The Detroit Lions made a statement on Monday night against the Las Vegas Raiders, and that statement was loud and clear: last week was not who we are.
Detroit came out and took it to the Raiders for all four quarters, and while the final scoreboard of 26-14 may not look lopsided, just about every other statistic was in Detroit’s favor. Detroit outgained the Raiders from scrimmage, 486 to 157, they produced 29 first downs to the Raiders’ 19, and perhaps most telling of all, Jimmy Garoppolo was sacked six times, while Jared Goff was kept clean all game.