him:

Thanks for all the support I really loved the city of Detroit!
— Justin Forsett (@JForsett) December 3, 2016

SB Nation’s Louis Bien apologized to the Lions on Sunday for failing to believe in them.

Let’s end today’s notes with Stafford and Martha Ford hugging it out:

Matthew Stafford comes off the field to chants of MVP from fans and then is greeted with a hug by Martha Ford. pic.twitter.com/XpFCrliSUo
— Jennifer Hammond (@HammerFox2) December 4, 2016