The Detroit Lions got a nice win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday and it was their defense that really had a great day. The team held the Cardinals to just 277 yards and just one third down conversion out of nine tries.
The big takeaway here was that the Lions were able to stop a mobile quarterback from beating them with their feet.
That has been a problem for the Lions since Dan Campbell and company started with the team. They’ve been beat up by the likes of Justin Fields, Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen and more. It was so bad that the Lions allowed the third most quarterback rushing yards in 2023 with 419 and the most in the NFL in 2022 with 700…