First game with 5.0, although I did lower the INT sliders to 25 based on slayter's suggestion. Only 1 pick in the game, which I think is a good sign. The game played really well. Not a lot of penalties (maybe too few) but I'm going to let it play out for a few games and see how it goes.
The game was close throughout. Detroit led by 9 at the half, but I never felt like the game was out of reach. The running game struggled some, but it may have just been a bad game. Bridgewater was very hot in the first quarter, but got cold in the 2nd and 3rd quarter to give him mortal numbers on the day.
These feel pretty good so far, but only time will tell.
| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings |
| Sep 20, 2015 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Detroit Lions (0-2-0) | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 29 |
| Minnesota Vikings (1-1-0) | 14 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 32 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| DET | MIN |
| Total Offense | 432 | 379 |
| Rushing Yards | 48 | 62 |
| Passing Yards | 384 | 317 |
| First Downs | 16 | 16 |
| Punt Return Yards | 44 | 13 |
| Kick Return Yards | 50 | 82 |
| Total Yards | 526 | 474 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 7-16 | 3-13 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 1-0-1 | 3-3-0 |
| Penalties | 3-24 | 0-0 |
| Posession Time | 31:09 | 28:51 |
| Scoring Summary |
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | DET | MIN |
| 11:18 | (DET) C. Fuller 36 yd pass from M. Stafford (M. Prater kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 10:27 | (MIN) C. Johnson 63 yd pass from T. Bridgewater (B. Walsh kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3:14 | (MIN) C. Ford 5 yd pass from T. Bridgewater (B. Walsh kick) | 7 | 14 |
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | DET | MIN |
| 14:56 | (DET) Team Safety | 9 | 14 |
| 3:33 | (DET) E. Ebron 25 yd pass from M. Stafford (M. Prater kick) | 16 | 14 |
| 1:32 | (DET) C. Johnson 40 yd pass from M. Stafford (M. Prater kick) | 23 | 14 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | DET | MIN |
| 8:46 | (MIN) Z. Line 3 yd run (B. Walsh kick) | 23 | 21 |
| 3:29 | (DET) M. Prater 44 yd FG | 26 | 21 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | DET | MIN |
| 7:10 | (MIN) K. Rudolph 2 yd pass from T. Bridgewater (2 pt conv) | 26 | 29 |
| 1:11 | (DET) M. Prater 37 yd FG | 29 | 29 |
| 0:03 | (MIN) B. Walsh 44 yd FG | 29 | 32 |
| Detroit Lions | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Matthew Stafford | 25/45 | 411 | 3 | 1 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Joique Bell | 19 | 50 | 2.6 | 0 | | Theo Riddick | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Calvin Johnson | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 1 | | Eric Ebron | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 1 | | Golden Tate | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 0 | | Joique Bell | 3 | 38 | 12.6 | 0 | | Theo Riddick | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | | Greg Salas | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | | Corey Fuller | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 1 | | Jeremy Ross | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | BLOCKING | PANCAKE | SACK | | LaAdrian Waddle | | 1 | | Riley Reiff | | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Ezekiel Ansah | | 3 | | | | Glover Quin | | 0.5 | | | | James Ihedigbo | | 0.5 | | | | Jason Jones | | 0.5 | | | | Stephen Tulloch | | 0.5 | | | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Matt Prater | 2/3 | 3/3 | 9 | 45 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | Sam Martin | 6 | 299 | 49.8 | 1 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Jeremy Ross | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | | Darius Slay | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Jeremy Ross | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 |
| | Minnesota Vikings | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Teddy Bridgewater | 29/44 | 363 | 3 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Adrian Peterson | 13 | 48 | 3.6 | 0 | | Jared McKinnon | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | | Zach Line | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | | Teddy Bridgewater | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Kyle Rudolph | 9 | 75 | 8.3 | 1 | | Charles Johnson | 7 | 168 | 24.0 | 1 | | Jarius Wright | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | | Mike Wallace | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | | Adrian Peterson | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | | Chase Ford | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | | BLOCKING | PANCAKE | SACK | | Matt Kalil | 0 | 3 | | David Yankey | 0 | 1 | | Phil Loadholt | 0 | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Gerald Hodges | | 1 | | | | Brian Robison | | 1 | | | | Anthony Barr | | 1 | | | | Harrison Smith | | | 1 | | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Blair Walsh | 1/1 | 3/3 | 6 | 44 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | Jeff Locke | 8 | 360 | 45.0 | 0 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Cordarelle Patterson | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | | Jerick McKinnon | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Cordarelle Patterson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 |
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