At the conclusion of “Sunday Night Football,” we wondered along with everyone else how Matthew Stafford could have thrown for so many yards against such a good defense but no touchdowns. The Pride of Detroit PODcast crew was pretty mad about the way the offense collapsed whenever it got near the goal line against the Steelers. Our Jeremy Reisman broke down the numbers for the Lions in the red zone immediately following the game, and they were quite fugly:
17 total plays
12 passing plays
5 rushing plays
12 passing plays
5 rushing plays
The very first comment on that article was a request by dmule2413 to go into more detail by digging into the tape.