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The Lions became only the second NFL team of the post-merger era to go winless without a tie in the regular season, and the first to go 0–16. [note 4] The Lions ended 2008 having lost 23 of their last 24 regular-season games, going back to the previous season, and a total of seventeen consecutive regular season losses. [note 5]
First NFL quarterback to defeat 32 franchises: Brett Favre vs. Green Bay Packers; October 5, 2009 [150] [167] First NFL quarterback to reach 100 career wins (regular season): Johnny Unitas vs. Green Bay Packers; November 9, 1969; First NFL quarterback to reach 150 career wins (regular season): Brett Favre vs. San Diego Chargers; September 23, 2007
Jared Goff (2021–present). These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League.They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Lions.
Current Lions quarterback Jared Goff currently ranks fifth in team history, but should move into second place by the end of the season. — Jim Reineking. NFL team-by-team passing yardage leaders ...
[15] [3] [4] The Lions were the first franchise to finish a full (non-strike shortened) regular season with no wins or ties, since the move to sixteen regular season games in 1978, going 0–16 during the 2008 NFL season. [16]
Despite the Lions' failures and the fact that five different quarterbacks played during the year, Johnson finished as one of the strongest wide receivers statistically for the 2008 season, finishing fifth in receiving yards (1,331) and 7th in receiving yards per game (83.2), and leading the league in receiving touchdowns (12), despite the fact ...
Hanson retired from the Lions in 2013; no NFL player played as many games (327) with the same team as Hanson, breaking the old record of 296 held by Bruce Matthews in Week 2 of the 2011 season vs. the Kansas City Chiefs. At the beginning of the 2012 season, he set the record for most years with the same club with 21 seasons.
NFL regular season career passing yards leaders Rank Player Yds GP YPG Team(s) Seasons Refs; 1 Tom Brady: 89,214 335 266.3 New England Patriots: 2000–2019 [3] [4] Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 2020–2022: 2 Drew Brees: 80,358 287 280 San Diego Chargers: 2001–2005 [3] [5] New Orleans Saints: 2006–2020: 3 Peyton Manning † 71,940 266 270.5 ...