What impressed us most about Detroit Lions victory over Rams in season opener

OKAY, WELL, DAVID MONTGOMERY POWERING THROUGH THE END ZONE TO MAKE THE LIONS START TO THE 2024 SEASON WITH A WIN. IT WAS HARD TO TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE LIONS SEASON OPENER. THE MATCHUP LIVED UP TO THE HYPE. THE OVERTIME TOUCHDOWN WENT TO DAVID MONTGOMERY'S LOCKING IN THE LIONS WIN 20 TO 26. >> AND WE WANT TO BRING IN OUR LIONS EXPERTS OVER ON CLICK ON DETROIT DEREK HUTCHINSON AND ALSO BEN BELL TO GET THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE GAME. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME IS THAT THE LIONS DEPTH IS SO GREAT THAT SOMEONE LIKE AMON-RA SAINT BROWN DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A GREAT GAME, AND IT DIDN'T MATTER. >> IT'S GMO SEASON. YES, I LOVE IT GMO WE ALL KNEW HE WAS. HE HAS THIS POTENTIAL. HE'S HE'S LOCKED IN FOR A BREAKOUT SEASON AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IT. LAST NIGHT WAS THE FIRST FIRST GLIMPSE OF IT. BEN HAS BEEN PREACHING TO US FOR LIKE TWO MONTHS, SO I KNOW THAT HE WAS SO HAPPY. >> BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THE LIONS BEST PLAYER BARELY EVEN SHOWED UP AND THEY STILL FOUND A WAY TO BEAT A REALLY GOOD TEAM. >> AND IT WAS NOTHING AGAINST AMON-RA SAINT BROWN. HE'S STILL GREAT IN EVERY SINGLE WAY, AND YOU WERE AT THE GAME TO KIND OF SEE IT ALL UNFOLD. BUT I MEAN, THEY WERE DEFENDING HIM WELL. THEY HAD TO GO TO SOMEBODY ELSE. >> ABSOLUTELY. HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT JUST HOW CLOSE IT WAS, ESPECIALLY IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER? BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENT AT FORD FIELD CERTAINLY CHANGED FROM THE FOURTH QUARTER TO THE FIRST. YEAH. >> YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE PLAY MATTHEW STAFFORD IN FORD FIELD, IT JUST FEELS LIKE THIS NERVOUS ENERGY, LIKE WE'RE ALL REALLY, REALLY NERVOUS. IF WE CAN GO WITHOUT EVER PLAYING THE RAMS AT HOME AGAIN, I THINK WE SHOULD BE GOOD FOR A WHILE. >> YEAH I'M DONE. >> I'M MENTALLY EXHAUSTED. >> I THINK NAUSEOUS IS A GOOD WORD. RIGHT? >> IT'S ACTUALLY WHEN WE GAVE UP THAT LEAD. YEAH. >> YOU WAIT ALL OFFSEASON AND YOU BUILD UP THE HYPE OF THIS TEAM AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, WE CAN'T START WITH A LOSS TO MATTHEW STAFFORD. RIGHT. AND THEN HE TAKES THE LEAD AND YOU'RE LIKE OH MY GOSH. SO THE FACT THAT THEY CAME OUT WITH A WIN, IT JUST MADE IT ALL GO AWAY. >> AND SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT THEN. LIKE THEY DID GIVE UP A LEAD. BUT THEN THE WAY THAT THEY STAYED CALM TIED THE GAME UP AND JUST JUST COMMANDED THAT DRIVE THAT OVERTIME, THAT WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE OVERTIME I'VE EVER SEEN. >> THE LIONS PLAY. I MEAN, THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT THEY WERE JUST GOING TO TAKE THAT GAME AND WIN IT, AND THEY JUST RAN THE BALL DOWN THE RAMS THROAT. OH MY GOSH, IT WAS AWESOME. SO WAS DAVID MONTGOMERY. >> BUT THEN ALSO THE BLOCKING THAT OFFENSIVE LINE. >> THEY JUST THEY SHOWED YOU WHY THEY'RE THE BEST OFFENSIVE LINE FOOTBALL. >> IT'S ONE THING TO RUN THE BALL. IT'S ONE THING TO RUN THE BALL WHEN EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU'RE GOING TO I KNOW EVERY I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE DAVID MONTGOMERY OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND IT STILL WORKED. SO YEAH, IT'S SUPER IMPRESSIVE. >> YEAH. AND WHAT DID YOU THINK OF DAN CAMPBELL? >> I MEAN, WE SAW A BIT OF HIS SPEECH IN THE LOCKER ROOM AFTERWARD. A WIN IS A WIN NO MATTER HOW WE GOT THERE. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT AND SORT OF WHAT HE'S SAYING TO THE TEAM? >> I WAS FIRED UP LIKE I ALWAYS AM WHEN I HEARD DAN CAMPBELL. HE'S LIKE, THEY TRIED TO BREAK US. NOBODY CAN BREAK IT, YOU KNOW? SO IT WAS JUST HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHATO SAY. HE KNOWS ALL THE BUTTONS TO PUSH FOR THIS TEAM. HE GOES FOR THE FOURTH DOWNS AT THE RIGHT TIME. HE PUTS THE RIGHT GUYS IN AT THE RIGHT TIME. HE'S JUST GOT HIS HANDS ON THE PULSE OF THIS TEAM BETTER THAN ANYONE COULD. YEAH I HAD GOOSEBUMPS. >> I CAME IN AND FIRED UP FOR WORK. I'M IN THERE EDITING LIKE A MAD MAN. >> I'M LIKE, LET'S GO. >> WELL, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS AT 2:00 ON OUR STREAMING CHANNEL TO GET MORE OF YOUR OBSERVATIONS. BUT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON ON THE GAME AS A, AS LIFELONG LIONS FANS AND I AM TOO, DON'T YOU JUST HAVE LIKE, BUTTERFLIES? IT'S JUST SUCH AN EXCITING TIME. >> YEAH. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SUCH HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND A LOT OF THAT GAME. I THINK A LOT OF US WERE LIKE, OH NO, THIS SEASON MIGHT NOT GOHE WAY WE WANTED, OR MAYBE THAT WE PLANNED, BUT THEN THAT OVERTIME JUST KIND OF REASSURED US ALL. WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, IT'S OKAY. >> IT'S OKAY TO BE CONFIDENT. YEAH, IT'S THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON. >> YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE RUSTY, BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S RUSTY, RIGHT? >> YEAH. THAT'S NOT THAT AT ALL. YEAH. ONE OF THE PROMOS I SAW TALKING ABOUT THEY'RE GOING FROM BEING THE HUNTERS TO THE HUNTED. >> YEAH. AND THAT IS A BIG THEME FOR THIS SEASON COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S ONE THING TO BE LIKE THE FUN, LOVABLE TEAM THAT EVERYBODY IS ROOTING FOR. AND THEN THIS YEAR THEY COME INTO THE TEAM WHERE EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY SHOULD WIN THE SUPER BOWL AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO GET EVERYBODY'S BEST SHOT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON PRIME TIME TV, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME. SO YEAH, THAT'S A BIG TARGET AND IT'S A BIG ADJUSTMENT. >> AND I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FAN BASE IS THE MOST UNIQUE FAN BASE. THEY WERE READY YESTERDAY AND WE KNEW THE ASSIGNMENT. WHAT AN WHAT AN ATMOSPHERE. >> THE MOST DESERVING FAN BASE. YES I AGREE. >> YES I MEAN OBVIOUSLY BEEN BUILDING UP FOR THIS MOMENT FOR 100 YEARS. WE HAVE ENOUGH TRAUMA. >> WE'VE EARNED IT. EXACTLY. >> WELL, WE ARE READY FOR BATTLE. WE CERTAINLY SHOWED THAT IN TERMS OF BEING THE HUNTED. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF YOUR COMMENTS, INCLUDING A LOOK AHEAD, BECAUSE WE GOT TO GET READY FOR THE NEXT GAME. YEAH. >> YEP. >> BUCCANEERS NEXT. >> ALL RIGHT. AT LEAST THAT'S A 1:00 GAME. I KNOW. >> IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO HEAR MORE FROM BEN AND DEREK, THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HEAD OVER TO DETROIT SPORTS PLUS 2 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON OVER