5 winners and 2 losers from Lions' Week 10 comeback win over the Texans

Good teams find a way to win. We know the Detroit Lions are a good team, but that limit of "finding a way to win" was pushed to its limits on Sunday night against the Houston Texans. Trailing 23-7 at halftime, with the offense looking disjointed, the Lions proceeded to score 19 unanswered points in the second half to rally for a 26-23 win.

Without further ado, let's take a look at our winners and losers from the Lions' Week 10 win.

5 winners and 2 losers from Lions' wild win over Texans

Winner: K Jake Bates

Bates is from the Houston area, so Sunday's performance was extra sweet for him. A 58-yard field goal to tie the game at 23 in the fourth quarter and the 52-yard game-winner both rubbed paint off the uprights, but they still count.

The Lions finally have a kicker they can count on, after the Holmes-Campbell regime went through them in turnstile fashion. Bates can make long kicks, and he has come up clutch in big moments a couple times this season.

Winner: CB Carlton Davis

Coming out of halftime, Dan Campbell called for the Lions' defense to get some takeaways. As NBC was airing that interview with Melissa Stark, Davis intercepted C.J. Stroud.

Later in the third quarter, Davis made another nice interception on a throw Stroud made too casually, thinking he had a wide-open throw for a touchdown.

According to Pro Football Focus' initial analysis, Davis allowed just two catches for 16 yards on six targets in his coverage on Sunday night. That translates to 2.7 yards per target allowed in his coverage, and Stroud had a 2.8 passer rating throwing into Davis' coverage.

Davis has really impacted the Lions' cornerback room this year, bringing an intangible edge to go along with generally solid play. He rose to the occasion twice on Sunday night when the Lions needed a play defensively.

Winner: WR Amon-Ra St. Brown

NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth repeatedly said the Lions needed to get St. Brown more involved to get out of their funk offensively, while noting the attention he was drawing from Houston's secondary. A touchdown early in the fourth quarter narrowed Houston's lead to three, then a critical third-down catch on the final drive made Bates' final field goal attempt closer.

St. Brown has caught a touchdown in seven straight games, which is now the Lions' franchise record.

Winner: Defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn

While the Lions' offense worked out its kinks in the first half, the Lions' defense held the Texans to three field goals. It certainly could have been much worse than 23-7, and conservative offensive play-calling set Glenn's unit up to fail on Houston's late first half touchdown drive.

Then the Lions pitched a shutout in the second half, forcing four punts with Davis' two interceptions and a missed 58-yard field goal by Ka'imi Fairbairn. Houston finished the game with 248 yards of offense, and running back Joe Mixon had 46 yards on 25 carries.

Glenn is bolstering his resume as a head coaching candidate with what the Lions' defense is doing without Aidan Hutchinson and some other pieces. At this point, it feels more likely Glenn will leave for a head coaching job after the season than offensive coordinator Ben Johnson will.

Winner: S Brian Branch

After being ejected in Week 9, Branch played with a controlled vengeance on Sunday night. He finished with a team-high 10 tackles, including one for loss. He also had two nice pass breakups, including a big one late in the fourth quarter. He was all over the field, as he often is.

After the game Branch tweeted the following, channeling part of Dan Campbell's introductory press conference from January of 2021.

Branch needed to get back on the proverbial horse and not lose the aggressiveness he plays with after being ejected against the Packers. Mission accomplished.

Loser: QB Jared Goff

Take out his five interceptions, since they weren't all his fault or created equal (tipped balls, a Hail Mary at the end of the first half). PFF considered three of the interceptions turnover-worthy plays. Now, let's get to some more pointed analysis.

Before the fourth quarter, Goff was not sharp on Sunday night (oddly bad throws, etc.). Chunks of his yards in the second half came after the catch on screens to Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery.

Leaving aside the randomness or bad fortune of the interceptions, and those who want to flimsily point at Sam LaPorta and Jameson Williams for not doing him in any favors on the two worst throws/reads, 15-for-30 with a 59.7 passer rating is not good enough from Goff. He was the No. 1 reason the Lions could have lost on Sunday night, but the defense, some plays from his playmakers and two 50-plus yard kicks from Bates bailed him out.

The Lions look like the most complete team in the NFL. But the bad version of Goff, against a good team that was down two of its best players, almost got them beaten on Sunday night. In similar situations down the road, they might be as lucky.

Loser: CB Terrion Arnold

Arnold has generally played better after a penalty-filled start to his rookie season, but Sunday was a definite step back. Texans wide receivers Tank Dell and John Metchie beat him too easily at times, he committed a 41-yard pass interference penalty in the first half when he simply didn't get his head around and he was lucky to not draw another pass interference in a big spot late in the game.

Cornerback is arguably the toughest position to learn and adjust to as an NFL rookie, so Arnold still gets some leeway and grace roughly halfway through his first season. But