start<\/a> with 11 touches in the first quarter on eight carries and three receptions, which was the most touches in a first quarter in the league since the release by Christian McCaffrey in Week 15 last season. .<\/p>\nGibbs would finish with 31 total touches, as he recorded five receptions for another 37 receiving yards. On the other hand, the Raiders offense only totaled 157 yards on the evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was fun and it\u2019s nice to know that your coach and your teammates have so much confidence in you,\u201d Gibbs said.<\/p>\n
Over the previous two weeks, the Lions ground game struggled, with just 124 total rushing yards. Against the Raiders (3-5), Detroit rushed for 222 yards as Gibbs found a rhythm.<\/p>\n
Lions quarterback Jared Goff said the performance would be a “nice little stepping stone” for Gibbs as Detroit gets off to a 6-2 start for the first time since 2014.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it was seeing him get into a rhythm,\u201d Goff said of Gibbs. \u201cAs you could see where his workload was kind of on the field, off the field, on the field, off the field, and it was just like, ‘Hey, we’re going to keep giving you the ball .’ And you could see him starting to feel the defense a little better, feel those holes a little better, and he can do some pretty special things in space.<\/p>\n
Detroit enters its bye week with the second-best record in the NFC, and there’s plenty of reason to be optimistic, as the Lions have the fourth-easiest remaining schedule in the NFL based on their opponents’ record (combined winning percentage of 0.421).<\/p>\n
Detroit has five games left in the NFC North after winning six straight division games, tied for its longest such streak since the 1970 merger.<\/p>\n
Coach Dan Campbell said the Lions accomplished their most important goal of “reclaiming our identity” after last week’s blowout loss to the Baltimore Ravens. He said entering Monday’s competition, the Lions’ goal was to refocus and trust their process, which included a bigger role for Gibbs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe felt like we could do some things and we wanted to move Gibbs forward,\u201d Campbell said. “We wanted to be able to establish the run, and you could see he was feeling it. Every week he got a little bit better, a little bit better, and I thought last week was his best game and this week certainly topped it..<\/p>\n
“I think the more he gains confidence in his own abilities, in this league, he’s going to continue to grow, and I think that was kind of the tip of the iceberg, if you will, for what he is able to do. do and I will be able to do.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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