Redskins...34 Lions...3

LANDOVER, Md. -- The Washington Redskins had no choice but to be creative.

Their No. 1 receiver didn’t play, and the No. 2 wideout was gone by halftime. Jason Campbell had to throw to people who hadn’t caught anything all season, and fullback Mike Sellers, who had touched the football nine times all season, had his most productive game.

The Redskins held the ball and wore down the Detroit Lions on a hot day, keeping the No. 1 passing offense off the field in a 34-3 rout. A better than two-to-one advantage in total yards kept alive a 70-year hex for the Lions in the nation’s capital.

Sellers, who has been pleading with Coach Joe Gibbs to get the ball more often, caught a pass for one touchdown and ran for another as the Redskins (3-1) made it 21-0 at home against the Lions since moving to Washington in 1937. Detroit (3-2) had been averaging 28.5 points and 387.3 yards a game, but had only 149 total yards against a Redskins defense that had five sacks.

Quoteworthy: “Our last two road games have been debacles.” -- Jon Kitna, Lions quarterback