Carson Wentz, Minnesota | Completing 9-of-9 passes for 71 yards on the 10-play, 80-yard game-winning drive against the Browns’ top-ranked defense raised Wentz’s record to 2-1.
New rule: When you do stuff like that, you should get to keep the starting job until you don’t do stuff like that. Call it the Nick Foles Rule. Wentz knows a thing or two about that one.
174 | That’s how many points the Lions have scored. It’s also a franchise record through five games, and it comes, unfortunately, at an embarrassing moment in time for those of us who thought losing last year’s offensive coordinator, Ben Johnson, to the Bears would be a significant blow for the Lions. The Lions have scored 34 or more points in four straight games and lead the league in scoring average (34).
Packers 27, Lions 13 | Week 1
Let’s not assume the Lions were just off by their own account that day. The Packers rank second in fewest yards allowed per play (4.46) and per pass (5.24). Imagine how good they’d be if they had more than two takeaways, which ranks 30th.
Green Bay also has the only non-division win against a team that currently has a winning record, holding a Washington offense ranked eighth in scoring (26.8) to 18 points in Week 2.