Last Week: 6

Week 10 Result: Won at Los Angeles Chargers 41-38

Who doesn’t love a good old-fashioned shootout?

On Sunday in Los Angeles, we got one of those games where the last team that possessed the ball wound up winning. That happened to be the Detroit Lions, who piled up a whopping 533 yards of offense against the Chargers, including 200 yards on the ground at 6.5 yards per carry. In the game, Jared Goff threw for 333 yards and a pair of touchdowns without an interception. Goff isn’t considered among the league’s best at the position, but after the game, head coach Dan Campbell told reporters that Detroit has an elite option under center as far as he’s concerned. “All I know is he’s playing at a high level for us, and we’re winning games because of him,” Campbell said. “I would say he’s certainly up there (among the best QBs). I don’t know who that would be, but I like that guy. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we’ve got a quarterback, and thank God we do.” In Goff, the Lions have a quarterback who has played in a Super Bowl. Detroit’s ground game and offensive line are as good as any in the NFL. The Chargers lit up the Lions defense, but the unit is vastly better than last year’s bunch. These Lions are for real. And they don’t play another team with a winning record until road games at Minnesota and Dallas in late December.