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The Saints didn’t squander an opportunity to get back in the race for the NFC South because only decent teams are in the playoff race in December. One stat can sum it all up for you: Drew Brees failed to throw a touchdown pass at home for the first time in 7 years.

The Lions improved to 8-4 on the season.

With the loss, the Saints fall to 5-7 on the season.

Stafford’s 104.1-passer rating is the sixth best behind Marcus Mariota (117.7), Dak Prescott (114.5), Brady (113.1), Drew Brees (108.4) and Matt Ryan (105.2).

“We just did what we do”.

“Great win”, safety Glover Quin said. The Lions controlled the clock for almost 37 minutes and limited the potent Saints offense to just 369 yards and one touchdown. Detroit owns a 13-6 lead at the half.

The Lions have now won more games this season, with four weeks to play, than in all but two seasons since 2000. This was the third time in his past four games he had at least 75 yards receiving and the seventh time in the past nine games he’s done that.

“Our defense, giving up 13 to that group, is pretty incredible, ” Stafford said. Detroit is seeking its first division title since 1993.

Some observers were up in arms after Cooks exited last week’s game against the Los Angeles Rams with zero targets.

On Detroit’s opening series, cornerback Sterling Moore dropped a deflected pass near the sideline with no one between him and the end zone. With Jeremy Maclin out, Spencer Ware, Tyreek Hill, and Travis Kelce look to be the only relevant pass catchers in this offense, and since Atlanta allows the fifth most fantasy points to opposing tight ends, Kelce should be in line for a big day.

This time, however, the Lions pulled away for their most comfortable victory of the season after seven previous victory margins of one to seven points.

The Saints got off to a rocky start, going with an empty backfield on third-and-a-foot, but Brees fumbled the shotgun snap for a 20-yard loss. “I mean, this guy just found a way – I don’t know what it was, head cold or something – but just found a way”, said Tate, according to MLive.com. New Orleans chucks around the ball better than anyone, but Stafford has looked good enough that the Lions can keep up in a track meet, especially against a suspect Saints pass defense.

LIONS 3-0: After opening the game with a defensive stop, Matt Prater hit a 27-yard field goal to give the Lions a 3-0 lead with 8:14 left in the first quarter.

Peyton Manning and Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre are the only players in league history with more passing yards and touchdown strikes than the prolific Brees.

That score stood until 13:32 left in the game, when John Kuhn dove over from 1 yard out, allowing the Saints to close to within 19-13.

“Like Coach said, we can’t be that yo-yo team”. “After the one that kind of went off his hands early on, he came back and made some real nice catches for us and some big, big-time plays”.

A Lion win over the Chicago Bears next week puts the Packers in position of having to win out to even have a chance at overtaking the Lions for the division crown. Kwon Alexander leads the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with 97 tackles, Gerald McCoy has seven sacks and Bradley McDougald has two interceptions.

With his latest game without a turnover, Stafford has thrown just one interception in his past eight games.