NFL: Lions Race Out to Double Digit Lead in 40-14 Drubbing of Jaguars
Tim Twentyman Senior Writer, Detroit Lion s When asked this week about facing the Jacksonville Jaguars at Ford Field on Sunday, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell said he thought the two teams were mirror images of one another. Both teams are young, building a culture under new coaching staffs, had 11 one-score losses on the year between them, and came in with identical 4-7 records. But on this day, Detroit was clearly the more dominant football team. The Lions raced out to a double-digit lead early and were on cruise control from there for a 40-14 win at home for their fourth victory in the last five contests. They improve to 5-7 on the season. Detroit's offense scored on their first eight possessions of the game (TD, TD, FG, FG, FG, TD, FG, TD). The only possession they didn't score on was the final one with a couple kneel downs to end the game. Detroit racked up 31 first downs and had 437 total yards of offense. Detroit scored 30-plus points for the sixth time this sea...