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The Vikings started today’s game in Detroit with Myles Price’s 61-yard return of the opening kickoff. Late in the game, the Vikings blocked a field goal and returned it 41 yards. In between, the Vikings’ relentless pass rush pressured Lions quarterback Jared Goff all day.
Lions quarterback Jared Goff said he's not concerned about the offense coming off a lackluster effort at home Sunday against Minnesota, but acknowledged "there's certainly an urgency of fixing things.
Vikings cornerback Isaiah Rodgers thinks the officials missed a penalty by Lions receiver Jameson Williams late in Minnesota's 27-24 win in Detroit on Sunday.
The Lions are coming off a huge fantasy football performance from running back Jahmyr Gibbs in their Week 7 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Gibbs scored a season-high 36.8 points, the second-best fantasy performance of the season for any Detroit player.
Goff completed 20 of 29 pass attempts for 241 yards, one touchdown and one interception while adding two rush attempts for seven yards and a lost fumble in Monday's 24-9 win over the Buccaneers.
If you've followed my career covering the Detroit Lions for the last 11 seasons, then you know that the thing I say the most is that quarterback wins are not a real stat. It's because they just aren't.
"We should have blown that game open, really. We didn’t. We let them hang around and our defense kept standing up for us."
Detroit Lions assistant head coach and wide receivers coach Scottie Montgomery talks to running back Jahmyr Gibbs (0) at warm up ahead of the Minnesota Vikings game at Ford Field