Game Overview: Patriots at Lions

PATRIOTS OF NEW ENGLAND (1-1) AT DETROIT LIONS (0-2)
Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 20:20 ET. Ford Field (64,500)

The New England Patriots will play three of their next four games on national television starting Sunday night, when they travel to Detroit to face the Lions at Ford Field. After the Lions game, the Patriots will return home to face Miami with 13h. Departure, followed by Indianapolis at home on a Thursday night and culminating with a Sunday night football game at home against Kansas City.

This week's match marks the second time in three weeks that Bill Belichick will face one of his former assistants. The Patriots defeated Bill O-Brien and the Houston Texans in the first week and now face former defensive coordinator Matt Patricia, who has spent the past 14 seasons with the Patriots.

The New England Patriots will travel to Detroit to face the Lions for the first time since a Thanksgiving match in 2010, a game that the Patriots won 45-24 on November 25, 2010. This week's game will be the first Patriots and Lions Place The Lions returned to Gillette Stadium on November 23, 2014 and lost 34-9.

The Patriots lead the series of the regular season by a margin of 7-4. The last two clashes on the New England road against Detroit took place at Thanksgiving in 2002 and 2010

This week's match marks the second time in three weeks that Bill Belichick will face one of his former assistants. The Patriots defeated Bill O-Brien and the Houston Texans in the first week and now face former defensive coordinator Matt Patricia, who has spent the past 14 seasons with the Patriots.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady made his NFL debut against the Lions in the Pontiac Silverdome on Thanksgiving Day in 2000. Brady entered the game in the fourth quarter and completed one. three passes for 6 yards.

Overall record, 7-4

Overall at home, 3-2

• Schaefer / Sullivan / Foxboro Stadium, 2-2
• Gillette Stadium, 1-0

Overall on the road, 3-2

• Pontiac Silverdome, 1-2
• Ford Field, 2-0

The Patriots are 28-18 in Sunday night football. The Patriots were 2-0 on Sunday night in 2017 with wins against Atlanta and Denver.

Quarterback Tom Brady is 19-10 in 29 games with Sunday Night Football.

His best statistical performance at Sunday Night Football came in Week 10 of the 2007 season when he made 31 passes and 39 assists for 37 yards and five touchdowns, including four to WR Randy Moss, in a loss of 56-10 against the Buffalo Bills. at Ralph Wilson Stadium (11/18).

Brady threw more than 300 yards 13 times in Sunday night's games.

IF PATRIOTS WIN …

• The Patriots will improve to 8-4 against the Detroit Lions and 3-0 at Ford Field.
• They will improve to 46-6 (.884) in regular season in games after a loss (since 2003). The Patriots lost two consecutive games in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015 (twice).
• The team will have a 52-13 (.800) record against the NFC teams since the realignment in 2002, which is the NFL's best inter-conference record at the time.
• The Patriots will hold a 29-18 record on Sunday Night Football, including a 17-9 mark on NBC and a 73-49 record in primetime matches.
• Bill Belichick will win his 15th victory against a former assistant coach in his first meeting with Matt Patricia. His current record against former assistants becoming head coaches is 13-8 in the regular season (14-8 of all time).
• Tom Brady will remain undefeated against the Lions and improve his mark at 5-0 in the regular season as a starter. Brady currently holds a perfect record against six teams including Atlanta (5-0), Chicago (4-0), Dallas (4-0), Detroit (4-0), Minnesota (4-0) and Tampa Bay (4 -0).
• Tom Brady can extend his own NFL record to 225 career wins by a quarterback. Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri currently has 226 career wins.
• Tom Brady will win his 90th road win in the regular season, extending his own NFL record. Peyton Manning is second with 85 road victories.

Robert Kraft won his 299th game as owner of the New England Patriots in the first game of the 2018 season against Houston and hopes to win his 300th game this Sunday against Detroit. Kraft has a chance to reach the milestone of its 25th season in the NFL and its 431st game, the fastest that a landowner will have reached the milestone. Pat Bowlen of Denver has won 300 career victories in 30 seasons and 501 games, while Al Davis of Oakland has achieved the feat in 31 seasons in 495 games.

TELEVISION: This week's game will be broadcast by NBC and can be seen locally on NBC 10 Boston. Al Michaels will be playing homework with Cree Collinsworth as a color analyst. Michele Tafoya will work on the margins. The game will be produced by Fred Gaudelli and led by Drew Esocof.

NATIONAL RADIO: The Sunday night game will be broadcast to a national audience on Westwood One. Kevin Kugler will call it with play with Mike Mayock provide analysis. Larry Costigan will be the on-site producer.

LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 The sports center is the flagship station of the network of patriots. You will find a complete list of the 41 stations of the network here. Diffuser by game Bob Socci will call the action with the former quarter Patriots Scott Zolak, which will provide a color analysis. The games are produced by Marc Cappello.