Exhibition Week 2, 2025

played in Buffalo, NY

68 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Detroit Lions	0	10	0	0	-	10
Buffalo Bills	3	7	7	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:34 BUF - Hayden Rodgers 42 field goal
2Q: 12:50 BUF - Ike Fleming 80 run (Hayden Rodgers extra point)
2Q: 05:19 DET - Ernie Fletcher 33 field goal
2Q: 01:32 DET - Bernard Peters 27 pass from Deron Heimulu (Ernie Fletcher extra point)
3Q: 07:18 BUF - Stan Thomason 5 pass from J.C. Giles (Hayden Rodgers extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:34 BUF - Hayden Rodgers 42 field goal
2Q: 12:50 BUF - Ike Fleming 80 run (Hayden Rodgers extra point)
2Q: 05:19 DET - Ernie Fletcher 33 field goal
2Q: 01:32 DET - Bernard Peters 27 pass from Deron Heimulu (Ernie Fletcher extra point)
3Q: 07:18 BUF - Stan Thomason 5 pass from J.C. Giles (Hayden Rodgers extra point)

Team Statistics DET BUF
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 21 11
- by Rushing 8 4
- by Passing 11 6
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 319 269
- Offensive Plays 72 52
- Yards per Play 4.43 5.17
Net Rushing Yards 113 135
- Rushing Attempts 24 26
- Yards per Rush 4.71 5.19
Net Passing Yards 206 134
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 43 - 28 - 2 23 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 226 146
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/20 3/12
- Yards per Pass Play 4.29 5.15
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/13 5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.9 7.4
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/53 5/32
Punt Returns/Yards 1/4 3/26
Kick Returns/Yards 1/19 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/14
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 35
Time of Possession 33:41 26:19

Team Statistics	DET	BUF
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	21	11
- by Rushing	8	4
- by Passing	11	6
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	319	269
- Offensive Plays	72	52
- Yards per Play	4.43	5.17
Net Rushing Yards	113	135
- Rushing Attempts	24	26
- Yards per Rush	4.71	5.19
Net Passing Yards	206	134
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	43 - 28 - 2	23 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	226	146
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/20	3/12
- Yards per Pass Play	4.29	5.15
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/13	5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.9	7.4
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/53	5/32
Punt Returns/Yards	1/4	3/26
Kick Returns/Yards	1/19	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/14
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 20	OWN 35
Time of Possession	33:41	26:19

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:35	OWN 25	5	33	Interception
1	11:02	1:23	OWN 17	3	9	Punt
1	6:28	1:15	OWN 5	3	5	Punt
1	1:28	3:38	OWN 25	9	39	Punt
2	12:28	7:17	OWN 25	13	59	Field Goal
2	3:01	1:43	OWN 32	6	68	Touchdown
3	11:41	2:16	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
3	7:08	8:21	OWN 24	14	48	Missed FG
4	12:08	3:01	OWN 10	5	32	Punt
4	5:46	1:04	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
4	2:14	0:58	OWN 20	5	8	Interception
4	0:40	0:40	OWN 20	3	10	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:25	1:23	OPP 45	3	-7	Punt
1	9:39	3:11	OWN 36	6	11	Punt
1	5:13	3:45	OWN 47	6	28	Field Goal
2	12:50	0:22	OWN 20	1	80	Touchdown
2	5:11	2:10	OWN 25	3	0	Punt
2	1:18	1:18	OWN 25	5	37	Half
3	15:00	3:19	OWN 25	7	28	Punt
3	9:25	2:17	OWN 44	5	56	Touchdown
4	13:47	1:39	OWN 35	3	0	Punt
4	9:07	3:21	OWN 27	6	23	Punt
4	4:42	2:28	OWN 41	4	14	Punt
4	1:16	0:36	OWN 41	3	4	Punt

Game MVP: Ricardo Sawyer, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
D.J. McDaniel	17	78	4.59	13	2
Deron Heimulu	6	32	5.33	12	1
Lawrence Villa	1	3	3.00	3	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Stan Thomason	15	29	1.93	7	0	0
J.C. Giles	4	26	6.50	12	1	0
Nicholas Stuber	4	-10	-2.50	3	0	0
Ike Fleming	2	80	40.00	80	1	1
Dexter Garrett	1	10	10.00	10	1	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Deron Heimulu	28	19	158	5/20	1	34	1	79.1
Lawrence Villa	15	9	68	0/0	0	12	1	43.2

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dexter Garrett	13	11	63	1/4	0	22	0	86.8
J.C. Giles	10	8	83	2/8	1	43	0	134.6

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Timothy Downs	7	10	68	9.71	7	34	0
TE Chris Gordon	5	8	19	3.80	2	6	0
WR T.J. Brook	4	5	43	10.75	7	26	0
TE Alex Schmidgall	3	7	21	7.00	6	14	0
RB D.J. McDaniel	2	2	9	4.50	2	11	0
WR Bernard Peters	2	4	30	15.00	17	27	1
TE Drew Tetreault	2	3	17	8.50	3	9	0
RB Alan Upshaw	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Raul Maggard	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Phil Horton	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Collin Ganser	5	6	44	8.80	29	17	0
WR Gregory Wagner	4	4	28	7.00	31	22	0
TE Jonathan Kovel	2	2	2	1.00	0	3	0
WR David Lauer	2	2	5	2.50	2	6	0
WR Ralph Huffman	2	2	49	24.50	29	43	0
RB Nicholas Stuber	2	2	9	4.50	0	6	0
FB A.J. Bressany	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
RB Stan Thomason	1	1	5	5.00	3	5	1
TE Brady Grant	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Brian Arnold	1	0	0.00	0
CB Levon Murphy	1	14	14.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Deron Heimulu	1	1	0	0

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Carlos Flowers	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jalen Stephenson	6	247	41.2	33.5	52	1

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rodolfo Margraff	8	353	44.1	36.1	50	3

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ernie Fletcher	1/2	0/1	0/0	33	1/1

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Hayden Rodgers	1/1	1/1	0/0	42	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Raul Maggard	1	4	4.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
R.J. Altuna	3	26	8.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Alan Upshaw	1	19	19.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Roberto Gilman	9	2	0.0	25	23
ILB Randy Preston	7	1	0.0	25	23
OLB Diego Sayre	5	1	2.0	17	12
DT Joey Van Pelt	4	1	0.0	24	23
S Brant Jamison	4	1	0.0	25	26
DT Salvador Terrell	3	1	0.0	20	17
DT Daryl Delgado	3	0	0.0	25	25
OLB Donny George	2	0	0.0	9	14
DE Shawn Bickford	2	0	0.0	4	6
OLB Maurice Kariger	1	1	1.0	24	23
S Gus Bauer	1	1	0.0	25	23
S Darrin Giles	1	1	0.0	20	17
TE Alex Schmidgall	1	0	---	---	---
RB D.J. McDaniel	1	0	---	---	---
CB Branden McDermott	1	0	0.0	20	17
DE Tyler Bajorek	1	0	0.0	7	11
CB DeAndre Samuels	1	0	0.0	8	14
S Fernando Hetke	1	0	0.0	1	3
DE Gilbert Alcott	0	2	0.0	5	5

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Kaleb May	8	2	1.0	19	43
S Gus Spencer	8	0	0.0	23	48
OLB Howie Palacios	7	1	0.0	20	40
OLB Ricardo Sawyer	5	2	2.5	24	48
CB R.J. Altuna	5	2	0.0	22	40
OLB Leon Mathis	5	0	0.0	15	32
CB Francisco Boerigter	5	0	0.0	16	39
S Troy Bannan	4	0	0.0	12	25
S Brian Arnold	3	0	0.0	13	32
S Melvin Freeman	2	0	0.0	11	25
DE Winfred Compton	1	0	1.0	18	44
DT Carlos Flowers	1	0	0.5	15	33
ILB Donnie Burkhardt	1	2	0.0	10	17
CB Levon Murphy	1	0	0.0	11	11

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Diego Sayre	2.0	0	12
OLB Maurice Kariger	1.0	0	23
DT Daryl Delgado	0.0	2	25

Buffalo	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Ricardo Sawyer	2.5	0	1	48
DE Winfred Compton	1.0	1	2	44
ILB Kaleb May	1.0	0	0	43
DT Carlos Flowers	0.5	0	1	33
OLB Howie Palacios	0.0	1	0	40
ILB Donnie Burkhardt	0.0	1	0	17
DE Toby Chandler	0.0	1	0	6

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Roberto Gilman	7	0	23
ILB Randy Preston	3	1	23
DT Salvador Terrell	2	0	17
OLB Donny George	2	0	14
CB Branden McDermott	1	1	17
S Gus Bauer	1	0	23
DT Joey Van Pelt	1	0	23
CB DeAndre Samuels	1	0	14
S Fernando Hetke	1	0	3

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Kaleb May	5	0	0	43
S Gus Spencer	4	0	0	48
CB Francisco Boerigter	4	0	0	39
OLB Leon Mathis	3	1	0	32
S Troy Bannan	3	0	0	25
OLB Howie Palacios	3	0	0	40
S Brian Arnold	2	1	1	32
CB R.J. Altuna	2	0	0	40
CB Levon Murphy	1	1	1	11
S Melvin Freeman	1	0	0	25
ILB Donnie Burkhardt	0	1	0	17

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Maurice Hakeem	4	9	1	24	0	48
Collin Franklin	2	2	0	14	1	25
Earl Walton	1	2	0	14	0	25
Cole Lester	1	2	0	14	0	25
Tom McIntyre	1	1	0	6	0	12
Drew Tetreault	1	1	0	13	0	25
Daquan Sonntag	1	1	0	10	0	23
Alan Upshaw	0	0	0	10	3	31
Chris Gordon	0	0	0	6	1	16

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Paul Newhart	1	6	26	0	26
Rod Preston	1	5	26	1	26
Ron Nord	1	2	16	2	12
A.J. Bressany	1	2	7	0	4
Percy Lubienski	0	2	26	0	26
Nicholas Nguyen	0	2	26	0	26
Jonathan Kovel	0	1	19	0	15
Jaylen Alston	0	1	10	0	14

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Maurice Kariger	1	22
Daryl Delgado	1	10
Chris Gordon	1	9

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
R.J. Altuna	1	22
Brian Arnold	1	14

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Maurice Hakeem	24	48	---	---	8	80
Alex Schmidgall	15	39	---	---	23	77
Maurice Kariger	---	---	24	23	22	69
D.J. McDaniel	24	39	---	---	4	67
Roberto Gilman	---	---	25	23	16	64
T.J. Brook	13	31	---	---	17	61
Daryl Delgado	---	---	25	25	10	60
Timothy Downs	21	35	---	---	---	56
Joey Van Pelt	---	---	24	23	9	56
Alan Upshaw	10	31	---	---	15	56
Brant Jamison	---	---	25	26	1	52
Darrin Giles	---	---	20	17	14	51
Gus Bauer	---	---	25	23	2	50
Randy Preston	---	---	25	23	2	50
Cole Lester	14	25	---	---	8	47
Clifton Diaz	14	25	---	---	8	47
Collin Franklin	14	25	---	---	8	47
Deron Heimulu	13	33	---	---	---	46
Earl Walton	14	25	---	---	---	39
Drew Tetreault	13	25	---	---	---	38
Salvador Terrell	---	---	20	17	---	37
Branden McDermott	---	---	20	17	---	37
Tom McIntyre	6	12	---	---	17	35
Bernard Peters	12	22	---	---	---	34
Daquan Sonntag	10	23	---	---	---	33
Irv Raymond	10	23	---	---	---	33
Isaac Feather	10	23	---	---	---	33
Chris Gordon	6	16	---	---	9	31
DeAndre Samuels	---	---	8	14	9	31
Diego Sayre	---	---	17	12	---	29
Lawrence Villa	11	15	---	---	---	26
Raul Maggard	8	7	---	---	9	24
Donny George	---	---	9	14	1	24
Tyler Bajorek	---	---	7	11	1	19
Gilbert Alcott	---	---	5	5	9	19
Mitch Levine	---	---	1	3	11	15
Phil Horton	2	5	---	---	6	13
Shawn Bickford	---	---	4	6	---	10
Xavier Arntson	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jalen Stephenson	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ernie Fletcher	0	0	---	---	5	5
Melvin Flowers	0	1	---	---	4	5
Fernando Hetke	---	---	1	3	---	4
Josiah Beechler	---	---	1	1	---	2
Desmond Curtis	---	---	0	0	---	0
Carl Wynn	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
R.J. Altuna	---	---	22	40	22	84
Ricardo Sawyer	---	---	24	48	2	74
Kaleb May	---	---	19	43	11	73
Gus Spencer	---	---	23	48	2	73
Winfred Compton	---	---	18	44	8	70
Leon Mathis	---	---	15	32	22	69
Francisco Boerigter	---	---	16	39	10	65
Howie Palacios	---	---	20	40	2	62
Rod Preston	26	26	---	---	9	61
Paul Newhart	26	26	---	---	9	61
Percy Lubienski	26	26	---	---	9	61
Nicholas Nguyen	26	26	---	---	9	61
Brian Arnold	---	---	13	32	14	59
Jonathan Kovel	19	15	---	---	22	56
Gregory Wagner	26	26	---	---	4	56
Collin Ganser	21	25	---	---	7	53
Carlos Flowers	---	---	15	33	1	49
Stan Thomason	18	13	---	---	16	47
Brady Grant	13	14	---	---	12	39
Troy Bannan	---	---	12	25	1	38
Ralph Huffman	12	12	---	---	13	37
Melvin Freeman	---	---	11	25	1	37
Levon Murphy	---	---	11	11	11	33
J.C. Giles	17	12	---	---	---	29
Ron Nord	16	12	---	---	---	28
Danny McGinnis	---	---	12	15	1	28
Donnie Burkhardt	---	---	10	17	1	28
Jason Booker	---	---	9	16	1	26
A.J. Bressany	7	4	---	---	14	25
Jaylen Alston	10	14	---	---	---	24
Dexter Garrett	9	14	---	---	---	23
J.T. Thornton	---	---	7	10	1	18
Nicholas Stuber	5	12	---	---	---	17
David Lauer	4	8	---	---	---	12
Toby Chandler	---	---	6	6	---	12
Gabe Money	0	0	---	---	9	9
Rodolfo Margraff	0	0	---	---	9	9
J.J. Bennett	---	---	1	1	6	8
Hayden Rodgers	0	0	---	---	5	5
Vernon Parker	3	0	---	---	---	3
Ike Fleming	2	1	---	---	---	3
Jeremy Sawyer	---	---	0	3	---	3
Richard Langfahl	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bill Kemp	0	0	---	---	---	0
Quentin Clayton	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	49	7.0
Middle	13	40	3.1
Right	4	24	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	5	0.8
Middle	15	125	8.3
Right	5	5	1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Deron Heimulu	28	19	3	0	2	3	2	4	1
Lawrence Villa	15	9	0	0	2	1	2	0	1

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dexter Garrett	13	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
J.C. Giles	10	8	1	0	0	1	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	7	30	3.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	13	66	3.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	70	8.8
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	60	10.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	29	4.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	12	74	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	2	1	43	21.5
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Timothy Downs	10	7	0	68	1	35
TE Chris Gordon	8	5	1	19	0	16
TE Alex Schmidgall	7	3	0	21	0	39
WR T.J. Brook	5	4	0	43	1	31
WR Bernard Peters	4	2	2	30	1	22
TE Drew Tetreault	3	2	1	17	0	25
RB D.J. McDaniel	2	2	0	9	0	39
RB Alan Upshaw	1	1	0	3	0	31
WR Raul Maggard	1	1	0	8	0	7
WR Phil Horton	1	1	0	8	0	5

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Collin Ganser	6	5	44	0	25
WR Gregory Wagner	4	4	28	1	26
TE Brady Grant	3	0	0	0	14
TE Jonathan Kovel	2	2	2	0	15
WR David Lauer	2	2	5	0	8
WR Ralph Huffman	2	2	49	1	12
RB Nicholas Stuber	2	2	9	0	12
FB A.J. Bressany	1	1	4	0	4
RB Stan Thomason	1	1	5	0	13

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Deron Heimulu	1	7	7.00	5.33

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Stan Thomason	1	2	2.00	1.93

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Deron Heimulu	3	1	3	1.00	5.64

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.C. Giles	2	2	8	4.00	8.30

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Alex Schmidgall	1	0	0	0.00	3.00
WR Bernard Peters	1	1	3	3.00	7.50
TE Chris Gordon	1	0	0	0.00	2.38

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Collin Ganser	1	1	3	3.00	7.33
RB Stan Thomason	1	1	5	5.00	5.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Deron Heimulu	2	1
D.J. McDaniel	1	0

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Stan Thomason	3	1
J.C. Giles	2	0
Nicholas Stuber	1	0
Dexter Garrett	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Deron Heimulu	4	2	1
Lawrence Villa	2	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dexter Garrett	4	2	2
J.C. Giles	2	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Alex Schmidgall	2	2	1
WR Timothy Downs	1	0	0
WR T.J. Brook	1	0	0
WR Bernard Peters	1	0	0
TE Chris Gordon	1	0	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Brady Grant	2	0	0
WR Gregory Wagner	2	2	1
RB Stan Thomason	1	1	1
WR Ralph Huffman	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,200 (21,400)
End Zone 14,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,200 (21,400)
End Zone	14,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)