The Lions defense, specifically the D-line played a huge role in picking up their 2nd win of the year over a winning team in the Washington Redskins. The D-line was able to sack the Washington quarterback 7 times including a huge sack fumble in the last 2 minutes which led to Ndamukong Suhs' first TD of his career when he scooped up the ball and ran it in making it 37-25 and thats how the game would end. "House of Spears" Suh had 5 tackles, 2 sacks, and the big fumble recovery for a score, and he was causing havoc along the 'Skins offensive line all day pushing linemen around and freeing up players like Cliff Avril who had a big 4th down sack late in the 4th quarter.
It was a breathe of fresh air for the Lions to have their leader back out on the field today. Not only did he look calm under fire but he was making plays left and right when he was called upon to do so. Stafford finished the day going 26/45 212 yards and 4 tds to 1 int, throwing 3 of those 4 touchdowns to his favorite target Megatron. Calvin also had a stellar day catching 9 passes for 101 yards and 3 touchdowns and giving De'angelo Hall a major headache all day beating him all over the field.
The run game was a bit of a concern again today with the "Beast" going for 44 yards and Kevin Smith gaining 51 on the ground, but the real problem was the kick coverage. Washington return man Brandon Banks returned a kick off 96 yards for a score and would have had another had it not been called back on an illegal block. Boneheaded penalties reared their ugly head for the Lions again but today they were able to over come all of the miscues and mistakes and come out of the game with a big win at Ford Field in front of the hometown fans. Now the Lions get to enjoy the win and start to prepare for the "Hard Knock" Jets who come into the D next Sunday coming off a shutout loss to the Packers at the Meadowlands.
Goodnight from the greatest sport city in the world and how 'bout them Lions!?!
Drew in the D
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