Detroit Lions Pro Football Focus grades from win over Pittsburgh Steelers in NFL preseason week 3.
With the Steelers playing several of their starters through the first quarter, the' lineup made of a majority of reserves quickly found themselves in a 14-0 deficit. However, thanks to a timely takeaway and two late touchdown drives, the Lions evened the game heading into the locker room.
Defensive end James Houston was a standout defensively, as he recorded a sack. Houston was the highest-graded Lion in Saturday's game via Pro Football Focus with an 89.7 overall defensive grade. He had three total pressures.got the start under center and finished 12-of-20 for 114 yards a touchdown, an interception and a lost fumble. He showed some dynamic ability, scrambling 10 times for 93 yards.
Defensively, the Lions held the Steelers to just three second half points. Ty Summers led the defensive effort with eight tackles and 1.5 sacks.approaching, Saturday's game was likely the last in a Lions' uniform for the 2024 season for several players. Coach Dan Campbell praised the effort that the players have brought throughout training camp.
"I was proud of the guys. It didn't start real pretty but we finished strong. We got ourselves back in that game, the guys really fought hard," Campbell said. "To see that group, just the way they've adjusted and really doing things the way we do things around here and continuing to grow and coming away with a W. I was really proud of those guys. I told them in the locker room you wish you could keep everybody but that's not the way it works.
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