Good Quarters of football:
- Cardinals’ defense: (2) 3rd, 4th
- Cardinals’ offense (1): 1st
- Lions’ offense (2): 1st, 2nd
- Lions’ defense (3): 2nd, 3rd, 4th
After the Cardinals’ 20-13 loss to the Lions yesterday, Jonathan Gannon was telling the Arizona media that he felt his team had done a great job “matching the Lions’ physicality.”
Statistically the Lions dominated virtually every category that one associates with physical dominance:
- Total Plays —- DET 63 ARI 53 —- +15 DET
- Yards rushing —- DET 187 ARI 77 —- +110
- Total Yards —- DET 373 ARI 277 —- +96
- 3rd Down Conversions: DET 5/12 ARI 1/9 —- + 30%
- Time of Possession: DET 36:49 ARI 23:11 —- +13:39
Lions ran the ball, passed w ease, stopped run and played sticky man coverage.