Open Extended Reactions
I’m not entirely sure what was going on in Detroit on Sunday afternoon, but it sure felt like coach Dan Campbell was overreacting to something. Maybe the Lions were mad about almost losing to the Texans last week. Maybe they didn’t like that a week had gone by without anyone talking up Jared Goff for MVP. But whatever it was, the Lions absolutely poured it on against the Jaguars, continuing to throw the ball in the second half even once they were ahead by four (and then five) touchdowns.
When the smoke cleared and the final whistle mercifully blew, the Lions had beaten the Jags 52-6 to improve to 9-1 for the season. It’s the second time in four games that the Lions have scored 52 points, and it improved their league-best point differential to plus-159, which means they’re outscoring their opponents by an average of 15.9 points per game. (The second-best point differential in the league is Buffalo’s plus-106.)
So now the Goff-for-MVP talk can start up again, especially after Lamar Jackson lost to the Steelers, and that three-day run of