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Detroit Lions Dominate All Phases In Win Over New Orleans

By Colton Wesley

Dec 4, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) celebrates as he leaves the field following a win against the New Orleans Saints in a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Lions defeated the Saints 28-13. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 4, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) celebrates as he leaves the field following a win against the New Orleans Saints in a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Lions defeated the Saints 28-13. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Detroit Lions earned a crucial road win on Sunday, putting together a dominant performance in a 28-13 win over the New Orleans Saints.

Dec 4, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) celebrates as he leaves the field following a win against the New Orleans Saints in a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Lions defeated the Saints 28-13. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 4, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) celebrates as he leaves the field following a win against the New Orleans Saints in a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Lions defeated the Saints 28-13. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /

The Detroit Lions (8-4) put on an impressive performance on Sunday, dominating in all phases and picking up an important win in the NFC playoff race with a 28-13 victory over the New Orleans (5-7) Saints in the Superdome.

After a three-and-out on their first possession, the Saints gave the Lions a short field which Detroit turned into a 27-yard Matt Prater field goal to take the early lead. After a second defensive stop, the Lions marched 92 yards in 11 plays, scoring on a pass at the goal line from Matthew Stafford to Theo Riddick to take a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter.

New Orleans got on the board late in the second, a 40-yard Will Lutz field goal cutting the lead to seven. A 12-play, 64-yard drive and a 29-yard Prater field goal put the Lions up 13-3 in the final minute of the half, but the Saints responded with a quick drive and a 32-yard field goal from Lutz to cut the lead to 13-6 at halftime.

Detroit opened up the second half with a 10-play, 63-yard drive but settled for another field goal, Prater’s 32-yarder putting them up 16-6. Glover Quin picked off Drew Brees on New Orleans’ next possession, and the Lions’ offense turned the turnover into yet another field goal, Prater’s second 27-yarder increasing the lead to 13.

The Saints offense found their rhythm as the fourth quarter began, going 75 yards in seven plays and scoring on a one-yard run by John Kuhn to cut the lead to one possession, 19-13. The Lions quickly responded, however, Stafford finding Tate on a 66-yard catch and run to put the Lions back up by two scores, 25-13, after the two-point conversion failed.

After another defensive stop for Detroit, Prater kicked his fifth field goal of the game, this one from 52 yards out, to up the Lions’ lead to 28-13. After that, the Lions’ defense put the game away. Brees was picked off for the second time in the game on the Saints’ next possession, Tavon Wilson intercepting the pass, and was picked off again on the final play of the game by Miles Killebrew, whose first career interception put the kibosh on an important 28-13 win for the Lions.

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