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The Cheat Sheet: Matthew Stafford vs. Jaguars’ red zone defense

The Detroit Lions have scored 10 touchdowns on 18 red zone attempts through their first four games of the season.

They rank 22nd in the NFL with just over a 55 percent touchdown red zone scoring percentage. That’s up from 28th at the beginning of October when they were only scoring touchdowns at 46 percent.

And it was a particular focus of the Lions after the first few games of the season, too.

“It’s just execution,” quarterback Matthew Stafford said in late September. “Throwing and catching and blocking, making runs and run reads and all that stuff.