The Detroit Lions proved once again that they are anything but the “same old Lions” on Sunday as they made the visiting Tennessee Titans their latest Ford Field victim.
Detroit rattled off 14, 17 and 21 points in the first three quarters of the game action, respectively, en route to a 52-14 win to improve their record to 6-1 on the season.
Detroit’s last score was the coup de grace for diehard Lions fans who stuck around to watch one of Dan Campbell’s prized rookies set a franchise record.
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Lions rookie Jake Bates, who previously kicked for the United States Football League (USFL) Michigan Panthers, nailed his 11th field goal in 11th tries, setting a new franchise record for most consecutive field goals made to start the season in the process.
Bates’ kick catapulted him past former Lions kicker Riley Patterson in Detroit’s record books.
It was the longest kick of Bates’ first year NFL career and it came amid a flurry of short-field scores by a turnover-crazed Lions defense on the day.