Mr. do it all: Safety Brian Branch showed again why he's so valuable to this defense with his versatility. Branch led Detroit with seven tackles in their 44-22 win vs. Washington Sunday and recorded 1.5 sacks and a tackle for loss.

Speed kills: Jameson Williams’ speed is so special that the Lions use him a lot to try and take the top off the defense, but that speed also plays in the short and intermediate parts of the field on crossers when defensive backs are tasked with trying to run step for step with Williams horizontally.

Williams finished with six catches for 119 yards and a touchdown on one of those crossers. Williams said after the game they expected a lot of man and match coverage and him running away from defensive backs on those crossers was a big part of the game plan c

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