Speed kills: Running back Jahmyr Gibbs reached 22.17 mph on his 69-yard game-winning touchdown run in overtime Sunday, which was the second fastest recorded speed by a ball carrier on a touchdown this season, according to NextGen Stats. The only faster time was Gibbs at 22.23 on his 78-yard Week 7 touchdown run against the Bucs. Gibbs totaled 264 scrimmage yards and three touchdowns in Detroit's 34-27 win over the New York Giants Sunday.
"I got the best seat in the house," quarterback Jared Goff said of Gibbs. "It's really cool. I think I put my hand up, and he was about seven yards down the field. It's just, you can see the angle he's about to take and the angle the safety had. It's over. And that's what makes him so special, that next-level speed."
Favorite run play: The touchdown run by Gibbs in OT came on one of Detroit's favorite run plays. It's a duo run play that every offense runs. Detroit's running it behind right tackle Penei Sewell and right guard Tate Ratledge, asking those two to get good deuce blocks that requires them getting up to the second level and sealing off the linebacker. It's been a good run for the Lions in this offense. Goff said after the game he was excited to run it when it came through the headset from head coach Dan Campbell in OT because Gibbs has broken big runs off it in the past.
Pass defense: New York had nearly 400 yards passing (399) and had an incredible ten completions of 20-plus yards in the contest. Detroit has to get back to playing a little stickier coverage in the back end before Green Bay rolls into town Thursday. A little more pressure on the quarterback can help with that too.
Tackle machine: MIKE linebacker Jack Campbell totaled another 11 tackles Sunday to pace Detroit's defense which now gives him 108 tackles on the season. He is the first player in franchise history to produce a season with at least 100 tackles, 4.0 sacks and two forced fumbles since at least 1994, when the data first began being collected.
Penalty anomaly: The Lions were the only team in the NFL who had yet to receive a pass interference penalty called on the opposing defense. That changed Sunday when safety Dane Belton was flagged for pass interference on Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown in the end zone. Detroit got the ball at the 1-yard line and St. Brown scored three plays later on a pass from Goff. It only took 12 weeks, but the Lions finally got their pass interference call.
Short week: There's no time to celebrate for the Detroit Lions with Thursday's Annual Thanksgiving Day Classic fast approaching. In fact, the Lions coaches were headed from Ford Field to the Meijer Performance Center Sunday to start putting in the game plan for Thursday. Goff said after the game he was headed home to start watching film on the Packers' defense. These short weeks are tough on players and coaches.
Long distance: Jake Bates’ 59-yard field goal to send the game into OT was a new career long for the second-year kicker. It also tied the franchise record long field goal. Bates has now made four field goals of 58 yards or longer, tying Matt Prater for the most in franchise history.
50 & counting: Sunday was the 50th career NFL game for Aidan Hutchinson, whose sack of Winston on a 4th & 5 in OT won the game for Detroit. Hutchinson and Pittsburgh's T.J. Watt are the only players in NFL history to total at least 37.0 sacks and four interceptions through the first 50 games of a player's career. Hutchinson's sack Sunday allowed him to pass Ndamukong Suh (36.0) for the seventh-most sacks in franchise history.
