The needed a win on Saturday, and while it was far from exciting, that's exactly what they did against an overmatched outfit, . was an efficient 25-of-33 pa sing for 237 yards and two touchdowns and no turnovers, and led all receivers with 85 yards on three catches. In case you're wondering, led the Lions with 49 rushing yards, which keeps the team's streak of games without a 100-yard rusher since Thanksgiving Day 2013, when () ran for 117 yards against the .But there was no need for a running game against the Bears, whose offense sputtered early and never really was a threat to mount a comeback after trailing 20-3 early in the third quarter. As has been the
Andre Burakovsky Kids Jersey case all season, Detroit's offense goes through Stafford, who pa sed in all-time pa sing yards in the win. Needing 197 yards coming into the game, he bested that by 40 and now has 34,223 yards for his career. Next up: 30th on the list, Steve DeBerg, who has 34,241. Stafford's two pa sing touchdowns also tied him with and Terry Bradshaw for No. 33 on the all-time list.Bears rookie quarterback showed glimpses of why he could be a special player -- he was 31 of 46, and many of those 31 completions were thrown accurately into tight windows, and on time. Unfortunately, he also had three interceptions, including one that came in the red zone and another that killed Chicago's final drive.Detroit moves to 8-6 on the season and will need to keep winning to have a chance to pa s the and for the final wild-card spot. The Bears, meanwhile, fall to 4-10. It's the third straight season they'll lose at least 10 games -- all during the John Fox era (though it's worth noting that the team went 5-11 under Marc Trestman in 2014). Here are six more takeaways from Saturday's win:John Fox's days remain numberedIf you want to know why John Fox will almost certainly be fired at the end of the season, look no further than this decision with 12 minutes to go in the second quarter. The Bears, trailing 6-0 and with their playoff hopes long gone, faced a fourth-and-1 from their own 45-yard line. Fox didn't hesitate and promptly punted to , the 's most dangerous punt returner. Good news: The Lions' ensuing drive started on their own 8-yard line. Bad news: Everything that followed, including an impre sive Stafford-to-Jones completion on third-and-18 that set up a touchdown: MATTHEW STAFFORD.MARVIN JONES.INCREDIBLE.
Sampo Ranta Women Jersey NFL (@NFL) We get why safety wanted to make the interception, but: a. Marvin Jones is two inches taller and appears to have a better vertical, and b. it was third-and-18 from the Lions' 30. Just punch the ball to the turf and force the Lions to punt. It didn't happen, of course, and three plays later, the Lions were in the end zone: Matthew Stafford rolls right and hits for a TOUCHDOWN! NFL (@NFL) Grade the celebration One of the under-the-radar highlights of the 2017 season has been allowing players to celebrate touchdowns. On the score above, here's what the Lions came up with: I think Theo Riddick (25) might have mi sed rehearsal this week for the Lions celebration John Breech (@johnbreech) Riddick aside, not too shabby. And apparently the Lions have Keegan-Michael Key to thank: Celebration practice with Boogie Down Brown paid off for the (cc: ) NFL (@NFL) The Bears were able to force a fumble at the end of the first half and turn it into three points. This led to a brief conversation by play-by-play man Mike Tirico and his partner Kurt Warner about how the Bears were now in position to do what the are so good at: score to end the first half, get the ball to start the second half, and score there too. Well, the Bears got the ball after the break and two plays in this happened: . !The start off the second half with a PICK. : NFL (@NFL) And because these are the John Fox-coached Bears,
Samuel Girard Men Jersey the Lions scored a touchdown nine plays later to expand the lead to 20-3. If we can say anything about Fox, it's that no one will ever accuse him of being Bill Belichick. Huge win, ugly uniforms Just for the record, we really liked the Lions' gray-on-gray Color Rush uniforms. According to Twitter, we were in the minority. These are great uniforms . One of the best. Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) Lions must wearing all-gray uniforms today in honor of ominous cloud thats been hanging over the franchise since 1957 Pat Caputo (@patcaputo98) These lions uniforms may be the worst Ive ever seen in profe sional sports. FakeEmpire (@FakeEmpire
Joe Sakic Men Jersey ) The Lions' uniforms look like dirty laundry. Maggie Hendricks (@maggiehendricks) Lions color rush uniforms looks like Saturday sweat suits Dav (@dav_noel) Lions uniforms be like Joe Brom (@josephb2112) Todays uniforms brought to you by this guy: Michelle Bruton (@Michelle_NFL) No sad trombonesky for Trubisky Mitchell Trubisky looks like he could be a legit franchise quarterback. And the No. 2 pick in the 2017 is coming off his best game of the season. He went 25 of 32 for 271 yards, a touchdown and no turnovers as the Bears dismantled the , 33-7. That was the peak. And while Saturday's effort against the Lions probably doesn't qualify as a valley, Trubisky wasn't at his best. When it was over, he was 31 of 46 for 314 yards with a touchdown and the aforementioned interception -- and two more, including this one, in the end zone early in the fourth quarter: . with the clutch end zone interception! : NFL (@NFL) No clue what Trubisky was looking at on the INT. Diggs was in the throwing lane the entire play Mike Renner (@PFF_Mike) There's no excuse for that throw, though in Trubisky's defense, it's not like he has the luxury of throwing to or -- or, hell, even a or Marvin Jones. Ryan Pace entering the year with Cameron Meredith as his only reliable receiver was insanity. Sean Wagner-McGough (@seanjwagner) Meredith suffered a serious knee injury in the preseason and was placed on injured reserve. Coming into Saturday, was the team's leading receiver (43 catches, 477 yards, one touchdown). No. 2 on the list? Rookie running back (41-311-1). Then it's tight end (20-236-2), who suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 8. This feels like a lifetime ago. Sean Wagner-McGough (@seanjwagner) That was 2013. Worth noting: In addition to Meredith, the Bears and Trubisky are without 2016 first-rounder , the wide receiver who is on injured reserve and has just 21 receptions over two seasons. Here's your good news, Bears fans In addition to Trubisky, Cohen and , who are all critical pieces to any Bears' offensive succe s, defensive ilneman Akiem Hicks has proven to be one of Chicago's best players on the
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