Mark Craig's five points from the Vikings 28-19 win over Detroit

1. Now that's selling a route

Stefon Diggs has played three NFL games, but he often looks capable of teaching some veterans the art of selling a route one way and then going the other. His 36-yard touchdown to give the Vikings their first lead in the third quarter will be discussed all week because of how it ended – with Diggs diving from the 4-yard line to a yard deep in the end zone to make a fingertip grab of the Teddy Bridgewater's overthrown ball. But go back and watch what Diggs did 5 yards into the route. He made a move to the outside and sold it with a great head fake that completely fooled 13-year veteran Rashean Mathis. Mathis was essentially out of the play at that point, while safety Glover Quin was too slow to react. "My intent is to just run the route," Diggs said. "Don't try to do anything spectacular. Don't try to do anything different. All your routes should look the same anyway. Make it look like any other route."

2. Pruitt's catch and big block

The Vikings are excelling at using nearly everybody on their roster to help them win games. Case in point: rookie tight end MyCole Pruitt's five-minute stretch in the third quarter. It was Pruitt who sealed the outside edge that sprung Adrian Peterson to the outside on his 75-yard run. "[Defensive end Jason Jones] slanted down, and I was just able to take him for a ride and keep him inside," Pruitt said. Peterson tapped the rookie on the helmet after the play. Five minutes later, Pruitt caught a short pass on third-and-12 from the Detroit 40-yard line. He bulled forward for 13 yards to extend a field-goal drive that made it a two-possession game (28-17). It also was Pruitt's first NFL reception.

3. Fullback on the loose

First-year starting fullback Zach Line delivered a perfectly balanced block on 10-year veteran linebacker Stephen Tulloch to enable Peterson to run 12 yards into field goal range on the Vikings' first possession. But Line's shining moment was his 49-yard catch to set up a second-quarter touchdown. Line started out wide, motioned into the backfield and then released unnoticed into the left flat. When he caught the ball 3 yards beyond the line of scrimmage and turned, there were no defenders within 20 yards. "That play has worked before, but I've never been that wide open," Line said. "All I was worried about was catching the ball first and not fumbling it second." As he ran in the open field, Line started pointing for Diggs to block a defender. "When you're not the fastest guy on the field," Line said, "you've got to direct some traffic."

4. Megatron faded quickly

The Lions were successful early in finding ways to get star receiver Calvin Johnson matched up against someone other than cornerback Xavier Rhodes, who mostly shadows Johnson. Three plays into the game, they put him in the slot, where the Vikings trust Captain Munnerlyn. Only this time, Munnerlyn fell down in coverage as Johnson caught a 46-yard pass. Four plays later, Johnson caught a 1-yard touchdown pass with Rhodes in tight coverage. After that opening drive, Johnson caught only three more passes for 39 yards. Rhodes was on Johnson for all but the 46-yarder. Rhodes also was flagged for a 26-yard pass interference and holding penalties while covering Johnson. "On the pass interference, [Johnson] had his arm back on me, but the ref said I ran my body into him too soon," said Rhodes, who now has 10 penalties on the season.

5. Lions will be Lions

For the first time all season, the Lions didn't turn the ball over and won the turnover battle (1-0). But there were moments when the Lions (1-6) were the, well, Lions. Two of them helped the Vikings score 10 points over the final possession of the second quarter and the first possession of the third quarter. Tight end Eric Ebron inexplicably stepped out of bounds with a 5-yard catch on third-and-18 late in the first half. That allowed the Vikings to preserve their two timeouts and kick a 51-yard field goal as the half expired. The Vikings opened the second half with a touchdown drive that was extended when cornerback Quandre Diggs' defensive holding penalty negated a sack on third-and-11.