QB
Matthew Stafford
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 | |
