Lions Continue Roll; Slam Denver 44-7 at Home

Posted by Matt Loede on November 4th, 2007 filed in Game Stories

The Lions are a team on a roll, and right now, it looks like they are rolling right to the postseason.  Once again on Sunday at home against the overmatched  Broncos, the Lions defense did in Denver in a route, winning 44-7 to improve to 6-2.  The win showed once again that the Lions are a team to be contended with, as they used a stifling defense led by Shaun Rogers who had 2.5 sacks and a pick that he took back 66 yards for a score that made it 36-0.  Jon Kitna led the Lions offense with 252 yards and two scores, playing mistake free ball.

Detroit led just 3-0 at the end of one, but then slowly started to build on their lead, and by the half led 16-0.  They used a big day from kicker Jason Hanson, who had three field goals, including a 53-yard boomer that made it 6-0.  Dewayne White made it 23-0 early in the third quarter with a fumble recovery of Ramsey for a score, and then Kitna put the game away as he hit Shaun McDonald for a 49-yard score with 6:35 to go in the third quarter to make it 30-0.

The Lions run defense also was on Sunday, as they held the Broncos to just 47 yards on 16 carries, a 2.9 yards per carry average.  As long as the Broncos are not getting much from their rushing game, wins are going to be hard to come by.  They continue to look like a team that has sparks of effort, but overall are not able to put together 60 minuets of good football. Sunday they didn’t put together five good minutes.

Next week the Lions are at Arizona to take on a struggling Cards team that has lost three straight.