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4 takeaways from the Lions win over the Vikings

It’s over. It’s finally over. The Detroit Lions are in the win column.

Months have led to this moment—sadly—but the pressure of being winless has been lifted. The Lions’ season is anything but saved, but that first big hurdle of the rebuild is gone. That locker room is surely ecstatic to get Dan Campbell his first win as a full-time head coach, and to do so in walk-off fashion is incredible.

What takeaways can be had from the Lions’ victory over the Vikings?

Good things happen when you throw downfield

Jared Goff’s previous two games resulted in a mere 285 passing yards combined.