For the second straight week, the Detroit Lions dropped an egg and looked just plain awful against good competition. As far as a team effort, it was a flat, uninspiring performance. But there were a few good individual performances against the New Orleans Saints worth praising, so let’s hand out a game ball like we always do.
Here are the Game Ball standings through five games:
Darius Slay - 4
Matthew Stafford - 4
Glover Quin - 3
Ezekiel Ansah - 3
Anthony Zettel - 3
Jarrad Davis - 3
Darren Fells - 2
Jamal Agnew - 2
Kenny Golladay - 2
Matt Prater - 2
Ameer Abdullah - 2
Here are the five candidates for the Saints game:
Stats: 7 tackles, 2 passes defended, 1 INT, 1 TD
With Haloti Ngata out for the year, Detroit needed someone on the defensive line to stand up in a big way.