Pride of Detroit
A handful of Detroit Lions earned weekly honors after the team’s obliteration of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
It’s no surprise that the Detroit Lions earned several awards and honors after their 52-6 dismantling of the Jacksonville Jaguars. It was near perfection from the offense and another strong day at the office from the defense. Let’s run through the honors in Wednesday’s edition of Lions Notes—knowing that more could be coming soon (Jared Goff: NFC Offensive Player of the Week?)
Let’s start with PFF’s Team of the Week for Week 11. The Lions had four representatives on the team: QB Jared Goff (93.5 PFF grade), WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (92.4), C Frank Ragnow (83.5), and S Kerby Joseph (89.9).
Beyond that, Goff also earned PFF’s Offensive Player of the Week honors.
“Goff was outstanding as the Lions took down the Jacksonville Jaguars in emphatic fashion,” PFF”s Gordon McGuinness wrote. “He finished the game with a 91.8 PFF passing grade and a 92.6% adjusted completion percentage.”
Beyond that, two Lions players are up for the NFL’s FedEx Air & Ground Players of the Week: Goff and St. Brown. Goff led the pack with 412 passing yards, four touchdowns and a perfect 158.3 passer rating. Meanwhile, St. Brown hauled in 11 passes for a career-high 161 receiving yards and two touchdowns. You can vote for Goff and St. Brown here.
Over at FTN Fantasy, Aaron Schatz listed the best performances of the week by his DYAR metric. Here’s where Lions players ranked:
And, finally, Pro Football Network also named Goff their Offensive Player of the Week.
As if you didn’t know Dan Campbell was a great guy already, this clip of him talking to World War II veterans prior to Sunday’s game shows how classy he is:
While Campbell is extremely classy and kind off the field, he’s not going to apologize for the team being ruthless on the field:
David Montgomery described the Lions as “the land of misfit toys.” Good stuff about Montgomery’s rise over at 97.1 The Ticket.
Golden Tate went on “Good Morning Football” on Tuesday and basically just dropped an entire Detroit Lions promo.
Fun note from Sunday’s game: After Amon-Ra St. Brown’s second touchdown, he jumped into the crowd with Jameson Williams. Sitting in between them? Former Detroit Red Wing Justin Abdelkader:
Just former NFL defensive lineman Chris Long talking about how ruthless and good the Lions are:
