If only could face the every week.Going into Week 15, the quarterback had a 7-1 career record against the Cardinals, including 3-0 against Kliff Kingsbury, and he continued to terrorize them on Sunday. Goff threw three touchdown pa ses as the Lions beat the Cardinals 30-12 in what might go down as the most shocking upset of the 2021 season.If you're wondering how surprising this win was, just consider this: It since 1970 that the team with the NFL's worst record beat a team with the best record (or tied for the best record) when each team has played at least eight games.On a paper, this game seemed like a total mismatch, but Goff quickly took that paper and set it on fire during a nearly perfect first half where he threw two touchdown pa ses.It was clear pretty early that the Lions might be able to pull off an upset in this game. On their first po se sion, Goff drove them 63 yards for a field goal. The only thing more impre sive than that drive was what the Lions did on the next drive. Starting at his own 7-yard line, Goff led the Lions on a 93-yard jaunt that ended with a 37-yard touchdown pa s to . . to for the touchdown | FOX Detroit Lions (@Lions) Goff has had some trouble taking care of the ball this year, but against Arizona, he was nearly perfect, going 21 of 26 for 216 yards and three touchdowns. His best throw of the day probably came on his second touchdown when he threaded the needle just before halftime to hit with a 22-yard score. Right on target for a touchdown! | FOX Detroit Lions (@Lions) The fact that Goff was so thoroughly able to outduel was just as much of a surprise as the Lions' win itself.The win over the Cardinals is a testament to what Dan Campbell is doing in Detroit. This team could have quit on him at any point this season -- you know, like the did to Urban Meyer -- but every week, he has this team playing hard, and every week, it seems capable of po sibly pulling off an upset. This upset was especially surprising in part because Arizona hadn't lost a road game all season. Unfortunately for the Lions, there's actually a downside to winning and that's the fact that they no longer control the path to the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. With the Jaguars losing, the Jags are now in line to get the pick if they lose out.Alright Sergei Bobrovsky Jersey , let's get to the grades for every game from Week 15. If you're looking for a deeper dive on Kansas City's wild win over the that was played on Thursday, .C- One reason the have been so good this year is because they don't generally make a lot of costly mistakes, but they made a lot of them on Saturday night. In what was easily the ugliest mistake of the night for New England, the blocked a Patriots punt in the first quarter and returned it for a touchdown. also threw interceptions, including one that came inside of Indy's 15-yard line just before the end of the first half. Although the Patriots' defense got gashed up by , the performance wasn't as bad as it looked. Before Taylor's 67-yard TD run with 2:01 left to play, the Patriots' defense had only surrendered 210 yards of total offense in the game. Despite getting a decent defensive effort for most of the game, Bill Belichick is probably going to be fuming all week after his team's overall performance.A- The Colts' formula for winning games this season has been pretty simple: Give the ball to Taylor on offense and then let their defense do the rest. Once again, that formula worked like a charm. Taylor steamrolled the Patriots' defense for 170 yards, including a 67-yard TD with two minutes left to play that iced the win. The Colts are now 8-0 this year when Taylor rushes for 100 yards or more. Defensively, the Colts came up with multiple big plays, including two interceptions. And the biggest surprise of the game came from , who recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a Colts touchdown. Heading into
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