Detroit Lions Recap Week 7 2019
TEAM NOTES
– Have now scored points in 13-straight quarters.
– Had an individual 100-yard receiving performance for the sixth time this season, tying the 1997 franchise record for most 100-yard receiving performances in the first six games of a season.
– Now have 10 different players producing a total of 11 forced fumbles through six games.
– Had 21 first downs result from a pass, their most in a game since having 22 passing first downs vs. Philadelphia on Nov. 26, 2015.
– Scored 30 points against the Vikings for the first time since doing so on Sept. 8, 2013.
– Scored 30 points in a game for the fifth time over the last two seasons.
– Totaled their most yards against the Vikings since posting 469 yards vs. Minnesota on Sept. 8, 2013.
– Had seven players total at least 20 receiving yards.
– Had five different players total at least one reception of 20-or-more yards.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
WR DANNY AMENDOLA
– Finished with eight receptions for 105 yards (13.1 avg.). This marks the 10th 100-yard performance of his career and second 100-yard performance of the season.
– At age 33 and 352 days old, he became the oldest Lions player to produce a 100-yard receiving game.
– Joins WR Leonard Thompson as the only players in Lions history to record multiple 100-yard receiving games at age 33-or-older.
– Has now logged multiple 100-yard receiving games in the same season for the first time since 2015.
CB JUSTIN COLEMAN
– Finished with five tackles (four solo) and one forced fumble. He now has a career-high two forced fumbles on the season.
WR MARVIN HALL
– Caught one pass for 47 yards.
– He now has four receptions for 152 yards (38.0 avg.) on the season, catching at least one 30-yard pass in each of the last three games.
RB TY JOHNSON
– Had career-highs with 10 rushes for 29 yards (2.9 avg.) and four receptions for 28 yards (7.0 avg.) to produce 55 yards from scrimmage on the day.
WR MARVIN JONES JR.
– Finished with a career-high 10 receptions for 93 yards (9.3 avg.) and four touchdowns.
– Became only the third player in NFL history to produce two games with at least four touchdown receptions, joining WRs Jerry Rice and Sterling Sharpe.
– Became only the second Lions player to record four receiving touchdowns in a single game. The only other time this has happened in franchise history is when WR Cloyce Box did so at Baltimore on Dec. 3, 1950.
– Since entering the NFL in 2012, he is the only player to produce multiple games with at least four receiving touchdowns.
– Upped his total to six-career touchdowns against the Vikings. This marks the second-most touchdowns an active player has scored against the Vikings, and is the most against Minnesota since he joined the NFC North in 2016.
– Now has 13 receiving touchdowns against NFC North opponents since joining the Lions in 2016, tied for the most receiving touchdowns a player has had against his own division in that span.
– Became the first Lions player to have three receiving touchdowns in the first half of a game since WR Herman Moore did so against Green Bay on Oct. 29, 1995.
– Tallied his fifth multi-touchdown game since joining the Lions in 2016, tied for the eighth-most in franchise history.
– Became the fourth Lions player, and first since 2016, to have two touchdown receptions in the first quarter of a game.
– Caught his 11th touchdown of 15-or-more yards with the Lions since joining Detroit in 2016.
– Caught his 23nd-carrer touchdown pass from QB Matthew Stafford, moving into second-place for the most receiving touchdowns from Stafford throws.
– Became the first player in NFL history to record at least four receiving touchdowns against the Minnesota Vikings.
– Became the first player to record three receiving touchdowns in the first half of a game against the Vikings since 49ers WR Jerry Rice did so on Dec. 18, 1995.
– Now has five receiving touchdowns through the first six games of the season, the most by a Lions player since TE Joseph Fauria had five touchdowns through six games in the 2013 season. This total also marks the most receiving touchdowns a Lions wide receiver has had through the first six games of a season since WR Calvin Johnson had nine in 2011.
P SAM MARTIN
– Finished with three punts for 150 yards (50.0 avg., 47.0 net), pinning two punts inside of the 20-yard line and booming a long of 62 yards.
– Landed his 155th-career punt inside of the 20-yard line, passing P John Jett (154) for the second-most punts pinned inside the 20-yard line in Lions history.
LS DON MUHLBACH
– Appeared in his 234th-career game and is now tied for the 88th-most in NFL history.
QB MATTHEW STAFFORD
– Finished 30-of-45 (66.7 percent) for 364 yards, four touchdowns and one interception for a 111.7 passer rating.
– Reached 40,000 passing yards in his career quicker than any other player in NFL history. Stafford needed only 147 career games to set the record, topping the previous record of 151 career games set by Falcons QB Matt Ryan.
– Reached 250 career passing touchdowns in his 147th-career game. This ties Hall of Fame QB Johnny Unitas for the seventh-fewest games needed to reach 250 career passing touchdowns.
– Now has 40,277 career passing yards, passing QB Johnny Unitas (40,239) for the 20th on the all-time list for most passing yards in NFL history. He also passed QB Drew Brees (20,678) for the fourth-most passing yards a quarterback has had in home games through his first 11 seasons.
– Reached 3,508 career completions, passing QB Joe Flacco (3,499) for the fourth-most completions a quarterback has had within his first 11 seasons.
– Notched his 44th-career 300-yard passing game, tying QBs Dan Marino and Warren Moon for the sixth-most 300-yard games a quarterback has had within his first 11 seasons.
– Tallied his 12th-career game with at least four passing touchdowns, tied for the 12th-most in NFL history. He’s also tied for the fifth-most four-touchdown games since entering the NFL in 2009.
– Notched his 35th-career game with at least three touchdown passes, tying QB Carson Palmer for the 19th-most in NFL history. It’s the ninth-highest total since entering the NFL in 2009.
– Tallied his 20th-career game with at least 300 passing yards and three passing touchdowns.
– Logged his seventh-career game with at least 300 yards and four passing touchdowns.
DB TRACY WALKER
– Logged seven tackles (six solo), two tackles for loss and one forced fumble, the first forced fumble of his career.
– Became only the third Lions safety to produce a game with two tackles for loss and a forced fumble and first since S Isa Abdul-Quddus did so against Green Bay on Dec. 3, 2015.
– Joins LB Ernie Sims in 2007 as the only players in Lions history to produce at least 50 tackles, one interception and one forced fumble within the first six games of a season.
– Has 50 total tackles through six games, the most a Lions defensive back has ever produced in the first six games of the season. The total also ties for the fifth-most a Lions player has produced through six games.
– Now has 43 solo tackles through six games, the most solo tackles a Lions player has ever produced through the first six games of a season.
Pool Report Interview with Senior Vice President of Officiating Al Riveron (On the play with 12:52 left in the second quarter in which defensive pass interference called on Detroit DB Justin Coleman negated an interception by Detroit DB Tracy Walker)
Question: Why was Justin Coleman’s pass interference in the second quarter automatically reviewed if there was no turnover on the play because of defensive pass interference?
Riveron: “We had a pass interference, which puts the Minnesota player out of bounds. He comes back in and reestablishes. The ruling on the field is an interception. We have to confirm the interception no matter. This is the new rule this year. Even though the interception was going to be negated by the pass interference, the new rule states that we have to verify the interception.”
Question: So, the player was out of bounds?
Riveron: “He was pushed out of bounds. The pass interference put him out of bounds.”
Question: Does that impact the defensive pass interference?
Riveron: “Pass interference puts him out of bounds.”
Question: So, that’s the reason it was OK for him to come back in?
Riveron: “Yes. He has to reestablish in bounds to be the first to legally touch the ball.”
LIONS HEAD COACH MATT PATRICIA: “Obviously, not a very good game for us there. We’re all disappointed. I think al three phases had things on the field they’d like to do better. Obviously defensively, we have to do a better job – we have to coach better and play better. Special teams – there were some plays out there where we need to do a better job too. Offensively, those guys are trying really hard. I think they battled through a really good defense – certainly some plays out there they wish they could have back, too. But just in general: A disappointing day for all of us. We knew on a short week we’d have to come out and try and play well, play together and do everything we could to win. I thought the guys worked through the course of the week, but obviously (it) didn’t show up here today on Sunday. We just need to go back, go back to work, improve, try to get better, get everybody on the field that we can, and try to get ready to go this week, too. It doesn’t stop. It’s still early in the season, but we have to start getting it going. Let’s just take questions.”
LIONS CB JUSTIN COLEMAN: On the last deep reception by Vikings WR Stefon Diggs late in the fourth quarter: “Just made a play. He was able to get the ball off and Diggs made a great catch.”
LIONS DE TREY FLOWERS: On why he feels the defense has struggled against the run: “We just have to work harder. I wish I could tell you some key things. A lot of time, you watch film and you point some fundamental things out. Obviously, tackling, sometimes they’ll seep thru. We’ll have them in the backfield and we couldn’t wrap up. Or just run fits, as far as playing techniques, things like that. So obviously, you’ve got to watch the film and see what it is to fix. We’ve got to fix it, simple as that.”
LIONS WR MARVIN JONES JR.: On the possible frustration of scoring 30 points and still losing: “Well the NFL is tough and we know that. We can’t feel sorry for ourselves. We know what type of game it is and we just have to execute. If we do that and we control what we can control, then we’ll be in good shape. But we have to do that for four quarters and I think we will.”
LIONS LB DEVON KENNARD: On why the defense has struggled to get off the field late in games: “I’ll have to go and look at the film from today, but they scored 42 points. I feel like they had their way with us defensively. It’s very frustrating, disappointing and nobody is coming to save us. We have to bond together on defense and figure this thing out and find ways to stop these offenses.”
LIONS QB MATTHEW STAFFORD: On why he said the loss was on him: “Because the way the game was going. The way the game was going we needed to score more, and I wasn’t able to get it done. Whether it was another one late, or maybe one earlier that keeps it a little bit closer later in the game. That’s just how I am as a player. If we lose a game there is a throw out there that I could have made that maybe helps us, and there a few out there today that I obviously could have given us a chance.”
LIONS DB TRACY WALKER: On the number of yards given up today by the defense: “Yeah, I mean those guys came out with a great game plan and they executed very well. Obviously, our game plan didn’t stick very well when we tried to compete, but I feel like, my teammates, we came out to compete. I feel like they fought until the end, you know, there was a lot of effort out there. There were just a lot of plays that we left out there. We’ve just got to go back and we’ve got to make the corrections, we can’t continue to make these mistakes. I know that I keep sounding repetitive, but we really have got to get control.”
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