Sep 16, 2024
Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images Check out this stock report after the Lions lose a close one to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Detroit Lions won both matchups against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last season, but for the Bucs, the third time was the charm. They held off the Lions’ attempt at late game heroics to walk away with a 20-16 win at Ford Field, putting the Lions at 1-1. Let’s take a look at your movers for the week: Stock up: Aidan Hutchinson, EDGE Stats: 5 tackles, 4.5 sacks If you were watching this game with no knowledge of either team, it would be hard for anyone to jump off the screen more than Hutchinson did. He had three sacks in the first ten minutes of the game, and would finish the day with 4.5, including a forced fumble. Hutchinson made quick work of whatever tight end or running back tried to chip him and slow down his pass rush, in addition to giving Tampa Bay’s right tackle a long afternoon. We’ve said all offseason that Hutchinson is good, and the Lions need him to be great. On Sunday, he was great. Stock down: Terrion Arnold, DB Stats: 1 tackle Almost anytime something bad happened to the Lions defense on Sunday, Arnold was in the vicinity. He was picked on from the opening drive, getting tagged with a 41-yard pass interference penalty—that I thought was a weak call, but that doesn’t matter. The Bucs didn’t let up from there, looking Arnold’s way often throughout the game and the rookie corner making silly mistakes, like a third-quarter facemask penalty. Arnold is young and is bound to make rookie mistakes, but the early returns have not been pretty. Stock up: Derrick Barnes, LB Stats: 5 tackles, 1 pass defense After trying his hand at several positions on the defense since last season, Derrick Barnes has finally found his home. He has looked phenomenal through two weeks as the Lions’ defensive edge-setter, especially in the run game. Barnes shows a very high intellect by not biting on play fakes and maintaining edge discipline, which is the type of thing we don’t usually appreciate until it fails to happen. There were several runs by the Bucs on Sunday where Barnes was the last line of defense at the first level, and he stuffed them for little to no gain thanks to his discipline. Of course, Barnes also had a key pass breakup on the Bucs’ last offensive drive to give the Lions another timeout once they got the ball back. It’s really hard to teach that kind of play recognition, and Barnes is becoming a key part of this defense rather quickly. Stock down: Jared Goff, QB Stats: 34/55, 307 yards, 2 INT; 2 carries, 5 yards The box score isn’t going to tell the whole story once again today, with Jared Goff spending another Sunday forcing his receivers to split time playing defensive back. Goff looked shaky and uncertain, locking on receivers too early instead of taking what the defense gave him. Much like last week, Goff was more aggressive with the football, pushing it to the sidelines and occasionally downfield. The problem is that he looks completely uncomfortable doing so, and it’s a toss-up of whether those passes are going to a wide open receiver or a wide open defensive back. There were several instances of the latter on Sunday, and Goff was lucky that most of them were dropped. I will say that there was some good with Goff. He can’t really be faulted with the first interception since Jameson Williams was clotheslined in the middle of the route. Goff didn’t hesitate to go back to Jamo, and found him for a 50-yard gain deep down the sideline on a perfect throw. However, Goff got antsy as the game went on, and whatever goodwill he established was erased by the time Goff threw his wide open receivers into the dirt on the last offensive play of the game. Stock down: Ben Johnson, OC Goff didn’t look great Sunday, but Ben Johnson didn’t do him many favors either. Johnson struggled in Week 1, extending his infamous “turd quarter” into the entire second half of the game, and he did the same this week. The Buccaneers lost Vita Vea to injury relatively early on, and instead of doubling down on the run game, Ben Johnson often dialed up short passes that usually wound up as dumpoffs to running backs. As Goff got shaky, Ben Johnson did little to change up the gameplan. There wasn’t much creativity in the red zone, either. The Lions finished with just one touchdown on the day despite seven(!) trips to the red zone, and that lands squarely on Johnson’s shoulders. Stock up: Jameson Williams, WR Stats: 5 receptions, 79 yards; 1 carry, 15 yards It was another strong and, more importantly, versatile showing from Jamo on Sunday. He’s continuing to expand his toolbox and show strength and intellect with the way he plays. The most impressive play of the game for me was his 50-yard reception in the first quarter, in which he displayed an ability to track the deep ball that he simply didn’t have last year. The next most impressive play was on the Lions’ late fourth down conversion, where Jamo took out two Bucs defenders, one of which was former All-Pro linebacker Lavonte David. If Jamo doesn’t double up on his blocks, there’s a good chance David meets Jahmyr Gibbs in the hole. Jamo continues to live up to the preseason hype, and is already inching from number two receiver status to more of a number 1B receiver. Stock down: Frank Ragnow, C It wasn’t Ragnow’s best game, and when Ragnow isn’t on top of his game, it shows. The Lions struggled to create space in the interior run game, even after Vita Vea’s departure. Ragnow was especially a liability down the stretch, picking up a holding penalty in the red zone in the fourth quarter and then missing a block on a screen that otherwise would’ve given Jahmyr Gibbs a clear path to the end zone. Quick hits Stock up Sione Vaki, RB: Vaki was the receiver on the fake punt, which shows an immense amount of trust from this coaching staff so early on in his career. Brian Branch, DB: Branch was probably the Lions’ third-best defender on the day, which is astonishing considering he was flying all over the field and nabbed the lone interception for the Lions defense. Jake Bates, K: Bates scored the majority of the Lions’ points, going 3/3 on the day. Debating whether or not to read into the decision not to attempt a 58-yarder in the fourth quarter. Jahmyr Gibbs, RB: Gibbs looked much stronger after contact than he did in Week 1, and the box score reflected it. I’m feeling much better about his hamstring being recovered now that he looks the part. Stock neutral Tim Patrick, WR: It was good to have Patrick’s presence, as the offense didn’t feel as condensed when he was on the field. Goff’s last interception appeared to be intended for Patrick, who was nowhere near the ball, but that’s not certain. Stock down Dan Campbell, HC: Campbell took responsibility for the botched personnel management at the end of the half, wasting a Brian Branch interception. Hard to say if that lands on him or Dave Fipp or someone else, but not a good look. Malcolm Rodriguez, LB: Rodrigo didn’t play much defense, but his lowlight of the day was whiffing badly on a Baker Mayfield scramble to give up a late first down.
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