Week 14 2018, Detroit Lions @ Arizona Cardinals

Record.

The 5-8 Detroit Lions win this game against the 3-10 Arizona Cardinals 17-3. There was a record set in the game, and there was nearly a 2nd one as well (more on this later).

Matthew Stafford was 15 of 23 (65.22%) for a measly 101 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions. There was 142 yards rushing by 4 players after the offensive line was able to run block better then half the time (usually on the left side, not very often at all on the right side). CB Slay ran an interception back for a touchdown, and Zach Zenner ran in the other TD. There were a number of injuries as well, but somehow the Lions managed to pull off a win. The Cardinals rookie QB Josh Rosen was 26 of 41 (63.41%) for 240 yards with no touchdowns and the pick six. The Lions run defense held the Cards to 61 total rushing yards, a task they've been doing well lately since the trade for "snacks" Harrison.

NFL.com had these items on their site... "Darius Slay reached 21.29 MPH on his 67-yard INT return for TD, the 2nd-fastest speed reached by a ball carrier on an defensive return for TD this season." and "Larry Fitzgerald has passed Jerry Rice (1,281 with SF) for the most receptions with a single team in NFL history."

The Lions next play the 4-9 Buffalo Bills in New York. It won't be easy playing back to back road games, but at least they will be playing a team with a worse record, not that means anything this year really. Still, I expect the Lions to manage a win, as the Bills are in the Patriots division and thus Lions head coach Patricia should know a lot about most of their team and how to play them. The Packers also won today so the Lions remain at the bottom of the NFC North division.

It's still too early, but the Lions, despite the win, are looking at a top 10 draft pick... maybe. Depends on what happens the next 3 weeks. It also depends on the record of the other bottom teams in the league.