Monday, October 28, 2024

List of Detroit Lions history making statistics in 2024… so far

Here's a list so far of all the record-breaking accomplishments by the Detroit Lions in 2024. More to come! 



NFL League Records:

*Lions are the third team since the 1970 merger to have 13 passing touchdowns and 13 rushing touchdowns to go along with a 100-point win margin through seven games of a season. The other two teams to do this were the 2009 New Orleans Saints and 1998 Denver Broncos, who both went on to win the Super Bowl.

*Goff has completed 84.3% of his passes over the past five games -- the highest completion rate over a five-game span in NFL history (min. 50 passes), per ESPN Research.

*Jared Goff is the first QB to ever throw at least two touchdowns while completing at least 72 percent of his passes and notch a QB Rating over 110.0 in five straight games.

*Goff became the third quarterback in NFL history with a passer rating of 125 or higher with a minimum of 15 pass attempts per game. The other two to do so are Russell Wilson in 2015 and Ryan Tannehill in 2019.

*Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs became the fourth player in NFL history to average five yards per carry on a minimum 10 attempts in six-straight games.

*Goff set an NFL passing record completing all 18 passes vs Seattle Seahawks, best in NFL history.
*Detroit’s 47-9 victory over the Dallas Cowboys was the Cowboys’ worst home loss in AT&T Stadium history,
*Goff completed 80 percent of his pass in three games in October, threw for 680 yards and eight touchdowns and amassed a passer rating of 149.8 over that stretch. That passer rating is the highest in league history in the month of October.


In win over Tennessee:

*The Lions put up 52 points vs Tennessee without even reaching 100 passing yards, which hasn't happened in the Super Bowl era. The last team to score 50 points with less than 100 passing yards was the 1955 Chicago Bears

*They're also the first NFL team to be outgained by at least 150 yards and win by at least 30 points since 1933, when yardage was first fully tracked.

*Jack Fox punted five times for an average of 61.0 yards, the first punter in NFL history to average over 60 yards with five punts in a game. 

*Khalif Raymond was just 18 yards short of the NFL record for punt return yards in a game set by LeRoy Irvin (207) in 1981.

*Raymond is 1st player with multiple 60-yard punt returns in a game since Gunner Olszewski for the Patriots in 2020
*Kalif Raymond averaged 38 yards per return on his five punt returns, which is the highest average by a returner with at least five punt returns in a single game since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger.

*Since 1941, only two other teams have produced a 90-yard punt return and a 70-yard kickoff return in the same game. The Lions did so with a 90-yard punt return by Kalif Raymond and a 72-yard kickoff return by Khalil Dorsey.

*The Lions accomplished a feat that no other team has done since 1941 when they scored 50 points despite totaling less than 225 yards of total offense. 


Lions records:

*The Lions have now scored 172 points (43.0 points per game) over their past four games, the most points in a four-game span within a season in franchise history, according to ESPN Research.

*Khalif Raymond scored on a 90-yarder in the third quarter that tied for the second longest punt return touchdown in franchise history and longest in a home game since 1963. *Raymond's 90-yard punt return touchdown is the longest by a Lions player since Desmond Howard in 2000 (95 in Week 1 at Saints).

*Kerby Joseph is the first Lions safety to record five interceptions in a season since Glover Quin in 2014. He now has 13 career interceptions through the first three seasons of his career, tied for the third most by a Lions player since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger.

*Six different players scored a touchdown on Sunday, tying a franchise record.

*Lions scored 50-plus points for just the fifth time in franchise history. 

*Jack Bates nailed his 11th field goal in 11th tries, setting a new franchise record for most consecutive field goals to start the season.


Saturday, October 26, 2024

ES Preview: Big Green at Michigan

Michigan State Spartans (4-3, 2-2) at scUM (4-3, 2-2)

Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI.  

Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. 4:30 pm. Big Ten Network


Sagarin Ratings: scUM #36, MSU #61

Weather: 48, clear skies.  Moony. 

Both teams have good defenses.  That's not the issue. 

Michigan can run the ball well but has three terrible quarterbacks.  As the saying goes, if you have three quarterbacks you don't have any.  Aidan Chiles played well for MSU - the best all year - in its win over Iowa.  It helped the Spartan offensive line was excellent pushing around Iowa last week.  That win over Iowa last week was a big surprise because of how the Spartans controlled the clock and dictated the game with a very strong running game, sprinkled with an efficient Chiles throwing the ball.  The Spartan defense was a wall for most of the game, and that stout effort was impressive.  

Bring on Michigan.  If we hit Iowa in the mouth, then we need to decapitate Michigan. 

Prognostications: 

Pontiac Keith, MSU 21-20

Big Bob, scUM 17-16

Pittsburgh Sloth: MSU 2, Fuck Michigan 0

J Dog: UM Gets Bitch Slapped!, MSU 28-0

ES sez:  MSU 29, scUM 12

 

Saturday, October 19, 2024

ES Preview: Michigan State vs Ugly Chickens


Michigan State Spartans (3-3/1-2) host the Iowa Hawkeyes (4-2/2-1)

Oct 19, 2024.  7:30 ET.

Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI.


Weather:  66, sunny. Gonna get down to 50 by end of game. 


Sagarin Ratings: Iowa #16, Big Green #77

http://sagarin.com/sports/cfsend.htm
Line Outta Vegas: Ugly Chickens by 6.5


ES has been out of pocket for the past two weeks, visiting the Great Northwest to take care of his ma.  Now, back to EL and watching Indiana destroy Nebraska as he writes this.  What the hell is going on?  Hopefully, both Illinois and Michigan State can add to the pain to Big Ten champion contenders. 


Well, Big Green TD Machine has had a week off to figure out Iowa, which kicked the shit out of Washington last week, 40-10.  If MSU puts up 41 points tonight, that would be a miracle.  As I have stated to many and another, MSU needs to get a QB coach whose sole job is to teach Aidan Chiles how to chill and set his feet when he passes.  Luckily, the Spartans get all their receivers back in this game (Nick Marsh, Jaron Glover, and Antonio Gates), giving Aidan Chiles some significant targets to spell time from a struggling running game.


This game will be won in the trenches, particularly in two areas:  turnovers (how much has Aidan Chiles learned?) and between Iowa’s OL with a good rushing game and MSU’s fairly stout DL.  Upset in the making is the way the ES reads this…



Iowa

MSU

SOS rank

#20

#27

Pts PG

29.2

19.8

Pts Allowed PG

17.7

21

Rush Yds PG

222.8

120.2

Pass Yds PG

134.7

229.7

Rush Def PG

96.3

130.8

Pass Def PG

219.7

199

TO Margin

6

-6

3rd Dn Pct

45%

41%

3rd Dn Def Pct

35%

43%


Prognostications?


Big Bob:  MSU 27-24
Pontiac Keith: Iowa 30-10
J Man: Upset!!!!! Victory for MSU
Sloth: MSU 6, Chickenhawks 3

Cathy Sue: Whatever to who cares


ES:  MSU 17, Ugly Chickens 16