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Stafford led the league with an aggressiveness percentage of 24.4, meaning he was frequently throwing into tight coverage, a trend that Head Coach Mike Zimmer noted last Wednesday. Cousins’ percentage in the category was 11.8 (19th).
This is a definition of aggressiveness from Next Gen Stats:
Aggressiveness tracks the amount of passing attempts a quarterback makes that are into tight coverage, where there is a defender within one yard or less of the receiver at the time of completion or incompletion. AGG is shown as a % of attempts into tight windows over all passing attempts.
Stafford’s 47-yard pass to Marvin Hall ranked fourth in improbable completion percentage (21.6), and his 10-yard touchdown to Marvin Jones, Jr., ranked 20th (30.9). Cousins’ 27-yarder to Stefon Diggs ranked 12th (28.1).
The Vikings were able to record six pass breakups on the day, but the Lions did not have one.
2. The long and short of it
Cousins took advantage of Detroit selling out to stuff the run by targeting Diggs against 1-on-1 coverage late in the fourth quarter.
The gain in the box score was 66 yards, but Diggs ran a total of 102.3 yards on the play, which ranked second in the NFL behind former teammate Cordarrelle Patterson’s kickoff return for a touchdown (130.5).