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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 857612">Detroit's defense was last in pass yards surrendered at 284 per game.  The Packers gained more than that.  Teams threw against them 611 times, second most in the league.  That will lead to yards.  Rodgers threw a ton of balls and exceeded their average, on the road.Detroit's completion percentage against was 62.4%, pretty decent.  Where Detroit's passer rating against took a hit was on the 33 TDs surrendered and only 7 INTs.  But this game, compared to these stats, shows how narrow the margin between good and bad can be.  33 TDs is only 2 per game.  Rodgers macthed that number.  They also got one of their uncommon picks.  Their bad vs. their good comes down to a couple of plays--and the 4th. quarter.Besides being passed against a ton, they were also run against 7th. most in the league, only 49 times fewer than the most run against Bengals, about 3 per game difference.  I'm not going to run all the numbers, but if the Lions didn't take the most defensive snaps in the league they were close to it. Charles Davis mentioned during the broadcast how many games Detroit was leading in the 4th. quarter but could not finish.  I don't remember the exact number but it was quite a few.  That may be a function of being gassed given how many snaps they've been taking.  An offense that cannot stay on the field can lead to bad defensive numbers.  The Packers did gain 432 yards with 25 first downs--on 86 plays.  Detroit's offense ran only 56.  This is an extreme example how this has gone for Detroit this year. But in the final analysis, you've seen that Detroit defense at least twice this season and can compare them to the Minnesota defense that you have seen at least twice, the latter statitically superior and one of the best from the standpoint of superficial numbers.  Does your eye test say there's a radical disparity?  Mine doesn't.  At least for 3 quarters anyway.  And that's how this game played out.  I wouldn't call Detroit's defense "good", but I'd say they are respectable, and "respectable" is among the worst faced this season.You know, the margin between good and bad can be very narrow.  The 11-3 Seahawks have outscored their opponents in the aggreage by 7 points.  Ordinarily you'd think that shoud be an 8-8 team.  They've won a ton of close games, one score games.  They win when they close and they've done that more often than not.  Detroit has been outscored by 82 points.  That's 5 1/2 points per game difference with Seattle.  Detroit was not closing games.All in all, at home, I don't find it all that surprising that Detroit's defense would keep then in the game.</blockquote>

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