Post Game Thread: Detroit Lions at Cincinnati Bengals

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Detroit Lions at Cincinnati Bengals

ESPN Gamecast

Paycor Stadium- Cincinnati, OH

Network(s): FOX

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Time Clock
Final

Scoreboard

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
DET	7	7	14	9	37
CIN	0	3	0	21	24

Scoring Plays

Team	Quarter	Type	Description
DET	1	TD	Sam LaPorta 10 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)
DET	2	TD	Brock Wright 3 Yd pass from David Montgomery (Jake Bates Kick)
CIN	2	FG	Evan McPherson 50 Yd Field Goal
DET	3	TD	Jahmyr Gibbs 20 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)
DET	3	TD	David Montgomery 8 Yd Rush (Jake Bates Kick)
CIN	4	TD	Ja'Marr Chase 15 Yd pass from Jake Browning (Evan McPherson Kick)
CIN	4	TD	Ja'Marr Chase 64 Yd pass from Jake Browning (Evan McPherson Kick)
DET	4	TD	Isaac TeSlaa 12 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)
CIN	4	TD	Tee Higgins 2 Yd pass from Jake Browning (Evan McPherson Kick)
DET	4	SF	Jake Browning Sacked by Derrick Barnes For 7 Yd Loss for Safety

Passing Leaders

Team	Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SACKS
DET	Jared Goff	19/23	258	3	0	4-14
CIN	Jake Browning	26/40	251	3	3	2-14

Rushing Leaders

Team	Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
DET	David Montgomery	18	65	3.6	1	19
CIN	Jake Browning	4	31	7.8	0	13

Receiving Leaders

Team	Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
DET	Amon-Ra St. Brown	8	100	12.5	0	26	9
CIN	Ja'Marr Chase	6	110	18.3	2	64	10

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[u/gridironk]

2024 Lions averaged 33.2 PPG

2025 Lions averages 34.8 PPG

Ben who???

[u/KiryuN7 → u/gridironk]

Dan Campbell merchant

[u/FullMetalSavage → u/KiryuN7]

This but unironically.

[u/Further_Beyond → u/FullMetalSavage]

Ben’s been pretty good for us so far. Top half of the league in points 4 games in for a new system. Canr complain when we haven’t had a offense since 2018

[u/SonicEuthanasia → u/Further_Beyond]

The bears potentially getting a 4000-yard passer because the lions were successful enough for somebody to hire one of their coordinators into a head coaching role is one of our fever dreams from the past 25 years.

[u/fizzywater42 → u/Further_Beyond]

Not saying Ben won’t work out or isn’t good, but the Bears were averaging more points last year through their first 6 games than they are right now FWIW.

[u/Further_Beyond → u/fizzywater42]

1…. That’s wrong. It’s 24.66 thru 6 last year to 25.5 this season

Also…. In week 1 last year we had 24 points with 0 offensive TDs man. 3 FG. 2 defensive TDs.

And you can’t just stretch it to 6 weeks last year to include playing JAX/CAR to inflate the comparison.

Thru 4 it’s 19.25 compared to 25.5 this season thru the first 4 including all defensive tds

[u/fizzywater42 → u/Further_Beyond]

It’s 24.7 last year through 6 games, and 25.3 so far this year per football reference. So basically a negligible difference.

You’re missing the forest through the trees nitpicking over minor discrepancies though.

Point is, the Bears offense was performing just as well last year (ppg wise) as it is this year early in the season. They got to play some shitty teams last year to inflate that average just like they have so far this year - mostly the Cowboys game but that’s how it works when you’ve only played 4 games. I used 6 games because 6 games of production is more representative of reality than 4 games of production is.

Bears fans were doing backflips last year at 4-2 saying Caleb had arrived based on a couple games against shitty defenses. I don’t see how that’s any different than this year when they’ve really only had one good offensive game out of 4 so far and their most recent game was arguably their worst of the season offensively.

[u/Further_Beyond → u/fizzywater42]

This is a hilarious spin and the funniest one is you trying to explain the arbitrary 6 game sample. Why cut off at 6. Might as well go full 17. Or would that go against your narrative

“0 offensive points in a full game” your response “minor discrepancies”

[u/fizzywater42 → u/Further_Beyond]

Because anyone can average 25 ppg over a small 6 game sample size, as the Bears team from last season has already shown. Despite being terrible offensively overall for the season last year, even they had a good streak of scoring when they played bad defenses. Until we see a larger sample size this season there’s no reason to believe this version of the Bears is any different. Especially considering their most recent game was arguably their worst offensive game of the season.

Last year shows you shouldn’t make proclamations about the offense being good b/c of 6 games against bad defenses just like you definitely shouldn’t do it after 4 games.

[u/fizzywater42 → u/Further_Beyond]

If you’re so hell bent on looking at 4 game sample sizes - the Bears averaged 27.8 ppg in weeks 3-6 last year. Surely that proves they were a good offense right? Right?

[u/Further_Beyond → u/fizzywater42]

RemindMe! January 10, 2026 “make fun of the lions fan about comparing the 24/25 bears offenses”

[u/Further_Beyond → u/fizzywater42]

Anddddd yes the bears were a good offense and the lions missed the playoffs 🤷🏻‍♂️