Coming out of the bye week with a test on the road—against one of the top quarterbacks in the league, no less—proved to be the challenge it appeared to be at face value. The Detroit Lions would end up knocking off the Los Angeles Chargers courtesy of a last-second field goal by Riley Patterson, but not before the two offenses provided a fireworks display for four quarters.
As we’ll do every week throughout the season for this Lions team, we’ll comb through some of the advanced data courtesy of PFF that can help us better understand the football the Lions have played thus far—and what to look forward to in the coming weeks.