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- After throwing for 292 yards and four touchdowns against the Arizona Cardinals, Matthew Stafford is a candidate for FedEx’s Air Player of the Week. Vote for him here!
- Adding to their total of fourth quarter comebacks on Sunday, the Detroit Lions are doing something no other team has come close to in the past two seasons.
Wow.
— Brad Gagnon (@Brad_Gagnon) September 12, 2017
Via https://t.co/vECDRdRtXA pic.twitter.com/jNo0sHgeSP
Of course, the Lions only came back from a two-point deficit against the Cardinals, and their average deficit of their eight comeback wins in 2016 was just 3.4 points. Still, this is an insane statistic.
- Glover Quin was “Wired for Sound” against the Arizona Cardinals and the video compilation is great. My personal favorite part was this postgame quote from Larry Fitzgerald:
.@LarryFitzgerald to @GloverQuin27 after the game: "That was a nice pick you had. A couple of years ago, you would've scored, though."
— Pride Of Detroit (@PrideOfDetroit) September 12, 2017
- Matthew Stafford’s agent, Tom Condon, talked about Stafford’s mega-deal on The Business of Sports podcast. Detroit Jock City has a great recap of the interview, in which Condon calls Lions GM Bob Quinn a rising star.
- As always, Sports Illustrated’s Andy Benoit did a revealing film dive of Lions-Cardinals game. Check out his timeline for all of his observations, but here are two that stuck out:
#Lions Film: Greg Robinson played well in pass pro vs. Chandler Jones down the stretch. Wagner also handled a very game Markus Golden.
— Andy Benoit (@Andy_Benoit) September 11, 2017
Lions outside zone game simply could not block Cardinals' DL Bear fronts (most outside zone games can't, geometry of it is hard). https://t.co/XZUVtlXozh
— Andy Benoit (@Andy_Benoit) September 11, 2017
- Blowhard Stephen A. Smith, along with a plenty of over-reactors, razzed Matthew Stafford after his pick-six to start Sunday’s game:
Oh Hell Naw! I don't want to see Matt Stafford throwing pick-6's. Not after becoming highest paid player in NFL. No Sir!
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) September 10, 2017
The Lions Twitter account couldn’t help but respond after the game:
4⃣ TDs enough? Yes sir❗️ https://t.co/PNpj7yBOCH
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) September 10, 2017
- As pointed out by the Detroit News’ Justin Rogers, Bob Quinn is already getting quite a bit of production out of his 2017 draft class.
- New Lions right guard T.J. Lang had an up and down game, but his first play for the Detroit Lions was very much UP:
TJ Lang's 1st snap as a Lion. Explosive out of his stance to gain ground laterally on OZ. Hand placement + base/footwork on point for the pic.twitter.com/77gaXLXX1x
— Brandon Thorn (@VeteranScout) September 11, 2017