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Leshoure scores first TD

Mikel Leshoure’s debut keeps getting better.

Leshoure punched in a one-yard rushing touchdown, the first of his career, to cut the Lions’ deficit to 20-16 mid-way through the third quarter.

Leshoure has 18 carries for 68 yards and a touchdown so far in his NFL debut, and what’s more impressive is how much he’s been on the field. Kevin Smith doesn’t have a touch yet in the game.

The Lions touchdown drive featured a lot of Calvin Johnson, and it’s about time they targeted their best player. Johnson had three catches for 55 yards on the drive.

Josh Katzenstein
Josh Katzenstein joined The Detroit News as an intern on the metro desk in June 2011 before becoming a full-time metro reporter in September 2011. This August he moved to the sports desk and will assist in covering the Detroit Lions. He previously covered the University of Minnesota football and men's basketball teams for the student newspaper, Minnesota Daily, and freelanced for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He can be reached at jkatzenstein@detnews.com.

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