Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images LIONS STOCK REPORT! 5 risers and 2 fallers after Detroit’s comeback win over the Texans. This team, man. This. Team. After an incredible come-from-behind victory for the Detroit Lions over the Houston Texans on “Sunday Night Football,” the boys in Honolulu Blue are sitting at 8-1 and are in a great position as they head into the middle of November. Let’s jump into this week’s edition of the stock report and see how things shook out during a wild win in Texas. Stock up: Jake Bates, K This young man just keeps impressing. Two for two on the night—one much-needed 58-yard bomb, followed by a 52-yard game winner. Kudos to the Lions for leaning into Bates early on in and camp and showing their confidence in him. It is paying huge dividends now in the heart of the regular season. Stock up: Aaron Glenn, DC Coaching in front of a ton of family and friends in his native state of Texas, Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn turned in a game for the ages. Time and time again, the offense put the defense in tough situations, and each time the defense did what they had to do to keep the game within striking distance by holding Houston to field goals. The Lions knew they were going to have to force some turnovers in order to complete the comeback, and they made that happen, too. Operating without star defensive end Aidan Hutchinson has surely been a challenge for the entire defensive coaching staff, but credit to Glenn for making it work. Enjoy the here and now, Lions fans. Because I think Glenn is going to have no shortage of options to become a head coach next year. Stock up: Brian Branch, S Simply put, Branch is quickly becoming one of the best defenders in the entire NFL. On Sunday he had 10 tackles, one tackle for loss, two pass breakups, and one quarterback hit. Branch was all over the field against the Texans, and routinely came up with big plays in big moments for the Lions. Whether it was knifing into the backfield to stop Texans running back Joe Mixon in his tracks, or coming up with a clutch stop on third down—Branch showed out in a big way on Sunday night. Stock up: Alim McNeill, DT We don’t have the numbers on how many pressures or hurries McNeill tallied against the Texans, but I have to imagine there were at least several he will end up being credited for. As far as counting statistics go, McNeill had himself an evening—six total tackles, two for loss, one sack, and one quarterback hit. He constantly generated pressure up the middle against Houston’s interior offensive line, and on one particular series, he forced a holding and notched a sack on consecutive snaps. Another big-time performance from one of Detroit’s most important defenders. Stock up: Carlton Davis III, CB Davis made two of the biggest plays of the entire game when the Lions needed them the most. Both of his interceptions on Sunday evening were timely, but the one coming out of halftime really seemed to set the tone for the Lions throughout the second half. He is going to get beat here and there. That is just the world we live in with how the rules are slanted towards the offense in the NFL, and especially with as much man-coverage the Lions play. With that said, Davis has been playing some really good football for the majority of the season, and I hope people are beginning to realize that. Stock neutral: Jameson Williams, WR It wasn’t a huge night from Williams, but coming off of his two-week suspension, it was good to see him reintegrate himself into the offense. He finished with three receptions for 53 yards, including a couple of clutch catches that ended up moving the chains for the offense. And while we likely won’t ever know the real cause of the play, it looked like he and quarterback Jared Goff were not on the same page when he tried Williams deep and ended up throwing another interception. Dan Campbell said in the post-game press conference that Williams’ route should have been more vertical. Stock neutral: Penei Sewell, RT From my first watch, the one negative that can easily be identified is the sack Sewell gave up that led to one of the five turnovers for the Lions. However, other than that rep, it looked like another dominant showing from the fourth-year pro. You don’t often hear about right tackles taking over games, but that is exactly what happened in the second half of the Lions’ Week 10 win over Houston. The offense had troubles getting into a rhythm for the majority of the night, and when they needed to get going, they got behind their All-Pro right tackle. Sewell was an integral part of several of the Lions big plays, including the screen to wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown that cut the Houston lead to three. Stock down: Ben Johnson, OC Look, not everyone can be perfect. And as good as Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson has been throughout the last few years, everyone has their off days. And for a while against Houston, it appeared that both Johnson and Goff were flustered by what Houston was doing defensively. Whether it was an unblocked defender off the edge jumping into throwing lanes, or an inability to get the run game going for the majority of the game—this was not Johnson’s best play-calling day. But when you are an elite team like the Lions, you can overcome just about anything. Stock down: Jared Goff, QB Not every one of the interceptions were on Goff, but as the quarterback—the blame is usually going to be on your shoulders. And while he made plays when the team needed them most, it certainly was not Goff’s best day of the season. With that said, I give him all the

Dan Rainville / USA TODAY NETWORK The Penn State alumni have been friends since college, and they reconnected Sunday after the Birds won in Dallas. They might have always been division opponents since entering the league, but Saquon Barkley and Micah Parsons started out as close friends and teammates at Penn State. In the days leading up to the Eagles-Cowboys game, Parsons even had Barkley’s back on his podcast when he blamed the Giants for letting the RB go to a team with a functioning o-line. The friends reconnected after the Eagles beat the Cowboys in Dallas, 34-6, and despite the loss, Parsons was all smiles when talking to Barkley. The two covered their mouths, so it’s a bit of a mystery what they were talking about, but they certainly thought it was funny. Just a couple Nittany Lions @saquon @MicahhParsons11 @PennStateFball pic.twitter.com/gGZSH7BhwC — Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) November 11, 2024 For what it’s worth, Parsons will be playing on his fifth-year option in 2025, and while the LB has said the contract negations will take care of themselves, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones doesn’t always take care of his players. Plus, the Dallas franchise recently opened its wallet to pay Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, so paying Parsons the money he’s worth might be a long shot. Parsons also had some interesting words about the Cowboys next season, indicating he doesn’t know if Mike McCarthy will be the head coach or not, but he mostly feels bad for the longtime Dallas players whose potential last season has been such a disaster. The LB has publicly said he wants to stay with the Cowboys long-term, but that might not be a reality. So, back to what Barkley and Parsons were laughing about after the Eagles-Cowboys game. It seems like a stretch to assume Barkley was trying to recruit Parsons to Philly — which probably wouldn’t take much convincing —, but maybe? What do you think Barkley and Parsons were chopping it up about on Sunday? Let us know in the comments!

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Playing time analysis. The official snap counts from the Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 10 road win over the Dallas Cowboys are in! Let’s take a look and run through some analysis. OFFENSE The Eagles pulled their starters early but Fred Johnson and Mekhi Becton had to play the entire game with only eight offensive linemen active. Jack Driscoll, Nick Gates, and Tyler Steen came in to finish out the game. The starters who were rested missed at least 14 snaps. Dallas Goedert caught two of his three targets for 25 yards and a touchdown in his first game played since Week 6. Saquon Barkley’s 15 total touches were his second-fewest this season. He previously had 12 in the Eagles’ Week 4 blowout loss. The Eagles are likely gearing him up for heavy usage on Thursday night against the Washington Commanders. Jahan Dotson had a back-shoulder grab for 27 yards on his sole target. He’s up to two catches for 63 yards over the past two games after only logging 35 yards over his first seven games. Hot streak! Kenny Gainwell and Will Shipley benefited from the Eagles managing Barkley’s touches. Johnny Wilson caught his sole target for a five-yard touchdown. Red zone weapon! The Eagles have made it a point to get Ainias Smith at least one designed touch each of the past two weeks. Kenny Pickett completed one of his two pass attempts for five yards. He missed Grant Calcaterra for what should’ve been a first down. Ben VanSumeren logged snaps as the Eagles’ fullback yet again. DEFENSE With only three full-time safeties active, C.J. Gardner-Johnson remained in the game with Reed Blankenship coming out before him. He took advantage of playing in garbage time to get a pick off Trey Lance. Zack Baun led the team in tackles and had two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery despite not even playing the entire game. What a beast. Jalen Carter played his second-lowest snap count percentage this season. But it still wasn’t super low at 72%. For perspective, this would’ve been his second-highest snap count percentage last season. Isaiah Rodgers saw a good chunk of playing time filling in for Darius Slay, who was in and out of the lineup due to an ankle injury. Nick Sirianni’s comments about Jalyx Hunt earning more playing time weren’t just lip service. The rookie ended up logging the second-most snaps in the edge rusher rotation. Hunt wasn’t just limited to garbage time action, either. Check out these first half snaps from when the Eagles entered the third quarter up by just eight points: Eagles edge snaps, first half: Josh Sweat 21 Brandon Graham 15 Jalyx Hunt 13 Nolan Smith 11 Bryce Huff 6 — Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) November 10, 2024 Hunt logged one solo tackle and he managed to slightly deflect a Cooper Rush pass that created an interception opportunity for Nakobe Dean. Hunt had only played 17 defensive snaps prior to this game, with most of that action coming in garbage time. Nolan Smith was evaluated in the medical tent at one point so his snap count was a little lower than it may have been if he didn’t miss some time. Jordan Davis played his second-lowest snap count percentage this season. Bryce Huff’s first snaps didn’t come until early in the second quarter. And he finished with just 12 snaps after only logging six last week. But he did make the most of his limited action with one strip-sack and one TFL. Sydney Brown’s logged 20 garbage time snaps since returning from the PUP list. Seems like a nice way to ease him back in from injury. SPECIAL TEAMS With the Eagles scoring six times, it was active game for Braden Mann as the kickoff guy. He also had four punts. Jake Elliott made his two field goals attempts (39, 38) and his four extra point kicks. DID NOT PLAY INACTIVE: Eli Ricks, Tristin McCollum, Darian Kinnard, Trevon Keegan, Tanner McKee Ricks has been a healthy scratch more often than not this season. McCollum was a healthy scratch for the second week in a row.

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The offense struggled in Houston, but the Lions defense put up their best performance of the year. Our report card & grades from a thrilling Sunday night. The Detroit Lions offense wasn’t up to the task most of the night against the Houston Texans. But if there’s anything we’ve learned about this Lions team, it’s that they don’t need everything fully operational to win. They’re deep enough across the board to win games in multiple ways. That’s exactly what happened in their outstanding 26-23, come-from-behind victory Sunday night. Let’s highlight those performances in our Week 10 report card and grades. Quarterback: D+ It was a rough night for Jared Goff, who threw a career-high five interceptions. While a couple of those were the result of bad luck (two tipped interceptions and a meaningless Hail Mary), Goff misfired in the red zone to Sam LaPorta that cost the Lions points, and his deep ball to Jameson Williams felt like an unnecessary risk (although there was apparently some culpability on Jamo’s part—more on that in a minute). That said, let’s not bury his entire night. He connected on two beautiful deep passes Sunday night, both to LaPorta. The first, a touchdown pass, was perfect touch while on the run, and the other was a 37-yard strike across slightly his body. And when the team needed a game-winning pass, he delivered to Amon-Ra St. Brown late in the fourth quarter. In fact, Jared Goff was 6-of-8 for 79 yards and a touchdown (145.3 passer rating) in the final quarter of the game. Running backs: B- It just wasn’t David Montgomery’s night, and while I don’t think that’s entirely on him, he missed at least one opportunity to find the end zone on what I thought was a well-blocked two-point conversion he just missed the hole on. Gibbs was also fairly ineffective in the first half, but he was essential to Detroit’s comeback victory. After tallying just 19 yards on nine touches in the first half, Gibbs’ speed was on display and he exploded for 89 second-half yards on 12 touches. Wide receivers: B- Amon-Ra St. Brown was quiet in the middle of this game, but his 38 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter were essential to Detroit’s win. Which bring us to Jameson Williams. With the Texans trying to jump on Detroit’s short routes, Williams was an integral part to Detroit’s offense finally breaking through. On his three catches, two converted key third downs, and a couple were very high degree of difficulty. However, coach Dan Campbell more or less blamed him for the interception thrown in his general direction. “Jamo should be a little higher angle,” Campbell said, referring to Williams’ route drifting a little too far toward the sideline when Goff threw him more vertical. UNREAL : @SNFonNBC pic.twitter.com/5kcjbAaOOX — Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) November 11, 2024 Goff and Williams not being on the same page is something that has plagued their chemistry for a few years now, but these incidents are becoming less and less frequent. Oddly, Tim Patrick, Kalif Raymond, and Allen Robinson all did not garner a single target thrown in their direction. Tight ends: B- Sam LaPorta led the team with 66 receiving yards, plus one of Goff’s two passing touchdowns. It was a solid day for him before he went down with an injury. However, I’m capping the grade at just a B-, because I thought there were some serious lapses in blocking that led to Texans defenders shutting down the run game in the first half. Offensive line: D The beginning of this game couldn’t have been much worse for the offensive line. Detroit managed just 23 yards rushing on 13 carries in the first half, while two of Goff’s sacks were the direct result of immediate pressure given up by Detroit’s offensive line. It was looking like it was going to be an absolute terror of a day for the offensive line. But give them some credit: they bounced back in a big way in the second half. Detroit rushed for 82 yards on 19 carries (4.3 YPC) in the second half. Goff just assumed a single quarterback hit in the final two quarters. And that directly led them to scoring 19 unanswered points for the win. Defensive line: A- The quarterback pressures weren’t exactly consistent, but six different defensive linemen recorded a quarterback hit Sunday night (Al-Quadin Muhammad, Alim McNeill, James Houston, Josh Paschal, Levi Onwuzurike, Pat O’Connor). Three of those ended up being sacks. But perhaps most impactfully, the Lions absolutely shut down the Texans running game. Heading into Sunday night, Texans running back Joe Mixon was on a four-game 100-yard streak. Against the Lions, he managed just 46 rushing yards on 25 carries (1.8 YPC). The Lions absolutely clogged the middle of the field, and it forced the Texans into extremely difficult third downs. The Texans’ average yards-to-go on third down against the Lions: 10.3 yards. Here’s all 15 of the yards-to-go: 10, 16, 11, 10, 10, 21, 10, 9, 8, 1, 26, 9, 10, 6, 4 — Pride of Detroit (@PrideOfDetroit) November 11, 2024 Early down success led to getting off the field. The Texans probably converted more than you want in those situations (6-of-15), but you’ll take nine failed third down conversions. Linebackers: A- Nothing particularly flashy from this group, but they obviously had a strong hand in Detroit’s dominant run defense against Houston. Jack Campbell remains a tackling machine, and he also notched a pass breakup on a deep shot while in man coverage. Alex Anzalone also had a pass breakup on Houston’s final pass of the night—which turned out to be a huge play in the game. The Lions continue to survive with a shorthanded crew at linebacker (no Derrick Barnes, Malcolm Rodriguez or Jalen Reeves-Maybin), but you’d be hard pressed to even be able to tell. Defensive back: B+ First off, let’s give some well-deserved credit to Carlton Davis.