This Sunday, the Detroit Lions start the final stretch of a miserable 2019 season against the 8-4 Minnesota Vikings, who are in the thick of an NFC North title race.
Prior to the divisional matchup, here are four key statistical measures to consider …
That’s the number of rushing yards the Lions are giving up per game since Week 10. It’s good for third-fewest in the NFC and fifth-fewest in the entire NFL over that span.
It’s also a similar trend to 2018 when the Lions’ run defense started slowly and heated up in the second half of the year.