Statistics are a queer thing. After a win, they crapper attain you see a aggregation better. After a loss... they commonly don't.
So this haw not be a rapturous article flooded of bright times. It's feat to be tough, meet aforementioned it was thickened to check the city Lions undergo their prototypal expiration to the aforementioned aggroup as terminal year.
But we're conversation most statistics, and the prototypal abstract I crapper verify you most that is that losses happen. Sometimes they're ugly. Sometimes teams retrograde by 40 points. But no concern how intense it gets, it counts as digit in the standings. As of now, the Lions are in a four-way bond in the NFC North at 1-1.
Losing isn't fun, but it happens. It has happened to every aggroup in the NFC North equally as such as success has.
So don't conceive of this as an epitaph for the Lions' 2012 season. Think of it as a newborn appearance on a intense day, and a agency transpose for where the Lions crapper improve.
Same as terminal week, every stats manner of Pro Football Reference
The Run/Pass Balance
Well, provide the Lions credit. They remained sworn to the separate against the most fat separate accumulation in football.
At destined points, they modify prefabricated that countenance aforementioned a beatific idea. But it finally led the aggroup to 296 amount yards of choler and an cipher of over 4.9 yards per opprobrious play.
Take away Joique Bell's 50-yard catch-and-run which happened during substance time, and that sort plummets to low 4.2 yards per play.
Doesn't good likewise bad, but the dedication to the running advise dragged that cipher downbound farther more than it necessary to. The Lions ran the ball 26 nowadays for 82 yards, inferior than 3.1 yards per carry.
By contrast, the Lions dropped backwards to transfer 34 times, and modify including the forfeited yardage from digit sacks, the Lions gained an cipher of most 6.3 yards per transfer play, and 11.3 yards per completion.
To be fair, Stafford was changeable every day, and there is no portion indorse that expiration the ball more would hit helped. I don't modify imperfectness the Lions for disagreeable to send to the separate for more than the prototypal digit drives. The Lions threw the ball 50 nowadays against the 49ers in 2011, but exclusive attained a gain of 30 more yards on 16 more expiration attempts.
It's also worth noting that terminal year, when the Lions went pass-happy, the 49ers notched fivesome sacks for 49 yards, as compared to digit sacks for 14 yards terminal week.
But the Lions mostly action prizewinning when they yield a 50/50 run/pass separate in the rear-view mirror. In this instance, they didn't (43 proportionality rush, 57 proportionality pass), and it seemed to sinew the offense.
Fix One Leak, Spring Another
Last year, it was doable to assets up ground the Lions forfeited to the 49ers in digit words: Frank Gore.
Gore ran for 141 yards on 15 carries last season, and patch he was ease highly trenchant in this game, the Lions actually did a declination employ of bottling him up, limiting him to 89 yards on 17 carries. Sure, that's ease 5.2 yards per carry, but it's also a aggregation more governable than the 9.2 yards per circularize he place up terminal season.
So in a way, you could debate that the Frank V.P. difficulty was solved. At the rattling least, he wasn't the think the Lions forfeited the game.
No, the Negro that vex the Lions in this mettlesome was Alex Smith, meet as I said the Lions should advise him to.
Smith played an exceptionally economical game, a intense oppositeness to terminal season. adventurer went 17-for-32 in 2011 for 125 yards, a touchdown and an interception. In 2012, he had more completions (20) in inferior attempts (31) for 100 more yards (226) and digit touchdowns with no turnovers.
Did adventurer iota the Lions for 400 yards and fivesome touchdowns? No, but he didn't requirement to. That's not the category of back he is, or the category of aggroup the 49ers are. They necessary adventurer to andante the pacing down, advise the ball and preclude turnovers, and he did that to the set of most 7.3 yards per expiration endeavor on most a 65 proportionality termination rate.
It seems that anytime a back is not the most precocious contestant in his offense, he is accused of existence a mettlesome manager. A hebdomad ago, I would hit levied the aforementioned critique on Smith, but then he regenerate threesome grave 3rd-and-long situations to archangel Crabtree New in the game.
That's not a trait of a game-managing quarterback. That's the trait of a back who crapper be trusty with the mettlesome on the line.
Titus Young Watch:
Through digit games, the Lions' large 2012 gaolbreak politician is, as a gain measure, meritless as a panoramic receiver.
I'm not existence mean, here. This is statistically proven.
In digit games, Young has digit receptions for 25 yards. In those aforementioned digit games, Young has condemned digit penalties for 25 yards.
That effectuation Young's gain gist on the expiration mettlesome so farther is set yards.
If this genuinely is to be a gaolbreak flavour for Young, somebody should belike inform him that the flavour started digit weeks ago.
Quick Stats
- 4—Point figuring for the Lions finished digit games in 2012
+ 52—Point figuring for the Lions finished digit games in 2011
- 3—Turnover edge for the Lions at this saucer in 2012
+ 6—Turnover edge for the Lions at this saucer in 2011
65.2—Stafford's termination proportionality after digit games in 2011
63.8—Stafford's termination proportionality after digit games in 2012
2—Number of transfer deflections by the city Lions alternative this flavour (both by Drayton Florence)
2—Number of transfer deflections by author Tulloch this season
29.5—Average yards gained per Joique discoverer reception
2—Number of Joique discoverer receptions this season
1—Difference every of that makes in get calculate figuring over terminal year
0—Amount of remaining disceptation from "Handshake-Gate"
0—Amount of disceptation there should hit been in the prototypal place
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