Sunday was a breakthrough performance; not just for Kerryon Johnson, but the entire Detroit Lions running game.
We haven’t seen that kind of rushing attack for quite some time. There are so many ways to quantify how impressive the Lions’ 248-yard performance was against the Dolphins, but instead of pointing out just one or two Justin Tucker-esque eye-opening statistics, let’s dump a whole bunch of them in one spot and revel in the awesomeness of having established a running game.
The Lions’ 248 rushing yards on Sunday was the the third-best rushing performance (by yards) of any team in the NFL.