Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has mirrored about many issues since having his 2024 season finish in Week 9 due to a hamstring tear.
That features having a look round the remainder of the NFC and appreciating a number of the excessive stage soccer round being performed across the league. When requested on Tuesday who his high NFC contenders are, Prescott named only one crew as being head and shoulders above the remainder: the 11-1 Detroit Lions. His causes for his choice included the assorted methods they’ve received with quarterback Jared Goff throwing for as many incompletions as touchdowns in some weeks (Week 8 vs. the Tennessee Titans) or throwing 5 interceptions (Week 10 on the Houston Texans). Detroit additionally made fairly an impression when the Lions smacked the Cowboys 47-9 in Week 6.
“Proper now, I feel it is onerous to look any additional than Detroit,” Prescott instructed CBS Sports activities on Tuesday. “Simply clearly with the way in which that they are enjoying, the momentum that they’ve carried it from final yr into this yr with the crew that they are, they’re capable of put on the market on the sphere. Clearly, the way in which that they dealt with us at right here at residence [in Week 6] performs half in me selecting these guys. They’re lights out. You watch that offense, you watch a crew the place quarterback goes and places these numbers up and has two incompletions and 6 touchdowns or no matter they usually win by quite a bit. Then, they arrive again and the man could throw 5 interceptions and the crew nonetheless finds a option to win is spectacular to the teaching and to that complete outfit. So they have it proper now.”
Detroit is on tempo for his or her greatest common season on franchise historical past, only one win away from tying their most wins in a season (12, which they did in 1991 and in 2023). Their present 11-1 begin is their greatest 12-game starting to a season in crew historical past, and their present 10-game profitable streak is tied for his or her longest in Lions historical past, together with a 10-game streak that they had again within the 1934 season.
The Lions additionally at present possess the No. 1 scoring offense (31.9 factors per recreation) and the No 2 scoring protection (16.9 factors per recreation) this season. If they’ll enhance upon this tempo and run their scoring protection’s manufacturing to the highest of the league, then they’ll anticipate to be hoisting their first Vince Lombardi trophy as Tremendous Bowl champions on the finish of the 2024 season. Solely two groups for the reason that 1970 AFL/NFL merger have completed with the NFL’s No. 1 scoring offense and No. 1 scoring protection, per CBS Sports activities Analysis. These groups have been the 1972, good season Miami Dolphins and the 1996 Inexperienced Bay Packers, each of whom received the Tremendous Bowl of their respective such seasons.
