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TWENTYMAN: 5 stats that stand out following Lions' Week 5 victory

The Detroit Lions got back to their winning ways Sunday in Arizona to improve to 3-2 on the season. Now they head to their bye week with a chance to rest up and do a deep dive into the first five games of the season.

Detroit has two critical division games against Green Bay and Minnesota at Ford Field coming out of the bye.

Here's a look at five stats through the first five weeks that jump out to me:

**What it means:** Interceptions thrown by quarterback [Jared Goff](https://www.detroitlions.com/team/players-roster/jared-goff/) this season.

**Twentyman:** Goff has 12 touchdown passes vs. zero interceptions on the year, joining Russell Wilson as the only players in league history to start the first five games of a season with at least 12 touchdowns and no picks. Only two other quarterbacks this season with at least 100 pass attempts have not thrown an interception – Houston's C.J. Stroud (6 TDs, 0 INT) and New York's Geno Smith (6 TDs, 0 INT).

Goff completed 19-of-30 passes for 271 yards with three touchdowns and added a rare touchdown run via the quarterback sneak on 4th & goal in Detroit's 45-21 win over Arizona Sunday.

"Goff is just Goff. He's as good as they come," Lions head coach Dan Campbell said after Sunday's win. "I've just been so impressed with the way he's played these five games here. I thought he's just gotten better every year, and here we are five in, and he's even better than last year. He's the real deal."

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