A handful of Detroit Lions earned weekly honors after the team’s obliteration of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
It’s no surprise that the Detroit Lions earned several awards and honors after their 52-6 dismantling of the Jacksonville Jaguars. It was near perfection from the offense and another strong day at the office from the defense. Let’s run through the honors in Wednesday’s edition of Lions Notes—knowing that more could be coming soon (Jared Goff: NFC Offensive Player of the Week?)
Let’s start with PFF’s Team of the Week for Week 11. The Lions had four representatives on the team: QB Jared Goff (93.5 PFF grade), WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (92.4), C Frank Ragnow (83.5), and S Kerby Joseph (89.9).
Beyond that, Goff also earned PFF’s Offensive Player of the Week honors.
“Goff was outstanding as the Lions took down the Jacksonville Jaguars in emphatic fashion,” PFF”s Gordon McGuinness wrote. “He finished the game with a 91.8 PFF passing grade and a 92.6% adjusted completion percentage.”
Beyond that, two Lions players are up for the NFL’s FedEx Air & Ground Players of the Week: Goff and St. Brown. Goff led the pack with 412 passing yards, four touchdowns and a perfect 158.3 passer rating. Meanwhile, St. Brown hauled in 11 passes for a career-high 161 receiving yards and two touchdowns. You can vote for Goff and St. Brown here.
Over at FTN Fantasy, Aaron Schatz listed the best performances of the week by his DYAR metric. Here’s where Lions players ranked:
- Goff: First (+239 DYAR)
- David Montgomery: First (+55)
- Jahmyr Gibbs: Third (+48)
- Amon-Ra St. Brown: First (+77)
And, finally, Pro Football Network also named Goff their Offensive Player of the Week.
The PFN Offensive Player of the Week is Lions QB Jared Goff
Goff’s passer rating was perfect (158.3), and his QB+ (97.2) nearly was too. It was the league’s third-best quarterback performance dating back to 2019, per our proprietary metric. pic.twitter.com/duN8j4gfOI
— Pro Football Network (@PFN365) November 20, 2024
- As if you didn’t know Dan Campbell was a great guy already, this clip of him talking to World War II veterans prior to Sunday’s game shows how classy he is:
Coach Campbell met with our WWII veteran guests, all Michigan natives, before our #SalutetoService game Sunday. pic.twitter.com/tDfHQOqHCa
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) November 20, 2024
- While Campbell is extremely classy and kind off the field, he’s not going to apologize for the team being ruthless on the field:
Dan Campbell just now on @971theticketxyt:
“If you’re asking me to pull somebody out in the third quarter, or you’re asking me to pull somebody out right before the second quarter (ends), before Anzalone gets hurt, I’m never going to do that, ever.”
— Jeremy Reisman (@DetroitOnLion) November 19, 2024
- David Montgomery described the Lions as “the land of misfit toys.” Good stuff about Montgomery’s rise over at 97.1 The Ticket.
- Golden Tate went on “Good Morning Football” on Tuesday and basically just dropped an entire Detroit Lions promo.
“I love Dan Campbell”@ShowtimeTate | @gmfb pic.twitter.com/4ezprutlXM
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) November 19, 2024
“He is born to do this”@ShowtimeTate gives his flowers to @amonra_stbrown @Lions pic.twitter.com/uchdhTvVXH
— Good Morning Football (@gmfb) November 19, 2024
- Fun note from Sunday’s game: After Amon-Ra St. Brown’s second touchdown, he jumped into the crowd with Jameson Williams. Sitting in between them? Former Detroit Red Wing Justin Abdelkader:
That’s former Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader in between Jameson Williams and Amon-Ra St. Brown’s touchdown leap!
Front page of the Detroit News coverage pic.twitter.com/QevRSNwSdR
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) November 18, 2024
- Just former NFL defensive lineman Chris Long talking about how ruthless and good the Lions are:
