The Detroit Lions make things look so easy — and some of their opponents look so inferior.

The Lions scored touchdowns on their first seven possessions Sunday and didn’t punt for the second time this season as they destroyed the Jacksonville Jaguars, 52-6, at Ford Field.

The Lions have won eight straight games, their longest winning streak since they won 10 straight to open the 1934 season, their first year in Detroit, and remain in control of the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs.

Jared Goff, coming off a five-interception game against the Houston Texans, completed 24 of 29 passes for 412 yards with four touchdowns. He posted a perfect passer rating of 158.3 before giving way to Hendon Hooker early in the fourth quarter.

Both Amon-Ra St. Brown (11 catches, 161 yards) and Jameson Williams (4-124) topped 100 yards receiving for the Lions, St. Brown extended his franchise single-season record to eight straight games with a touchdown with grabs of 27 and 9 yards, and David Montgomery (two) and Jahmyr Gibbs (one) added rushing touchdowns for the Lions.

The Lions (9-1) have not lost in more than two months, since Week 2 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They visit the Indianapolis Colts (5-6) next week, then have three straight home games.

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Three thoughts from the Lions' win over the Jaguars:

Big Z’s impact

Za’Darius Smith didn’t make much of an impact in his Lions debut, though he played more than 70% of the defensive snaps. His lone tackle came with 9:53 to play when he beat Jaguars center Mitch Morse to split a sack with Jack Campbell on a six-man rush with the Lions up 49-6. But he did win the hearts of Lions fans when he showed up to the game in a Rasheed Wallace throwback Pistons jersey.

Smith’s wardrobe choice was a nod, of course, to the Pistons’ midseason trade for Wallace in 2004.

Wallace was the missing piece the Pistons needed to win a championship that year. The Lions don’t need Smith to have the same type of impact; they were the best, most complete team in the NFL before the trade. But his presence bolsters a defense that has been dominant of late.

The Jaguars (2-9) are not a good team. They started backup quarterback Mac Jones on Sunday, and tried their hand with the quick passing game to no avail.

Lions coach Dan Campbell said not to judge Smith’s debut on how the Lions’ pass rush performed (just the one sack). Smith will make more of an impact eventually. Consider Sunday’s game his warmup act.

Next men up

The Lions did suffer another injury to a key defensive player Sunday, which makes the way they’re playing on that side of the ball all the more remarkable.

Linebacker Alex Anzalone left just before halftime with what the team announced as a forearm injury. Campbell said after the game Anzalone is out 6-to-8 weeks with a broken forearm.

TV cameras appeared to capture Anzalone saying, “It’s broke,” as he got up from the play holding his left wrist, which was trapped between safety Brian Branch’s helmet and Jacksonville running back Travis Etienne’s body as Anzalone went to make a tackle.

Already this year the Lions have lost three front-seven starters in defensive ends Aidan Hutchinson and Marcus Davenport and linebacker Derrick Barnes to potential season-ending injuries. Cornerback Carlton Davis broke his thumb in practice Thursday and sat out Sunday’s second half.

The Lions will be heavily favored the next two weeks in games against the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears, before their schedule heats up again to finish the season.

Reinforcements up front aren’t coming anytime soon, though Hutchinson did post a social media video this weekend of himself walking in a pool. The injuries may eventually bite the Lions — even the deepest rosters can only take so much — but they don’t seem to be having much of an impact for now.

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Unstoppable O

Ben Johnson said the Lions played “some of the poorest football we’ve probably played in the last 2½ years” last week against the Texans, and challenged his group to be more efficient vs. Jacksonville.

On Sunday, the looked like the best offense in the NFL.

The Lions set franchise records for margin of victory (46 points), total yards (644) and total first downs (38) in their second 52-point outing of the season. They beat the Tennessee Titans, 52-14, on Oct. 27 in a game they dominated with defense and special teams. On Sunday, they exerted their will offensively from the opening possession on a Jaguars team that has the worst record in the NFL at 2-9, and could be looking for a new coach as soon as this week.

The Lions went 70 yards in nine plays without facing a third down on their opening drive, and finished the game with 38 first downs and 645 yards of offense, the most yards in franchise history (previous high was 623 in 2013).

No other team in the NFL has as many ways to win as the Lions. Goff has played MVP-caliber football for two months outside of last week in Houston, the Lions have the best running back tandem in the league, and they did it all Sunday without starting tight end Sam LaPorta.

It's difficult to appreciate history in the moment sometimes, but this Lions offense could go down as one of the best in NFL history.

Dave Birkett will sign copies of his new book, "Detroit Lions: An Illustrated Timeline" at 7 p.m. Monday at the Applebee's by Oakland University in Auburn Hills. Order your copy here. Contact him at dbirkett@freepress.com. Follow him on X and Instagram at @davebirkett.

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Jared Goff and Lions set records galore in 52-6 mashing of Jaguars