Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions Monday October 14 2019 Recap

The following is from the Week 6 Detroit Lions’ 23-22 loss to the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Monday, October. 14, 2019.

TEAM NOTES

The Lions…
– Wore blue uniforms at Lambeau Field for the first time. The last time the Lions wore blue uniforms in Green Bay was on Sept. 30, 1956 at City Stadium.
– Completed a 66-yard pass on the first play from scrimmage, their most yardage on the first play from scrimmage in a game since the 1994 season.
– Scored on their first two possessions of the game for the third-straight game. Since this data began being tracked in 1999, this marks the first time the Lions have scored on their first two possessions in three-straight games.
– Have now forced and recovered fumbles in four-straight games for the first time since the 2010 season.
– Scored on their first three possessions against the Packers for the first time since doing so vs. Green Bay on Dec. 3, 2015. The last time the Lions scored on their first three possessions at Lambeau Field was on Dec. 11, 2005.
– Had a player produce at least four tackles and a forced fumble for the fourth-straight game, their longest streak since doing so in the 2015 season.
– Have produced five individual 100-yard receiving performances through five games for the first time in team history.
– Have scored points in nine consecutive quarters.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

CB JUSTIN COLEMAN
– Logged five tackles (three solo), three pass defenses and one interception.
– Recorded his first interception with the Lions and fourth of his career. He returned the pick 55 yards, the longest return of his career.
– Has produced eight pass defenses in his last three games, logging at least two pass defenses in each of the last three games.
– Has produced nine pass defenses through five games, tied with Robert Bailey (1999) for the second-most pass defenses a Lions player has produced in the first five games of a season.
– Became the first Lions player to produce at least five tackles, three pass defenses and one interception in a road game since CB Chris Houston did so at Tampa Bay on Sept. 11, 2011.

WR KENNY GOLLADAY
– Finished with five receptions for 121 yards (24.2 avg.). This marks the second-highest receiving yards total of his career.
– Hauled in a career-long 66-yard reception on the first play from scrimmage.
– Passed TE Brandon Pettigrew (1,845) for the seventh-most receiving yards a Lions player has produced in his first three seasons.
– Produced 83 receiving yards in the first quarter, the most receiving yards a Lions player has had in the first quarter of a game since WR Calvin Johnson had 98 vs. the New York Giants on Sept. 8, 2014.
– Posted 105 receiving yards in the first half, becoming the first Lions player to post 100-or-more receiving yards in the first half of a game since he did so at Buffalo on Dec. 16, 2018.
– Totaled his second game with at least 100 receiving yards in the first half over the 2018-19 seasons, tied for the most in the NFL.

WR MARVIN HALL
– Set a career-long with a 58-yard reception.

DT DAMON HARRISON SR.
– Recorded three tackles (two solo) and 1.0 sack.
– Notched his second sack of the season and 11th of his career.
– Became the first Lions DT since Ndamukong Suh in 2011 to record at least three tackles and 1.0 sack in two of the first five games of the season.

RB KERRYON JOHNSON
– Produced 34 rushing yards and a touchdown and 27 receiving yards for 61 total yards from scrimmage.
– Passed WR Cloyce Box (1,232) for the fifth-most yards from scrimmage a Lions player has produced in his first 15 career games.
– Scored on a one-yard touchdown rush, his second rushing touchdown of the season and fifth of his career.

LS DON MUHLBACH
– Appeared in his 233rd-career game, passing Hall of Fame DEs Reggie White and Chris Doleman to move inside the top-100 for most career games played in NFL history.

K MATT PRATER
– Finished five-of-five on field goal attempts and one-of-one on extra points to produce 16 points scored on the day. His 16 points scored are tied for the most a kicker has scored so far this season.
– Tied his career-highs in field goals made (five) and points scored (16).
– Passed K Errol Mann (141) for the third-most field goals made in Lions history.
– Converted at least three field goals in consecutive games for the first time since doing so in the 2017 season.
– Scored 10-or-more points for the third-straight game, his first time doing so since Weeks 13-15 in the 2014 season.
– Joins K Sebastian Janikowski & K Jason Hanson as the only kickers in NFL history to make at least 50 field goals of 50-or-more yards.
– Is now 50-of-65 on field goal attempts of 50-or-more yards, good for an NFL-record 76.9 conversion percentage.
– Became the first opposing kicker to score at least 16 points at Lambeau Field since Redskins K Mark Moseley did so on Oct. 17, 1983.

DT A’SHAWN ROBINSON
– Finished with seven total tackles (five solo) and one forced fumble.
– Forced his first fumble of the season and third of his career. He became the eighth different Lions player to force a fumble this season.
– Passed DE James Hall (144) for the ninth-most tackles a Lions defensive lineman has produced in his first four seasons.
– Became one-of-eight players in Lions history to record at least 150 tackles and 4.0 sacks in their first four seasons.

QB MATTHEW STAFFORD
– Finished 18-of-32 passing for 265 yards.
– Passed Hall of Fame QB Fran Tarkenton (4,978) for the most passing yards a player has ever thrown for against the Packers in NFL history.
– Threw for 168 yards in the first quarter, the most passing yards a Lions quarterback has ever had in the first quarter of a game. Only QB Peyton Manning (247 on Sept. 26, 2004) has thrown for more yards in the first quarter of a game against the Packers.
– Passed QB Eli Manning (39,648) for the fifth-most passing yards a player has thrown in his first 11 seasons in NFL history.
– Had two completions of 55-or-more yards in the first quarter.

CB DEE VIRGIN
– Set a career high with two special teams tackles and forced the first fumble of his career. He became the ninth different Lions player to force a fumble this season.

DB TRACY WALKER
– Finished with seven total tackles (five solo) and one pass defense.
– Now 37 solo tackles through five games, the most solo tackles a Lions player has ever produced through the first five games of a season.
– Has 43 total tackles through five games, trailing only CB Chris Cash (44 in 2002) for the most tackles a Lions defensive back has had in the first five games of a season.

Pool Report Interview with Referee Clete Blakeman 

Question: On the two hands-to-the-face penalties on Detroit defensive end Trey Flowers. I don’t know if you were the one who actually threw the flag there, but when discussing with the crew, what did you guys see on those calls?

Blakeman: “The umpire threw both of them. The last one was really the only one I’ve discussed with him. Basically, it’s for illegal use of the hands, hands-to-the-face foul. To be a foul, we basically need some forceful contact that’s prolonged to the head and neck area of the defender. So, in his mind he had pinned him back, it was prolonged, and that’s what created the foul.”

Question: You said head or neck area?

Blakeman: “Head or neck area, yes.

HEAD COACH MATT PATRICIA on controversial calls by the refs: “We all know we can’t have those penalties, whatever it was that caused those to take place. We’ll go back and take a look at it and make sure we are coaching it better, make sure we are doing the right things. Just can’t have them. We know how dangerous Aaron Rodgers is and how detrimental those penalties are.”

QUARTERBACK MATTHEW STAFFORD on the controversial penalty calls: “You guys have better views of them all than we do. We just go out there and play. We know we aren’t playing the officials; we are playing the Packers. Calls are going to go your way, going to go against you. I have no clue which ones were close or not.”

DEFENSIVE END TREY FLOWERS on his hands to the face penalties: “It was hands to the chest initially. I was doing it all game. I didn’t know that was a flag to the chest. I didn’t think hands to the chest was a penalty. I thought hands to the face. I had him right here to the chest and the second time I changed it. I don’t think that was a penalty.”

DEFENSIVE BACK TRACY WALKER on what is most frustrating: “Honestly the end result. I feel like we could have had a better game. We were supposed to be victorious in that game. Green Bay came to play. There were some awful, awful calls, but we need to play through them. We didn’t, obviously, so we came up short.”

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