Quintez Cephus caught his first career touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford in Sunday’s comeback win over the Chicago Bears. It turned out to be one of the best plays of the entire weekend of action and one of the best Lions’ plays of the season.
Stafford’s pass to Cephus traveled 58 yards in the air. That’s the longest air yards of any completion in Week 13 (through Monday) per Zebra Technologies and Next Gen Stats. The pass also had a completion probability of just 20.1 percent, based on the coverage, throwing angle and separation at the time of throw.
The high degree of difficulty makes it the most improbable completion of the entire season for Stafford, again per Next Gen Stats.
Matthew Stafford & Quintez Cephus' 49-yard TD had a completion probability of 20.1%, Stafford's most improbable completion this season.
➤ Air Distance: 58.0 yards
➤ Receiver Separation: 1.3 yards
➤ Sideline Distance: 2.0 yards#DETvsCHI | #OnePride pic.twitter.com/6X5dFBAnwX— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) December 6, 2020
