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Ultimately, the brilliance of Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson was trumped by the Lions' awful defense
posted by Pat Caputo at
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Sunday, January 08, 2012
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For the season, out of 32 teams, these are the Lion's defensive rankings (based on total yards):
23rd total defense
23rd rushing yards
22nd passing yards
21st first downs yielded
(also 21st on total defensive downs)
side note: the Lions were 29th or 3rd from last on total penalty yards.
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