Detroit Lions advanced stats report card offense

QB

Matthew Stafford

Stafford with Knowshon Moreno and friend

Ranks:
Pro Football Focus: #11
Football Outsiders: #8
ESPN QBR: #14
NFL: #21

Stafford has been average this season. Costly turnovers and dropped passes (37) have plagued him this season. He has played much better outside the pocket this season. He has made plays with his arm and legs.

RB

Mikel LeShoure

LeShoure returned from an achilles inury and eating marijuana

Has improved of late. Starting to make more tacklers miss (9) and his cuts have are more decisive. Still, not an elusive player and an average receiver.

Joique Bell

Joique tries to score vs. Chicago

A real find. Runs very hard and good in the pass game. Leads the Lions with 18 broken tackles and is 6th in the NFL in receving yards for a RB. Needs more playing time.

Kevin Smith

Smith scores the winning TD vs. St. Louis

Average player who can pick up the blitz. He has more drops (3) than broken tackles (2) this season.

RB stats

Player	Snaps	Run	Pass	Targets	Rec	Drop	Yards	TD	GB	MB	FL	BRTack	Pen	Pos
LeShoure	355	176	179	30	22	4	138	0	0	1	1	9		R
Bell	231	61	170	40	31	2	303	0	0	0	0	18	1	R
Smith	164	48	116	11	8	3	62	1	0	1	0	2		R
Williams	30	4	26	2	2	0	9	0	0	0	0	0		R
Logan	8	2	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		R

WR

Calvin Johnson

Calvin with the Dee Brown jam

Still a great player. Can make every catch. Has struggled with injuries and drops (10). Has picked the TD total of late and is up to 4.

Titus Young

Titus in better times

In a long line of Lion WR busts (Charles Rogers, Mike Williams, Derrick Williams, Mark Nichols, Mike Friede, Ray Roundtree and John Ford) Young seems to have taken his place. Has struggled to get open and catch the ball. An attitude problem with violent outbursts, his future is in doubt.

Ryan Broyles

Broyles replace Titus

Good slot receiver with a feel for getting open. He will improve as he continues to come back from an ACL injury.

Nate Burleson

Broken leg

Was solid before breaking his leg. Made some big catches on thrid down. He is likely a salary cap cut in the offseason.

Mike Thomas

Thomas with his 1st Lion TD

After struggling in Jacksonville, Thomas was picked up by trade. He has quickness and speed. He is not a polished receiver and will need a training camp for a true evaluation.

WR stats

Player	Snaps	Run	Pass	Targets	Rec	Drop	Yards	TD	GB	MB	FL	BRTack	Pen	Pos
Johnson	808	259	549	123	73	10	981	4	6	2	0	5	3	W
Young	620	197	423	55	33	6	383	4	2	6	0	1	3	W
Burleson	368	115	253	41	27	3	240	2	0	0	0	1	1	W
Broyles	275	88	187	30	21	3	316	2	1	0	0	1	1	W
Thomas	83	28	55	5	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	W
Robiskie	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	W
Osgood	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	W

TE

Brandon Pettigrew

Bobbles

A dismal year. Cannot catch (15 drops) and when he does he fumbles (2 lost). Has blocked a little better of late. He cannot be trusted in important situations.

Tony Scheffler

Scheff leaps this Texan

An up and down year. Good game vs. Houston after a horrible showing vs. the Pack. Still does not have a TD.

TE stats

Player	Snaps	Run	Pass	Targets	Rec	Drop	Yards	TD	GB	MB	FL	BRTack	Pen
Pettigrew	695	212	483	89	54	15	511	2	8	6	2	3	2
Scheffler	286	56	230	49	24	5	319	0	0	1	0	3	1
Heller	150	85	65	6	4	1	43	0	5	2	0	0

OT
Jeff Backus

Marty, Jeff, Matt and bubbles

Good year pass blocking (3 sacks in 462 dropbacks) bad run blocking year (3 good blocks). Injury put him on the bench.

Gosder Cherlius

Schwartz tells Gos JJ kicking your butt

played well until meeting JJ Watt. Has given up 5.5 sacks. Intersting decision whether to bring him back next year.

Riley Reiff

Martin, Jim, Riley and Tom

Struggled as a left tackle. 5 QBH and 4 penalities. Showed ability in the Houston game. Could be a good player down the road.

OG

Rob Sims

Sims knocks around Jared Crick

Played at a Pro Bowl level but play has fallen off the last 3 games. Leads the Lions in missed blocks (19) but has only surrended 1 sack.

Stephen Peterman

Pete had two TD blocks vs. Houston

Up and down year. Good run blocking (33 good blocks) bad pass blocking (9.5 sacks 13 QBH)
Introduced Kid Rock to Coconut moonshine.

C

Dom Raoila

Dom ponders another losing season

Besides the Losing us the Titan game with a blown snap, Dom has been okay. Given up 2 sacks and has 16 good blocks.


O-line stats

Player	Snaps	Run	Pass	GB	MB	Sacks	QBH	Pen	BP
Cherlius	840	279	561	14	10	5.5	9	4	1
Peterman	840	279	561	33	15	9.5	13	2
Raoila	840	279	561	16	16	2	6	2	2
Sims	840	279	561	28	19	1	3	3
Backus	701	239	462	3	16	3	10	4
Reiff	255	112	143	7	12	0	5	4
Gandy	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0