The eked out a win over the in a tightly-fought battle that almost got away from Detroit. Ultimately, it didn’t, as the Lions made enough plays down the stretch to win, 33-28.
Here’s a closer look at the Lions’ personnel decisions that led to them moving to 9-3 on the season.
Offense
Quarterbacks
Jared Goff: 58 (100%)
Teddy Bridgewater: N/A
Add a couple more victory formation kneel downs for Goff.
Running backs
David Montgomery: 36 (62%)
Jahmyr Gibbs: 26 (45%)
Craig Reynolds: 2 (3%) — 17 special teams snaps (57%)
The Lions clearly thought they were going to be able to ground-and-pound the Saints run defense this week, hence a hefty load for Montgomery after Gibbs had seemingly taken the RB1 role away from him.