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. . Tim Twentyman brings all the news from the Detroit Lions 37:35 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

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If it was the last Sunday, we will see the recipient Marvin Jones Jr. . He finished his term in style in a Detroit Lions uniform.

Jones came to Detroit as a priority free agent five years ago after Calvin Johnson retired. He’s been very consistent since arriving and is looking forward to his second shot at Free Agency at the age of 30.

Since the 2017 season, Jones has received a total of 32 touchdowns, the seventh most in the NFL in that period.

He caught eight passes for 180 yards with two touchdowns on Sunday in Detroit’s 37:35 loss to the Vikings. He had undone another touchdown on a questionable call. His great performance Sunday gives him 76 receptions a year for 978 yards and nine scores.

« Marv was hot early and I wanted to keep feeding him, » said quarterback Matthew Stafford about Jones after the game. « I was just happy for him, man. He’s been a really good player to us for five years and I’ve enjoyed playing with him and we’ll see what happens who knows but this guy is an amazing talent, a great friend of mine and a great teammate. Just glad he had a great day. «

Jones said this week he was looking forward to a vacant agency but also said he wouldn’t rule out any scenario, including a re-signing with Detroit.

It’s been a tough season for the Lions ‘defense, but one of the few bright spots has been the veterans’ constant game against Romeo Okwara. The Lions adopted Okwara prior to the 2018 season by waiver.

Okwara turns 10 on Sunday. Sack of the season and is only the sixth Lions player to record at least 10 since 1999. 0 bags in one season.

Okwaras 10. 0 sacks are a new career high (7. 5 in 2018). He is the first Nigerian-born player in NFL history to produce a double-digit sack season. He also joins James Hall (2004) as the only vacant player in team history to produce a 10-sack season.

« I definitely felt good getting this, » Okwara said after playing his 10th game. Sacks of the season. « That has always been a goal of mine. It was something I worked for all the off-season. I prepared very well all season and could see some things on the field. «

Okwara said he thought he left a lot of games on the field too and thinks this is just the beginning of many productive years for him.

Okwara is an unrestricted free agent this off-season and has likely made some money off the consistency he’s shown this season.

It was an inconsistent season for Lions kicker Matt Prater in 2020, but he set an impressive record in the season finale against Minnesota on Sunday.

Prater scored a 54-yard field goal in the second quarter, his 59th. Career field goal of more than 50 yards that Sebastian Janikowski overtook for the best ever in NFL history.

Prater ends the year 21 of 28 with field goals and 38 against 41 after a missed Sunday.

The 36-year-old Prater is an unrestricted free agent this off-season. He stated this week that he would prefer to sign with Detroit again.

Safety Tracy Walker was called on a fourth and a sack of Kirk cousins in the fourth quarter for a very questionable roughing up of the passerby penalty that could have changed the game’s complexion. Minnesota would score two games later to take a 37-29 lead in the eventual win.

« Typically, one of the categories for roughing the passerby is full body weight, with the tackler landing his full body weight on the quarterback, » Hill said. « That’s the category this piece falls into. «

Hill was asked by pool reporter Paula Pasche whether or not Walker’s dynamic and cousin churn played a role in the call.

« The momentum doesn’t matter and the subsequent roll doesn’t matter, » said Hill. « It is this first contact with the ground. If you roll off after that, it will not remove the foul. «

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