DETROIT LIONS VS CHICAGO BEARS WEEK 12 RECAP

The following is from the Detroit Lions’ 23-16 loss against the Chicago Bears at Ford Field on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018.

LIONS SCORING PLAYS

• Second Quarter: RB LeGarrette Blount rushed for a four-yard score with 9:03 left in the quarter. K Matt Prater converted the extra point to give Detroit a 7-0 lead.
• Third Quarter: RB LeGarrette Blount rushed for a four-yard TD with 1:35 left in the quarter to give the Lions a 13-9 lead. The two-point attempt was no good.
• Fourth Quarter: K Matt Prater converted a 20-yard field goal to tie the game at 16-16 with 7:44 left to play.

TEAM NOTES

The Lions…

• Have recorded 2.0 sacks in 10 consecutive home games, the third-longest streak in team history and longest active streak in the NFL.
• Scored 14-or-more points in the 29^th-straight home game, the second-longest active streak in the NFL and longest streak in team history.
• Held the opposition to under 60 rushing yards in three-straight games, the longest active streak in the NFL. They are the only team in the NFL to hold opponents to less than 60 yards rushing in three straight games this season. This is the first time the Lions have done so since the 2013 season, when they pulled off four consecutive games. Prior to 2013, the Lions last held opponents to fewer than 60 rushing yards in three-straight games in the 1970-71 seasons.
• Have totaled 32.0 sacks in 11 games this season, their most sacks through 11 games since recording 34.0 through 11 games in the 1999 season.
• Notched their sixth-game with 3.0-or-more sacks this season, the second-highest total in the NFL. This is the most 3.0-sack games they’ve posted through Week 12 since registering six such games in the 2004 season.
• Recorded an 85-yard rusher and 85-yard receiver for the second consecutive game (RB LeGarrette Blount rushed for 88 rushing yards; WR Kenny Golladay finished with 90 receiving yards). The last time the Lions had a rusher with 85-plus yards and a receiver with 85-plus yards in consecutive games was in Weeks 6-7 of the 2006 season.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

DE EZEKIEL ANSAH

• Finished with three total tackles, 1.0 sack and two quarterback hits.
• Recorded 1.0 sacks to reach 8.5 sacks in games played on Thanksgiving Day, passing Randy White (8.0) for the most in NFL History.
• Has now recorded at least 1.0 sacks in six of his last seven games played.
• Reached 48.0 sacks in his career.

RB LeGARRETTE BLOUNT

• Finished with 19 carries for 88 yards (4.6 avg.) and two rushing touchdowns. Added one reception for 15 yards to produce 103 yards from scrimmage. This is the most rushing yards Blount has produced since gaining 97 yards vs. Chicago on Nov. 26, 2017. This marked the most yards from scrimmage Blount has produced since totaling 156 yards at the Los Angeles Chargers on Oct. 1, 2017. Blount has now produced 17 career games with 100-or-more yards from scrimmage.
• Rushed for a four-yard score in the first quarter and another four-yard score in the third quarter, his fourth and fifth touchdowns of the season.
• He has rushed for 31 touchdowns from four-yards or fewer since entering the NFL in 2010, the third-most among active running backs.
• Has rushed for 43 touchdowns (including playoffs) since 2014, the most in the NFL over that span.
• Notched his second multi-touchdown game of the season and 12^th since entering the NFL in 2010, tied for the third-most among active running backs in that span.

LB JARRAD DAVIS

• Finished with three total tackles and one fumble recovery.
• Recovered his first fumble since his first-career NFL game and returned it 21 yards. This marked the longest fumble return by a linebacker in Lions history. The Lions scored on the ensuing offensive possession.

WR BRUCE ELLINGTON

• Recorded five receptions in the first half, the most he’s ever recorded in a half.
• Logged six receptions for the second-consecutive week, tying his single-game career high.

CB MIKE FORD

• Recorded six tackles (five solo), one tackle for loss and the team’s only pass defense.

WR KENNY GOLLADAY

• Finished with five receptions for 90 yards (18.0 avg.).
• Through 22 career games played, Golladay has logged 1,281 receiving yards, the fourth-most in Lions history. Only Cloyce Box (1,934 from 1950-52), Calvin Johnson (1,344 from 2007-08) and Richard Johnson (1,342 from 1989-90) have recorded more receiving yards in their first 22 games.
• Logged his seventh game this season with 70-or-more receiving yards, the most through the first 11 games by a Lions player since Calvin Johnson had eight such games in 2015. Johnson owns the team-record with nine such games in 2011.
• Has produced 480 receiving yards in home games this season, the sixth-most in the NFL.

DT DAMON HARRISON SR.

• Recorded three tackles, 1.5 sacks and three quarterback hits. His sack total and number of quarterback hits are both career highs.

K MATT PRATER

• Logged four points on the day.
• Passed Rafael Septien (54) for the sixth-most points scored in Thanksgiving Day history.

S GLOVER QUIN

• Registered seven solo tackles and 1.0 sack.
• This marks Quin’s first sack since the 2013 season and he now has 4.0 in his career.
• Becomes one of six active players to have 700-or-more tackles, 4.0-or-more sacks and 20-or-more interceptions in his career.

RB THEO RIDDICK

• Finished with two rushes for 12 yards and seven receptions for 48 yards.
• With seven receptions, Riddick now has 268 receptions since the 2014 season, passing Le’Veon Bell (267) for the most in the NFL over that span.
• Since the 2014 season, Riddick has 30 games with at least five receptions, the second-most in the NFL (Le’Vevon Bell – 32). His 30 games with five-or-more receptions are the most-ever by a Lions running back. Kevin Smith has the next-most with 12 such games.
• Posted his 23^rd game with 40-or-more receiving yards since 2014, the second-most in the NFL (Le’Veon Bell – 25). His 23 games with 40-or-more receiving yards are the most-ever by a Lions running back. Joique Bell is the next-closest with 17 such games.

CB DeSHAWN SHEAD

• Finished with two defensive tackles, one special teams tackle and one forced fumble.
• Recorded his first forced fumble since Sept. 25, 2016 in the first quarter. The Lions scored on the ensuing offensive possession.

QB MATTHEW STAFFORD

• Finished 28-of-38 passing for 236 yards for a completion percentage of 73.6 percent. Stafford now has four games with a completion percentage of 70.0-or-higher this season.
• Started in his 123-straight game, passing Ravens QB Joe Flacco (122) for the sixth-longest start streak by a quarterback in NFL history.
• Completed 16-of-20 passes in the first half. This marks his seventh career game with a completion percentage of 80.0 percent or greater when attempting at least 20 passes in the first half of a game.

LIONS HEAD COACH MATT PATRICIA
Opening Statement: “Obviously, not the way we wanted that thing to end. It’s a good team over there, Chicago. They’ve done a good job all year. Played us tough all the way to the end and made some plays when they needed to at the end, which were critical for their football team, and we didn’t. So, we have to get back at it and go back to work. So, we have a lot to do, a lot to improve on, and things that we’re continually trying to get better at. There’s not a lot of time to sit around and feel sorry for ourselves. We have one of the best teams in the NFL coming in here next week. So, have to get it fixed, have to get it corrected, and we have to get back out there and go compete. That’s just where we’re at.”

LIONS RB LeGARRETTE BLOUNT
On what separates this team from other championship teams he’s been on: “We’re not winning, it sucks. We’re not playing good football. We’re not playing complementary (football). Things aren’t going our way, so you have to take luck out of the game, and take over the game yourself, and put yourself in the best position to win the game and we didn’t do that.”

LIONS LB JARRAD DAVIS
On the disappointment with the game’s result: “Honestly, it’s just coming down to us not being able to do enough, right.  We got to do more defensively, we’ve got to make sure we put our offense in better positions, we got to make sure that we continue to work hard and we’re out there on the field, and not give up easy plays.  Because you know just as much as we did, we still gave up a lot of plays defensively, so we’ll make sure we do more on our end.”

LIONS WR KENNY GOLLADAY
On his frustration with the Bears defense during the fourth quarter: “I mean, it’s frustrating, but, you know, we continue to keep our heads up and keep grinding. We had a shot down there to tie it up and we just came up a little short.”

LIONS DT RICKY JEAN FRANCOIS
On why people should believe the Lions can beat the Rams after not being able to beat Bears QB Chase Daniel: “But everybody is looking at Chase Daniel as a backup quarterback, but who won the Super Bowl? It doesn’t matter if you’re a backup quarterback in this league. Every quarterback in this league can step up and do a job. Each team picks a certain guy that backs up and does the job great. Chase Daniel is that guy who did a great job for the Chicago Bears, so I take my hat off. He did a good job, but never look at just because it’s a backup quarterback because at a point last year, I was playing against a guy that’s a backup that’s now the MVP of the Super Bowl. So being that backup don’t mean nothing, you just have to go out and execute against guys like Chase.”

LIONS S GLOVER QUIN
On what makes today’s loss difficult: “It’s just a loss. It’s a divisional opponent, Thanksgiving game—we know what Thanksgiving means to the city of Detroit and we didn’t deliver a win today.”

LIONS TE MICHAEL ROBERTS
On if he felt like he was interfered with in the end zone: “I felt like he was definitely into me, but good play by him. That was the call, it doesn’t matter how I feel, just what the refs see and what he feels.”

LIONS QB MATTHEW STAFFORD
On how disappointing his two turnovers were: “Tough, yeah. Obviously can’t have them. (Bears DB Eddie) Jackson made a good play on the first one, still got to see him a little better than I did. And then second one, I know we had four chances at it there. Put it in where I thought was going to be a good spot and just wasn’t, so.”

IN OTHER NEWS

The Detroit Lions have been assigned CB Marcus Cooper via waivers from the Chicago Bears. In addition, the Lions announced they have waived S Don Carey.

Currently in his sixth NFL season, Cooper began the 2018 season with the Chicago Bears and appeared in two games. Prior to joining Chicago in 2017, he spent three seasons (2013-15) with the Kansas City Chiefs and one (2016) with the Arizona Cardinals.

A seventh-round (252 overall) selection by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2013 NFL Draft out of Rutgers, Cooper has appeared in 71 career games (28 starts). His career totals include 145 tackles (136 solo), seven interceptions, 35 pass defenses, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.

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