21st. That’s what the Detroit Lions currently rank in rushing offense in the NFL, gaining an average of 96.0 per contest on the ground. Of course, the Lions had the services of second-year starting running back Kerryon Johnson for their first six games of this season.
Johnson suffered a knee injury, his second in as many years, in the Week Seven loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Since his departure to Injured Reserve, the Lions have trotted out a running back-by-committee approach.
In Week Eight, the combination of running backs Tra Carson, Ty Johnson, Paul Perkins, and J.