The Lions’ 52 points on 225 yards of offense wasn’t the most absurd stat of its blowout win

I person been pursuing NFL shot for astir 2 decades. I person ne'er seen what nan NFC heavyweight Detroit Lions accomplished connected Sunday against nan lowly Tennessee Titans.

After Detroit’s 52-14 triumph was cemented into nan scoring books, I’m decidedly not unsocial successful that regard.

The Lions scored 52 points and had conscionable 225 yards of offense. That is not a typo. They converted only 3 3rd downs connected offense, but they someway scored 50-plus points anyway. That’s because nan Lions had astir 300 mixed footwear and punt return yards, while punter Jack Fox dominated nan section position conflict by averaging 60 yards a punt.

Despite doing almost thing connected offense, this was officially nan champion scoring output for nan Lions successful decades. Ah, nan powerfulness of nan glorious 3rd phase:

The @Lions person scored 50 points successful a crippled for nan 4th clip successful squad history, and first clip since Nov. 27, 1997.#OnePride pic.twitter.com/xQYjZXFYrA

— Detroit Lions PR (@LionsPR) October 27, 2024

As crazy arsenic this offense-to-point statistic is, it wasn’t moreover nan astir unbelievable Detroit result of nan day. With Jared Goff finishing pinch little than 100 nett passing yards, nan Lions officially became nan first NFL squad to people astatine slightest 50 points pinch almost nary passing accumulation since 1955.

Eat your bosom out, old-school Chicago Bears:

Detroit presently has 52 points, and 55 nett passing yards.

The past squad to put up 50+ points pinch little than 100 passing yards was nan Bears….in 1955.

— Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) October 27, 2024

Man. Do you cognize what nan instruction is here? Don’t messiness pinch these Lions.