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Any Given Sunday: Lions over Skins

By Vince Verhei
Football Outsiders

Monday, September 28, 2009

In Any Given Sunday, Football Outsiders examines the most surprising result of each NFL weekend. For Week 3, they focus on the Detroit Lions over the Washington Redskins. Last season, the game plan for beating the Lions was easy: wait for them to beat themselves. On Sunday, that was turned upside down. The Redskins outgained the Lions 390 yards to 381 -- and averaged more yards per run and per pass. The Lions, however, played smarter football and made fewer mistakes, resulting in their firs ...

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