NFC Playoffs: Lions (11-5) at Cowboys (12-4)

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Lions RBs include Reggie Bush (healthy now), 220-pound Joique Bell (1,182 yds, 8 TD from scrimmage this season), and Theo Riddick, a 23-year-old out of Notre Dame

The Lions could opt to use Riddick a little more in the passing game than they have recently. He's shifty and elusive and can make plays in space. His four receiving touchdowns are tied for the most in the NFC by a running back. Receptions by Lions RBs this season:

40 Bush

34 Riddick

34 Bell

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Lions All-Pro FS Glover Quin led the NFL with seven interceptions. He’s the first Lion to do so since Hall of Famer Lem Barney in 1967. Will Tony Romo complete a pass to Quin today?

[MadHatter]

Stafford is 0-17 on the road against teams with winning records.

Dallas wins big

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The other Dallas receivers:

age 25 WR Terrance Williams (6-2/208 with 4.48 forty, born and raised in Dallas, went to Baylor just south of Dallas) - has 8 TDs and is #4 in NFL with 16.8 yards/rec (last year he was #6 in NFL with 16.7)

age 25 WR Cole Beasley (5-8/174 with a 4.49 forty, born and raised in TX, went to SMU in Dallas) - Beasley is terrific in the slot for Dallas. The Lions have struggled this year against guys like Julian Edelman and Randall Cobb in the slot.

age 32 TE Jason Witten - the 9-time Pro Bowl/6-time All-Pro TE had 703 receiving yards on the year and is the second tight end in NFL history (Tony Gonzalez) with 700-plus receiving yards in 11 consecutive seasons.

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Dallas K Dan Bailey has made 89.8 percent of his field goals (114 of 127), the highest mark in NFL history (min. 100 FGs). His career FG% of 89.764% is 2nd-best in NFL history behind current Ravens kicker Justin Tucker. Bailey went to Oklahoma State where he won the Lou Groza as the best college kicker in the nation

[Goondal]

Stafford is 0-17 on the road against teams with winning records.

Dallas wins big

 

That is pretty incredible.  One has to try to suck that completely.

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NFL ranks of the five NFC defenses left in the playoffs

SEA

#1 total D

#1 scoring D

DET

#2 total D

#3 scoring D

CAR

#10 total D

#21 scoring D

GB

#13 scoring D

#15 total D

DAL

#15 scoring D

#19 total D

[gettlemanjack]

That is pretty incredible. One has to try to suck that completely.

The last time the Lions won on the road in the postseason was in 1957

[Goondal]

The last time the Lions won on the road in the postseason was in 1957

 

I wonder if "Thank God for Cleveland" is the official slogan of the Detroit Lions

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Lions All-Pro FS Glover Quin led the NFL with seven interceptions. He’s the first Lion to do so since Hall of Famer Lem Barney in 1967. Will Tony Romo complete a pass to Quin today?

 

Quin has come a long way from this 

 

[gettlemanjack]

Stafford is 0-17 on the road against teams with winning records.

Dallas wins big

only 0-3 this year:

Cards beat Lions in Arizona to advance to 9-1, best record in NFL at the time

then Patriots: Nobody beats the Patriots in NE

then GB in Lambeau which everyone is terrified of

As for previous years, Stafford didn't have the D he has this year

Cowboys are only 4-4 at home this year and only 2-3 at home vs teams 8-8 or better (lost to 49ers, Cardinals, Eagles, beat Colts and beat Texans in OT)

Also, Stafford went to high school in Dallas, and he is 1-0 in Dallas, a 34-30 comeback win in which the Lions scored the final 17 points.

"It's always fun to back there and play," he said. "I've done it once in my career ... It'll be fun. ... it'll be fun playing in front of a bunch of my friends and family (again)"

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[Goondal]

By the way guys, they have a thread on the main board for this game