Detroit Lions advanced Stats Vs. Jags

Analysis:

Offensive Line: Pass block was good. The sack by George Selvie was on a bad scramble by Stafford and I did not assign blame. BAckus gave up 2 QB hits and Raoila and Reiff both gave up one.
Run blocking was the best it had been this season. ZOne blocking by Raoila and Peterman was very effective. Cherlius and Reiff each had solid zone and down blocks. WIll HEller was effective at Tight End springing LeShoure and Bell for TD.

Skilled guys were okay. Calvin was a beast and Broyles was effective moving the chains. Titus had a huge drop and was a mixed bag blocking. Pettigrew saw limited action and was only targeted 3 times.

On defense, the Jags could not handle Corey, Sammie and Nick Fairley. They did handle Suh who had his worst game of the year. Willie Young struggled again and Cliff was a nonfactor. KVB played well against the run poor pass rush.

The secondary was not challenged deep. Erik Coleman intercepted two balls one was called back.  Gunther settled into deep zones and allowed the underneath game.

Player	Snaps	Run	Pass	GB	MB	Sacks	QBH	Pen
Cherlius	72	37	35	3	1	0	0	1
Peterman	72	37	35	5	2	0	0	0
Raoila	72	37	35	2	2	0	1	0
Sims	72	37	35	2	3	0	0	0
Backus	72	37	35	0	4	0	2	0
Reiff	33	25	8	3	1	0	1	1
Player	Snaps	Run	Pass	Targets	Rec	Drop	Yards	TD	GB	MB	QBH	BRTack
Johnson	60	27	33	9	7	0	46		2
Young	61	27	34	4	2	1	20	0	2	2		0
Broyles	29	12	17	6	6	0	61	0
Pettigrew	44	17	27	3	1	1	11	0
Scheffler	11	3	8	3	2	0	28
Heller	35	10	25	1	0		0		2
LeShoure	32	18	14	2	0	0	0					2
Bell	27	15	12	4	3	0	36					4
Smith	12	4	8	1	1	0	9
Thomas	14	3	11
Osgood	2	2	0
Defense	Snaps	Target	Rec	Yards	TD	MT	GP	FF	BP	PBU	Tackles	Stops
Tulloch	63	5	4	29		1			0	0	5	2
Durant	61	6	4	28		0				0	8	2
Houston	63	8	5	42	0	1			0		7	1
Green	50	8	6	31	1					0	5	2
Coleman	63	6	3	52		0					4	2
Palmer	17	1	1	3	0	0	1				2	2
Smith	3	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0
Silva	63	1	1	25	0	0					1	1
Carey	2
Lewis	1
Lacey	57	6	4	29	1				1		3
Dline	Snaps	Run	Rush	Tackles	Sacks	QBH	Stops	BP	GP	Pen	MT
Suh	43	15	28	2	0	0	0	1
Fairley	25	8	17	0		0	2		0	1	0
Hill	29	8	21			1		2	0
KVB	38	13	35	4	0	0	2	1		0
Avril	43	13	30	1	0	0	0	0			0
LoJack	25	6	19	2	1	0	2	0
Young	16	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Williams	31	10	21	0	0	1	0			0

Detroit Lions vs. Jacksonville the History

The lions are 1-3 vs. the Jags Losing the last 3.

Here are the scenes

11/9/2008

Jags 38 Lions 14 at Ford Field

Dante Culpepper was signed on Monday and started
He was 5/10/1 104 yards.
He finished his career 0-10 as a Lion starter.

Kevin Smith led the Lions with 22 carries and 98 yards 1 td

TE Mike Gaines caught 2 passes for 18 yards

MJD had 3 td.
Here he out runs Lions S Daniel Bullocks

Jack Del Rio says hey you can go 0-16 to Rod.

11/14/2004 at Jacksonville
Jags 23 Lions 17 OT

Eddie Drummond had 2 punt returns for touchdown
6-199

Kevin Jones had 81 yards

Joey was bad
11/33/1 121 yards

Jimmy Smith scored from 36 yards to end it in overtime

12/6/1998 Jags 37 Lions 22

Barry had 102 yards

Chuck Batch was 14/33 250 2td

Herman Moore 7/116 1 td rec

12/17/2005 Lions 44-0 at the Dome

Part of the 7 straight wins to end the season.

Barry 76 yards 2 td

Scott was 19/28/0 233 2 td

Johnnie Morton 4 catches 80 yards 2td

The Lions were blown out by the Eagles in the playoffs.

Detroit Lions Report Card Offense

Rankings:

Football Outsiders: # 6 overall #7 Pass #10 Rush 
Pro Football Focus: #13 OVverall #19 Pass #4 Pass block # 19 Run

Matthew Stafford

Ranks
NFL # 22
Pro Football Focus: #13
Football Outsiders: #9
QBR #13

198/313/7 2108 14 sacks 26 Drops

Best Games: Titans, Seahawks
Worst. 49ers, Eagles

Needs to be better than an average QB for the Lions to succeed. He has been average.

Joique Bell

Ranks # 21 Pro Football Focus 4th in the NFL in rec yards.
148 snaps 30/116/1 td rush 1 FL 20/25 227 yards rec
11Broken Tackles

Best games: Eagles
Worst: Bears

Leads the Lions by a wide margin in making tacklers miss. Have been efeective in the passing game. A good surprise.

Mikel LeShoure

Ranks Pro Football Focus: #37 Football Outsiders # 18

2903 snaps 76/305/ 1 td 2 FL 2 BT 20/24 124 yards 3 drops

Best Game: Titans
Worst Vikings, Bears

When you are in the 2nd season of your career and you are known for two things: Eating Marijuana and fumbling. That is not good.

Calvin Johnson

Ranks: Pro Football Focus # 25 Football Outsiders # 9

41/73/2 638 yards 1td 5 mt 7 drops 3 GB 4 BY

BEst games: Rams, Titans
Worst: Bears, Seahawks

Mega is hurt and playing like it. 7 drops and 1 td.

Nate Burleson

Ranks PFF #69 FO #60
27/41/0 240 2td 3 drops 1 BT

Best game:  titans
Worst 49ers Vikings

A broken leg ends his season. He was average. A few good catches on thrid down and A good td vs. the Eagles.

Titus Young

Ranks: PFF # 93 FO #32

26/35 304 3 drops 3 MB 3 Pen

Best: Bears, Seahawks
Worst: Eagles. Vikings

Titus has come on since the injury to Nate. His best game last week he caught all 9 passes and 2 td.

Tony Scheffler

Ranks: PFF #42 FO #45

15/28/2 192 1 pen 3 drops 2 BT

Best game Eagles:
Worst game: Bears

A non factor this year. Needs to pick it up after the loss of Nate.

Brandon Pettigrew

Ranks: PFF #50 FO #48

38/55/1 374 1td 9 drops 3 GB 5 MB 3 BT

Best games: Eagles, Seahawks
Worst Games: Bears, Vikings, Titans

Was historically bad early in the season. Has recovered lately with good games at Philly and Seattle.
It has come out he is hurt.

Jeff Backus

Rank: PFF # 47

3 GB 11 MB 3 sacks 6 QBH 3 Pen

Ranks high in pass protection but run blocking is horrible. Got a lot of ink for performance vs. Chris Clemons.

Gosder Cherlius

Rank: PFF # 29

8 GB 8 MB 2.5 sacks 9 QBH 2 pen

Best game: Vikings
Worst Eagles

Has shut down Chris Long and Brian Robison. He has run blocked pretty well. He ia an average player.

Rob Sims

Ranks: PFF # 6

23 GB 10 MB 3 Pen 0 sacks 0 QBH

Best game: Titans Rams
Worst 49ers

Playing at an all-pro level. Most running game is behind him and has a clean sheet in pass pro.

Stephen Peterman

Ranks: PFF #29

20 GB 11 MB 6.5 sacks 7 QBH

Best games Rams, 49ers
Worst Vikings

All of over the map. Good games and dominant run blocking early to shoddy pass pro of late.

Dominic Raoila

Ranks: PFF # 6

12 Gb 10 MB 2 sacks 3 QBH

Best games; Eagles, Rams
Worst Titans, Vikings

Other than a total meltdown at Tennessee Dom has been solid. A good zone blocker but is terrible in power situations.

Detroit Lions defense report card

Defensive Ranks Football Outsiders: 23rd overall 27th vs. the Pass 15th vs. rush
Pro Football Focus: 29th 25th vs. the run 20th on the pass rush 22nd in pass coverage Last in Penalties Against

Defensive Line vs the Run : 4th Pass Rush 24th


Ndamkong Suh

380 snaps 13 tackles 3.5 sacks 5 QBH 1 BLK 2 BP 2 GP 2 pen. 11 stops PFF Rank # 15
30th in run stops 11th in pass rush

Best games- Bears, Seahawks
Bad Games None

Suh has been All-Pro this season. The only success is when teams trap or wham him. A terror on the pass rush this season.

Nick Fairley

Masta P And Nick

235 snaps 8 tackles 1.5 sacks 5 QBH 1 BP 5 pen 7 stops 1 BP 5 GP 1 MT PFF # 26

Best Games Eagles, Rams
Bad Games: 49ers, Vikings

Inconsistant year for Nick, played great agianst the Eagles and bears. Struggled vs. the Niners and Viks. A non factor vs. Seattle.

Corey Williams

167 snaps 8t 2 sacks 1ff 1 QBH 6 stops 2 pen PFF # 49
Best game Rams
Worst 49ers, Titans

Williams was the best player on our defense in week # 1. He got hurt, tried to play thru it. Surgery. Played well in his rturn to the starting line up against Seattle.

Sammie Hill

Mr. C and Sammie

161 snaps 3 tackles 1 QBH 3 stops 2 pen 3 GP 1 BP PFF # 43
Best games: Rams, 49ers
Worst Bears

The best defensive player in the 1st two weeks. Struggled in the Bears game. Needs to pick it up with a suspension looming for Nick.

Cliff Avril

315 snaps 19t 4.5 sacks 4 qbh 1 bp 13 stops 2 pen 3 Bp 2 GP 4 MT
 PFF Rank# 38
Best Games Vikings
Worst- 49ers, Titans

Not making big plays as much. no forced fumbles, 4 missed tackles have hurt us. Not a $10 million player.

Kyle VandenBosch

318 snaps 17t 3.5 sacks 5 QBH 4 pen 8 stops 3 BP 3 MT PFF rank # 60 out of 62

Best game: Eagles
Worst, Rams, 49ers, Titans, Seahawks

Basically, has been bad. Totally stymied by Russel Okung last week. Struggled almost every week bu the eagles and bears. Needs to be replaced.


Stephen Tulloch

460 Snaps 45t 0.5 sack 2 QBH 24 stops 2 pen 15/25 136 yards target 7 MT PFF # 22

Best Game Bears, 49ers
Worst Titans, Vikings

Tulloch looks hurt to me. Slow to the punch and gives up in pursuit. THe VIkings games was his worst as a Lion.

DeAndre Levy

337 snaps 37 tack 2 QBH 21 stops 1 pen 6 BP 1 GP 5 MT 13/19 123 yards targets PFF # 33

Best game: Bears
Worst: 49ers, Vikings, Eagles

Gives up a lot plays. The 39 yard run by Bears RB Forte was his fault. A bad coverage linebacker. Lions played well in his absence.

Justin Durant

402 snaps 51 t o.5 sacks 21 stops 1 pen 8 MT 20/29 195 1 td pass target PFF # 34

Best games Vikings, Bears
Worst 49ers Seahawks

A good plugger most of the time, struggle badly in coverage. Leads the Lions with 8 missed tackles. The 77 yard Td run by Lynch was mostly his fault. He did not rip over the top of the crack block.

Chris Houston

350 snaps 26 t 2 FF 1 pen 1 int 11 stops 1 BP 20/34 201 1 td target PFF # 14

Best games: Titans, Bears
Worst: Eagles

 Easily our best player in the back 7. Ranks high in target % and stops. Struggled in the Eagles game. The 77 yard TD by Lynch was partly his fault, he did not squeeze on primary run support.

Jacob Lacey

271 snaps 13t 5 stops 2 pen 2 MT 13/17 154 yards 1 td target PFF # 86

Best games: Vikings
Worst 49ers, Titans, Eagles

The obvious image his coverage vs. Nate Washington. An okay tackler but bad in coverage. Yet we still missed him when he was out.

Dwight Bentley

177 snaps 15t 3 stops 5 penalites 14/17 196 yards in coverage. 4 MT PFF #93

A total struggle for the 3rd round rookie. Out for the season with a shoulder.

Louis Delmas

196 snaps 13t 1 int 7 stops 1 QBH 2 MT 5/9 91 1td coverage PFF # 42

Best game: Eagles
Worst Seahawks.

Good player when healthy. Can over run plays but a solid tackler.


Amari Spievey

201 snaps 21 tackles 4 stops 0 pen 1 mt 3/5 16 yards in coverage.  PFF #32

Best game: Bears.
Worst Titans
Struggled in camp but was playing well until his 4th brain injury. His status in doubt.

Erik Coleman

263 snaps 27 t 6 stops 2 QBH 0 Pen 4/5 98 yards 1 td target 4 mt PFF #69

Best Game: Bears
Worst 49ers, Titans

Started out bad. Played well in the Bears game. Much better in limited snaps.

Jonte Green

Jonte and Mr. C

157 snaps 2 tackles 1 stop 2 pen 1 mt 4/10 68 1td in coverage PFf # 33

Best game: Seahawks
Worst: Rams, Titans, Vikings

A terrible special teams player, Green has held up at corner. With the excpetion of a missed tackle agaisnt Hester, he coveraged well. His tackling is poor overall.

Detroit Lions Re-sign Don Carey, IR Bill Bentley

The Re-sign DB Don Carey to replace Bill Bentley. Carey is a 4th year man from Norfolk State and a former starter for the Jags. He can play either S or CB and is a proven special teams player.

Here is a tribute:

Carey has played 5 games for the Lions making 11 tackles

Carey played 14 games starting 10 games.

Welcome back to Detroit

Lions place rookie 3rd pick CB Dwight Bentley on Injured Reserve ending his season.  Bentley has struggled this season and he is the lowest ranked corner in the NFL by Pro Football Focus. My analysis has Bill playing 177 snaps, targeted 17 times with 13 completions for 196 yards. He has committed 5 penalities this season.

Here is a tribute:

Bentley has 15 tackles in 4 games this season.

Good luck Bill.