The Detroit Lions showed why Vegas had faith in them before this game, beating the Minnesota Vikings 34-23 at home.
Offensive spotlight: Jared Goff had an outstanding game for the Lions and carved up the Minnesota defense. He completed 27-of-39 attempts for 330 yards and three touchdowns. He averaged 8.5 yards per attempt and had an adjusted completion rate of 90% on third down.
Defensive spotlight: Minnesota’s defense was a step behind Detroit’s offense all game long, giving up over 400 yards of offense and being suckered on key downs all game. They had Goff under pressure on just 23% of his dropbacks as a unit.
Rookie spotlight: Aidan Hutchinson had a strong game for the Lions. He destroyed Brian O’Neill for one sack and finished with a pair of them in a four-pressure outing.
Offensive line spotlight: Detroit’s interior had some issues in pass protection, but the tackles were impressive. It was right tackle Penei Sewell who was put in motion before catching the pass that effectively sealed the win.
Box Score
Passing
Minnesota Vikings |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Sacks | Rtg |
| Kirk Cousins | 28.0 | 31 / 41 | 425 | 10.4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 124.5 |
Detroit Lions |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Sacks | Rtg |
| Jared Goff | 29.1 | 27 / 39 | 330 | 8.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120.7 |
Rushing
Minnesota Vikings |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Dalvin Cook | 9.6 | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Alexander Mattison | -0.1 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Detroit Lions |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Jared Goff | 29.1 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown | 13.4 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Justin Jackson | 10.1 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| D'Andre Swift | 6.9 | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| C.J. Moore | 4.2 | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Jamaal Williams | 3.7 | 16 | 37 | 2.3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Receiving
Minnesota Vikings |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD | Long |
| Justin Jefferson | 36.3 | 15 | 11 | 223 | 14.9 | 0 | 47 |
| Adam Thielen | 19.5 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 8.1 | 1 | 23 |
| K.J. Osborn | 14.8 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 1 | 15 |
| T.J. Hockenson | 12.7 | 8 | 6 | 77 | 9.6 | 0 | 21 |
| Dalvin Cook | 9.6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 13 |
| C.J. Ham | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Jalen Reagor | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Detroit Lions |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD | Long |
| DJ Chark | 21.4 | 7 | 6 | 94 | 13.4 | 1 | 48 |
| Josh Reynolds | 16.1 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 8.5 | 1 | 18 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown | 13.4 | 9 | 6 | 68 | 7.6 | 0 | 25 |
| Jameson Williams | 11.1 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 20.5 | 1 | 41 |
| Justin Jackson | 10.1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| D'Andre Swift | 6.9 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 15 |
| Kalif Raymond | 3.9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Shane Zylstra | 3.8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jamaal Williams | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penei Sewell | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Brock Wright | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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