Lions Roar Past Titans: Goff Sets Records, Raymond Shines in Historic 52-14 Victory
The Detroit Lions defeated the Tennessee Titans, 52-14, in Week 8 and have scored 172 points in their past four games (Weeks 4, 6-8), the most points by a team in a four-game span since the 2019 Baltimore Ravens (172 points from Weeks 9-12).
Lions quarterback Jared Goff recorded a 129.9 passer rating on Sunday and became the third player in NFL history with a passer rating of 125-or-higher in four consecutive games (minimum 15 attempts per game), joining Russell Wilson (five straight games in 2015) and Ryan Tannehill (four in 2019).
Goff has 42 career games with a passer rating of 110-or-higher, the second-most such games by a player in his first nine seasons in NFL history. Only Russell Wilson (63 games) has more.
Goff has completed 83 percent of his pass attempts (88 of 106) in his past five games, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning [80.2 percent (105 of 131) from Weeks 13-17, 2008] for the highest completion percentage by a player in a five-game span (minimum 100 attempts) in NFL history.
Detroit wide receiver Kalif Raymond, with 190 punt return yards (including a 90-yard punt-return touchdown and a 64-yard punt return) and a touchdown reception on Sunday, became the fourth player in NFL history with at least 150 punt-return yards, a punt-return touchdown and a touchdown reception in a game, joining Travis Benjamin (Sept. 20, 2015), Jermaine Lewis (Dec. 7, 1997) and Steve Smith Sr. (Dec. 8, 2002).
This truly was a revenge game for Raymond who was on the Titans twice in his career. He came to the Lions after his second stint with the Titans back in 2021. He was playing possessed.
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