– by Adesina O. Koiki
A Lot of Sports Talk editor-in-chief
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DETROIT — The Detroit Lion who was most recently inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame made another appearance inside of the venue his All-Pro career took shape, and the current iteration of the team treated him and the rest of the Motor City to a record-setting performance on Sunday afternoon.
Jared Goff shook off a rare poor performance last week by throwing four scores as the Lions scored touchdowns on all seven drives that he was in for during Detroit’s 52-6 bludgeoning of the Jacksonville Jaguars inside Ford Field on Sunday afternoon. Amon-Ra St. Brown scored on two of Goff’s four touchdown throws while David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs combined to hit the end zone three times on runs as the Lions set new franchise records for margin of victory, total yards (645) and total first downs (38) in the contest.
Detroit, now 9-1, extended its winning streak to eight games, the first time the Lions have won eight in a row within a season since 1934.
Days like today were close to nonexistent when Detroit’s last generational superstar, wide receiver Calvin Johnson, plied his trade with the Lions as his brilliant career netted just one playoff appearance (2011) and zero playoff victories. Johnson, who was inducted into the team’s “Pride of the Lions” ring of honor in September, was in attendance today to see the Lions reach Jaguars’ territory on all nine drives of the game. The team’s only empty possession came when backup quarterback Hendon Hooker took two kneeldowns after the Lions reached the red zone that put an end the game.
“We wanted to stay on the gas no matter what happened,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell said.
That sentiment, outside of being Campbell’s modus operandi, was driven by Detroit’s great escape last Sunday night in its win on the road over the Houston Texans when it came back from a 24-6 deficit and overcame five interceptions from Goff on the strength of two late Jake Bates’ field goals to eke out the victory.
Goff resumed putting up his now-typical video game numbers this afternoon, throwing just one more incompletion (five) than he threw touchdowns while throwing for 412 yards and racking up a perfect 158.3 quarterback rating.
*Editor’s note: Above the byline is the photo gallery from Sunday afternoon’s game, with photos taken by ALOST staff photographer Aaron J. Thornton. After clicking on a photo to enlarge the picture, press the left and right arrow buttons on either side of the caption to scroll through the rest of the pictures that appear on the first page, Also, click on the numbers and/or arrow appearing immediately below the picture grid to load the next set of photos. There are 15 pictures in total.
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