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–Last week, rookie safety Kerby Joseph earned the NFC Defensive Player of the Week. This week he played the worst game of his young career. That’s the rookie life. Zero worries long-term about Joseph shaking off a bad game. They’re going to happen.
–Julian Okwara got toasted on the first play of the game, giving up outside containment and letting Fields rip off a big gain. After that mishap, Okwara played a whale of a game. Two sacks including the game-sealer, another tackle-for-loss and solid containment angles on Fields.
–Michael Badgley barely made the extra point to push the score to 31-30, but it snuck inside the upright. Bears K Cairo Santos missed his final conversion. The Bears cut Badgley for Santos earlier this season after a week where Badgley made four field goals in a win. Sweet payback for the Lions kicker, who remains perfect on placekicks in a Detroit uniform.
–It didn’t show on the stat sheet but I thought John Cominsky played very well at DE.
–The 3-6 Lions took over second place in the NFC North with the win, dropping the Bears to 3-7. Detroit will remain there if the 3-6 Packers lose to the Dallas Cowboys in the late-afternoon game.
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