Week 5 2018, Green Bay Packers vs the Detroit Lions @ Home

Lions won.

The 2-3 Detroit Lions won this contest 31-23 against the Packers at home today. They were up as much as 3 scores on them before going into a prevent defense which nearly erased the lead. Still, it was great to see a win, even if you must go through the whole game wondering when Rodgers will take the lead away. The outcome may have been a lot different if their ace kicker hadn't missed 3 field goals and an extra point. But then, the Lions wouldn't have gone into prevent either so who knows for sure how the final score would have been. No matter how you slice it, the Lions won.

Matthew Stafford was 14 of 26 (53.85%) for 183 yards and 2 touchdowns with no turnovers. There was only 94 yards rushing and Blount had two rushing touchdowns. Prater was 1 for 2 on field goals and 4 for 4 on extra points. The defense had no interceptions and 3 fumble recoveries. No aspect of the team was great, but they were good enough, for the Lions won.

Lots of work remains to be done to get this team into top shape, the offensive line still needs to work better together (difficult with Lang out injured) and the defense still needs to learn the whole scheme but there is improvement... and hopefully that can continue... as the Lions now have a bye week before going to Miami who is currently 3-2. It won't be easy to win that game, but if the Lions want to keep close in the playoff race they will need to take the game anyway. Hopefully Kerryon Johnson's ankle he injured in the 3rd quarter is able to heal up by then, for his running ability is taking some of the pressure off of Stafford, making it a bit easier for the Lions to win their games.