Yes, Silva played with that sense of urgency that compelled his inner demon to come to the forefront. When there was a play to make, Silva was there to do it.
Does anyone recall Silva getting burned? What these two perennial All Pros have in common is that they are intuitive and instinctive beyond any other attribute that they possess. They gamble. They make plays. They are trusted, even after they get torched on rare occasion.
Opponents fear them. The evidence is clear when you watch how the Lions play their oh so soft cover two defense. Yeah, I said soft. That mindset was a necessary evil when the Lions lacked play makers. Now, however, it looks so sissy. Louis Delmas, for all the love that fans shower on him, is mediocre in coverage. Delmas loves those highlight reel hits, but seldom makes a play of any circumstance in coverage. The Lions went for it again to open the second half, already trailing , and then Evan Brown jumped early.
He was a struggling quarterback in Los Angeles, snowed under by too many checkdowns and too many turnovers. Then the Lions traded for him, and said they were serious about making Goff work again. That was never going to do it, and the cracks were exposed early when Breshad Perriman was cut coming out of camp, then Tyrell Williams went down with an injury, then Quintez Cephus too. Which is how you end up with guys like Kalif Raymond and KhaDarel Hodge -- neither of whom had ever caught more than 11 passes in a season -- starting at wide receiver in the NFL.
Goff needed more help, and instead the Lions gave him a bunch of table scraps and told him to go make bacon. Now Goff is delivering some of the worst quarterback play in the league. His 15 first-half passes gained just 38 yards, and his longest completion to a receiver was -- drumroll, please -- just 6 yards. Way too little, way too late. Just saying. He now has three interceptions in the last four weeks, after picking off Joe Burrow in the first half on Sunday.
But is the penalty still dumb? You bet. God forbid a player -- GASP! Fans booed when he ran onto the field -- and facing a deficit late in the game, rightfully so -- before offering up a Bronx cheer after the ball sailed between the posts.
Tom Kennedy was also active for the first time since Week 2, while Geronimo Allison was up from the practice squad. Meantime, Trinity Benson -- the receiver Detroit traded away two draft picks for during cut week -- watched the game in street clothes. Ballentine was placed on injured reserve this week. This series actually had major implications on the trajectory of the Lions franchise.
In the bottom of the bracket, the 2 seed will play the 7 seed, with the winner playing against the winner of the matchup between the 3 seed and the 6 seed. Of course, this means that the 4 quarterfinal winners will then play in the semifinals, and the winners of those match-ups will play in the Super Bowl to determine exactly which Detroit Lions team is the greatest of all time.
Embed from Getty Images. Ok, I have to admit that I may be a little bit biased on this one, but the Lions team, led by Barry Sanders , was the first Lions team to really steal my heart. They got me truly excited about football, and about the possibility of winning a Super Bowl.
If it were not for the Washington Redskins , I truly believe that this team could have won it all. The Lions lost to the Redskins in the first game of the season and in the last game of the season, the NFC Championship Game, This also happens to be the last season that the Lions won against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, so that has to count for something, right?
The team may very well be the most balanced Lions team of all time, as they ranked second in the league in both offense and defense. The offense was led by quarterback Greg Landry , who started the final 6 games, and running back Mel Farr. The defense, that only allowed The Lions ended up losing in the first round of the playoffs to the Dallas Cowboys in what is still the lowest-scoring playoff game of all time.
The most memorable play of the season came in week 8 when the New Orleans Saints defeated the Lions on a last-second 63 yard NFL record-setting field goal by Tom Dempsey. Sanders rushed for exactly 1, yards and caught another yards worth of passes while scoring 12 touchdowns. Moore broke the NFL reception record at the time by catching passes. He accounted for 1, yards and 16 touchdowns, while Perriman added catches. He and Moore became the first wide receiver duo in NFL history to grab balls in the same season.
In what was a dream season for Mitchell, he threw for 4, yards and 32 touchdowns to lead the Lions to 10 victories, and a berth in the playoffs. Unfortunately, that dream quickly turned into a nightmare.
Mitchell threw 4 interceptions and the Lions were absolutely destroyed by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the playoffs by a score of in a game that was not even that close. This Lions team was lead by the great Barry Sanders, and his quest to rush for 2, yards.
In the final game of the season, he accomplished that goal. Sanders finished the campaign with 2, yards rushing and 14 total touchdowns, as he led the Lions to a record and a playoff appearance. They finished in 3rd place in the NFC Central. Overall, this was a solid team that ranked 4th in the league in offense and 10th in the league on defense. In the first round of the playoffs, the Lions fell to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , in a game in which Sanders only managed to gain 65 yards on the ground.
I always felt that this team could have done much more given the talent that they had. The team was lead Matthew Stafford , Calvin Johnson , and the rest of an offense that averaged nearly 30 points per game.
Stafford was brilliant for most of the year as he threw for 5, yards and 41 touchdowns, a feat that he has not been able sniff since.
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