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Tale of Two Halves as Lions Collapse in 2nd Half

Posted on February 21, 2013 at 04:12 PM.

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Although the Lions were unable to hold on for a victory over the Ravens Friday night, they played like the better team. In the 1st quarter when both teams played their starters, Detroit dominated both on offense and defense. It looked like the Lions were poised to take an early lead on the first possession but a Kevin Smith fumble in the redzone led to a Ravens field goal. Stafford would answer though with a 61 yard TD pass to Nate Burleson to take the lead. On the Ravens first play of their next drive Joe Flacco threw it right into the hands of CB Don Coleman who took it to the house 29 yards for the score and a 14-3 lead. Detroit would take a 20-3 lead into the locker-room at the break.

In the second half both teams exchanged field goals to make it 23-6. Then back-up QB Tyrod Taylor got hot connecting on 8 of 9 passes including a 5 yard strike to Tommy Streeter to make it 23-13 going into the 4th. The Lions were unable to get anything going offensively in the 2nd half largely due to their 3 turnovers. On the ensuing Ravens drive rookie RB Bernard Pierce broke into open field for a 52 yard TD bringing the Ravens within 3. Rookie QB Kellen Moore had a chance to run out the clock for the Lions but he was unable to connect on a 3rd down pass that would have ended the game as the Ravens got the ball back with less than 2 minutes remaining. Taylor led Baltimore down the field and into field goal position but on the very next play Pierce broke open another huge run this one for 22 yards and a touchdown to give the Ravens a 27-23 lead. That score would prove to be the final score as Moore in desperation threw a interception on 4th down.

Coach Fanko when asked about his team's performance had this to say, "You never like to lose no matter if it's regular season or preseason but our starters played well and we got out of here without any injuries so I can't say I'm too disappointed". He also said that the Lions RB battle is still wide open after a much better effort from both Smith and Leshore but both suffered fumbles as well.

Detroit Lions at Baltimore Ravens
Aug 17, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Detroit Lions (1-1)	14	6	3	0	23
Baltimore Ravens (2-0)	3	0	10	14	27

Team Stats Comparison
	DET	BAL
Total Offense	368	429
Rushing Yards	97	172
Passing Yards	271	257
First Downs	14	14
Punt Return Yards	48	40
Kick Return Yards	132	106
Total Yards	548	575
Turnovers	4	1
3rd Down Converstion	2	10
4th Down Conversion	1	1
2-Point Conversion	0	0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1/1	0/1
Penalties	2/30	4/42
Posession Time	19:43	40:17

Detroit Lions
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
M. Stafford	5/8	126	1	0
S. Hill	7/21	113	0	1
K. Moore	4/9	40	0	1
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
K. Smith	8	53	6.6	0
M. Leshore	8	31	3.9	0
J. Bell	6	13	2.2	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
C. Johnson	3	75	25.0	0
J. Dillard	4	69	17.3	0
N. Burleson	2	63	31.5	1
T. Toliver	2	25	12.5	0
T. Scheffler	3	22	7.3	0
B. Pettigrew	1	17	17.0	0
R. Broyles	1	8	8.0	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
D. Hogue	12	0	0	0
T. Lewis	7	0	0	0
L. Delmas	5	0	0	0
A. Spievey	5	0	0	0
D. Coleman	4	0	1	1
L. Jackson	4	2	0	0

Baltimore Ravens
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
J. Flacco	2/5	41	0	1
T. Taylor	23/38	240	1	0
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
A. Allen	19	77	4.1	0
B. Pierce	3	77	25.7	2
R. Rice	8	19	2.4	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
T. Streeter	4	102	25.5	1
A. Allen	8	43	5.4	0
T. Smith	2	41	20.5	0
T. Doss	3	38	12.7	0
D. Pitta	3	34	11.3	0
A. Boldin	2	7	3.5	0
R. Rice	1	6	6.0	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
S. Considne	6	0	1	0
C. Upshaw	5	0	0	0
C. Graham	4	0	1	0
D. Ellerbe	4	0	0	0
J. McClain	4	0	0	0