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Kids all over the country will spend part of Thanksgiving playing with their food and the Lions did a lot of it themselves against the Bears, but they still escaped with a win.
The Lions dominated the first half of play, but had to settle for a 16-0 lead after three drives stalled for field goals before running back Jahmyr Gibbs lost a fumble at the Bears’ 6-yard-line just before the break. The Bears offense showed signs of life after the break, however, and scored three touchdowns as they cut the Lions’ lead to 23-20 with 5:36 left to play.
A quick three-and-out led to a Lions punt, but they downed it at the Chicago 1-yard-line with 3:31 left to play. A Caleb Williams pass to DJ Moore on third down got them out of the shadow of their end zone and a run by D’Andre Swift moved the ball to midfield on another third down before the two-minute warning. A sack by Za’Darius Smith and Ezekiel Turner stunted their momentum, though, and an offensive pass interference penalty on tight end Cole Kmet wiped out a fourth-down conversion with just under a minute to play.
The Bears were left with a last-ditch effort to convert and they did when officials flagged Bears defensive back Kindle Vildor for interfering with DJ Moore on the next play. That moved the ball to the Lions’ 25-yard-line, but a Lions penalty and a sack by Smith put them in position for a Hail Mary. They had a timeout to set it up, but didn’t call it and the game ended on an incompletion.
Goff threw both of his touchdowns to tight end Sam LaPorta and finished 21-of-34 for 221 yards. The Lions also dialed up a play in the first half that was meant to see right tackle Penei Sewell throw a pass, but he wound up keeping the ball for a one-yard loss. There were some other questionable calls to throw the ball on a day when the Lions saw Gibbs and David Montgomery run for a combined 175 yards. Jameson Williams made a highlight reel hurdle to add 15 more rushing yards, but had a pair of personal fouls that also kept the…
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Author : ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports
Publish date : 2024-11-28 20:59:00
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