Lions top Redskins 20-17 on Stafford’s TD pass to Boldin

Our Washington Redskins overcame mistakes, fumbles, motion penalties, and a missed field-goal to finally take the lead on a 19 yard run by quarterback Kirk Cousins.

“They know what it’s all about”. I think I punched it out, and all I saw is that ball squirting on the ground in the end zone. Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Cam Newton, Joe Flacco, Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Ryan, Andrew Luck; these are the names we hear every so often thrown into this category of elitism. Usually, we have a tight end there somewhere. We have a lot of good players on this team. He then squeezed a pass over the middle to the veteran Boldin. It took some time, but Stafford was starting to show that he was ready to take the franchise to the next level. He nearly threw a touchdown earlier, scrambling out to his right because we didn’t get a lot of pressure on him. Brock Osweiler is completing 58.2 percent of his passes for 1,533 yards, eight touchdowns and eight interceptions. Remember the season our Redskins had the 2nd half of 2015, 6-2 with Kirk Cousins leading the entire National Football League with 19 TD’s and only 3 interceptions the last 8 games. Overall, Cousins completed 30 of 39 passes for 301 yards and a touchdown.

Matthew Stafford has led many comebacks in his career, but none as important – nor as impressive – as Sunday. I figured he wasn’t moving forward, so might as well try to punch that ball out or rip it out or do something. “I come in for the other guys, so I am involved”.

Having defensive end Ziggy Ansah back healthy for the second week in a row will help Detroit.

“We’re not giving up the big plays and the touchdowns and the momentum-swinging type plays”, coach Jay Gruden said.

“My first thought was, we probably left him too much time”, he said of his Detroit counterpart.

Washington had three desperation plays on its final drive, but Tahir Whitehead hauled Vernon Davis down after a short gain on a lateral play to seal the victory. “He pushed the center right into Cousins, and I was in for that play, and Kerry jumped on it, and we were all talking about ‘great job, ‘ because that’s a huge game-changing play, as well”. Thompson set career highs with 12 carries and 73 yards rushing. He has thrown for 1,695 yards and nine touchdowns on the season with six interceptions. Football’s such a great team game. 52 of Jones’ yards came on a third quarter grab where he beat Josh Norman deep, making a catch despite interference from Norman. Washington is expected back this week after missing the last two games with a sprained ankle.

Both the Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins have appeared like one of the best NFL’s franchises in their respective divisions. Jones would finish the day with four catches for 94 yards. Norman banged the side of his head on the turf while tumbling over Jones. He matched his number of misses at Detroit, hitting the top of the left upright on a 45-yard attempt in the second quarter. And for the most part, the defense held their own and kept the Redskins in the game as the offense struggled to score points. All of my friends growing up in MI were Lions fans and followed the team closely. The Redskins travel across the pond for a meeting with the Cincinnati Bengals next Sunday. Five of the Lions next eight games are on the road, including at Houston this week and Minnesota the next.