So since 2021
Good golly Miss Molly
We know the Lions’ O is very good, but, honestly, the wonder of this achievement, if they get there, is slightly overstated.
2 1,000-yd receivers and 1 1,000-yd rusher has been done a bunch of times.
So it’s adding the second 1,000-yd rusher that would be unprecedented. And that only becomes possible in the “committee backfield” era, w/two good backs who stay relatively healthy, and a pretty even distribution of carries so both have enough opportunities. The 17-game season also helps a lot.
Wait this can’t be true Goff sucks is inaccurate and has a noodle arm. He can’t play outside and can’t hit Jsmo on the deep ball. Just think if we had a real QB
It’s going to be a big game. The Lions for the last 6 weeks or so are on a roller coaster. These guys are coming off a big win last week and a real tough loss the week before.
Being young, and inexperienced, this team is expectedly inconsistent at times. Gonna be fun to see which team shows up.
It was interesting to see last week. They didn’t really use the run to open up passing. They used passing early to open up the run
Jamo and Goff didn’t connect on the two early pokes but it definitely had an effect to soften up the middle coverage and LOS defense
I don’t think it was that at all, Goff had been struggling, so they were trying to get him in a rhythm early. Witch worked after 2 drives Goff took off and it was the best we have seen of him in about 7 weeks.
That was my thought as well. They also probably figured Denver would be looking to stop the run right off the bat as well. With our starting 5 lineman healthy this offense does everything well. Run or pass kills it behind those 5 animals. I don’t have a problem with Ben Johnson going pass heavy right out of the gate.
I was actually looking at Lion stats last night. And seen this very thing. After seeing this, I came to the Den and looked to see if anyone posted something, and sure enough, nothing….till now lol.
Good post my man. This would be elite if pulled off. For sure it would set a new benchmark (17 games) for others if pulled off.
The 1995 Detroit Lions Barry Sanders 1500 yards rushing, Herman Moore caught 123 passes for over 1600 yards, Brett Perriman caught 108 passes for over 1400 yards. Johnnie Morton caught 44 passes for 490 yards and 8 TDs, Scott Mitchell threw for over 4000 yards and 32 TDs. That was the best offense I ever saw from the Lions until this year.
Sorry, I wasn’t clear. I meant to suggest that 2 WR + 1 RB > 1,000 had happened a number of times - I imagine that’s been done more often than 1 WR + 2 RB > 1,000 - and that adding another 1,000-yd back to such a trio would be a lot easier to do now than it was until recently.
IDK… the NFL has tilted so heavily into a passing league that many teams may not have enough rushing attempts to have 2 separate RBs get to 1000 yards.
Thru 14 games…. only 8 teams have 400 rush attempts….
which includes QB and WRs runs.
That means both of the RBs have to have be around 5+ ypc to get there.
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Think about how much harder it is to do what Ben is doing. He’s got rookies in the mix.
Barry Sanders was a 1,000 yard rookie, we get that.
Herman Moore caught 11 passes for 135 yards as a rookie. By year 3 he was still not a 1k yard receiver.
Brett Perriman caught 16 passes for 215 yards as a rookie. By year 3 he had never even topped 400 yards receiving.
Johnnie Morton caught 3 passes for 39 yards as a rookie. By year 3 he was still not a 1k yard receiver.
Exactly. Meaning you need two very good backs who split rushing attempts, stay healthy and have 17 games to do it - and a potent, relatively balanced offense. It’s even a bonus, in this context, to have a QB who virtually NEVER runs.
My party-pooper point wasn’t that it isn’t impressive if the Lions pull it off. Of course it is. It’s that it really was inconceivable in any earlier era.
The Lions were running Tom Moore pass happy offense in 95. They were so ahead of the curve. Only issue was we scored so fast that our defense was always tired. Tom Moore was fired after the 96 season Fontes used the scoring to fast as the primary reason and he wanted to get back to a run firsr offense.
Tom Moore went onto the Colts after 1 year with the falcons and was very instrumental in Peyron Manning career
Ha! Just said in another thread that our O will score more than ppl think this weekend. We are overdue for a ST or Defensive Score as well. WAtch’n’see
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