Lions win GRITTY OT THRILLER vs. Rams | 2024 NFL Season Week 1

it's his fourth year Melissa 12 wins the first two years 12 and the first division title for this franchise in 30 Seasons last year on the other side Shawn McVey 38 years old already his eighth year as the head coach he's been to the playoffs five of the first seven seasons Lions won the toss and deferred they will kick it off to the Rams here's how this Dynamic kickoff has played out today lowest in the NFL history 22% returns this week including Thursday and Friday a third of the kicks been returned and the average Drive starts 5 yard better than it was under the previous schols Lions have an NFL debut first year kicker Jake bat set to kick it off former Michigan Wolverine Blake porum and rookie Jordan Winnington back for La Wild Card match up last year won by Detroit by one two teams with playoff aspirations begin 2024 it starts with the Touchback will get it at the 30 iron Williams the running back Stafford scanning right away comes to Williams met immediately by Alex and alone loss of a yard whoa you want to make a statement and a game about right here right now to start this one off this is exactly what this crowd needed to get into Li alltime leading passer in every category that matters third and 11 out quick cup anzelone again emphatic three and out from the Detroit defense Alex anzelone has become the leader of this defensive team he's the one that when things get unsettled he's the one that sett everything down but so far an explosive start for anzalone in this football game what a dominant first drive performance by the Lions defense Stafford to the air for the 13th time or sack brought down by Levi oque after the pressure from the new acquisition Marcus Davenport so here's what this is a race right now can the pressure get there or can Stafford get the ball to his first receiver across the field they were a little messed up on the back end on that one there was nobody to that side ready now jir Gibbs first touch of the Year seconde skiy back for the Lions gains five tacked on the penalty yardage so first down from the 49 Montgomery stumble that he made his cut still it's a gain of seven to the 42 of LA with Troy reer one of those linebackers making the stop head coaching interviews in the off seon again Montgomery runs to the 28 yd line Chris you spoke to Ben Johnson this season 38 years old Atlanta Carolina the Chargers Seattle Washington they were all knocking on his door and he decided to keep the door closed and stay here in Michigan analytic data they'll run it inside while G just put his head down using the lineman Powers through and gets the first down inside the 25 yd line and isn't it interesting how they went about it instead of doing some trick pass whatever it is let's just get behind our big offensive line and run over somebody I think that's what the Detroit Lions want to be Bobby Brown nose tackle for a ride there fake to St Brown G throws wide open it's a tight end Sam leapa good move in the open field laort to the 10yd line first down with the seconde man second round pick out of Iowa where else so here's where the motion comes into play there's a return motion here and it creates a pick on the back end so a lot of times we talk about the Rams and what they do with their motion that time the Lions threw it right back at the Rams and able to come up with a big play first one for Jake Bates those his preseason numbers open up dies kicking in the UFL in this building with the Michigan Panthers in Spring league and he knocks in his first career field goal and all three new 29 Stafford throws it's deflected his Branch got over there pass is incomplete Brian Branch second round pick out of Alabama last year how about this one right here watch the late move out here by Branch I don't think Mahomes will forget that guy last year on opening day pck constant motion from these receivers Stafford nothing open escaping Davenport and flings it out of bounds an incomplete four maybe they're going to go for they do and Stafford Waits fires and it's broken up at the last second Carlton Davis the acquisition from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded for him he comes up with a big play to keep it out of the hands of Cooper cup cup had it couldn't squeeze it but he was knocked down by Aiden Hutchinson Lions take over go play action that middle of the field throw Jameson Williams takes off through the secondary Out of Bounds at the 40 yd line it's a pick up of 37 here's what you get when you get speed on the outside and the ability to run on the the inside linebackers step up and this is just an issue for everybody this year Jameson Williams was so unbelievably good when he was at Alabama First Team allam 15 touchdowns got hurt in the late game there and here Gibs the back pressure comes it's Gibbs with a screen with blocking Gibbs to the 26 yd line for number 26 15 on the gain first down Detroit so this game's been a little slow developing right so you get the ball in the hands of your speecher Jameson Williams and all of a sudden it opens up now you get it in the hands of the other speeches jir Gib and it opens up a little bit more so you sort of do the body blows you punch them you go inside you run the football and then you begin to open up the Play action and that's when this Lions offense gets dangerous [Music] Williams on the reverse with three blockers inside the 20 Jameson Williams takes it to the 12 yd line they get to a run with Gibbs who CS it back to the left side jir Gibbs good dance for that first tackle to make a man miss get to the six 70 Dan Skipper is eligible it's more sixth offensive lineman jerseys in this building than any other in the league third and one GS bouncing now looking for space and put his head down to get the first down G is trying to use that speed to stretch it but Chris it was almost like that inside running paid off there it really did and once you step inside everybody gets drawn to you so they all start coming up in here and then he's able to turn it on to the outside but the thing I like Mike was once he bounced it outside he got back up inside in order to pick up the first down so many speed guys want to just try and out run you to the boundary second and goal from the one and he'll turn it give it and is Gibbs inside turning and twisting let the ball go at the goal line let's see who they're going to call here was Gibbs down did he fumble they're saying down and third down in the clock running for now like Troy reer kind of stripped it out was down by contact third down he's close to the goal line let's watch this here great hit by curl and then you see reer give it a little tug super close enough stuff going on you should stop it and look at it and they will the previous play is under review that elbow went down but hard to know where the ball was but what is there a body part down not that I see right so he reaches and does he cross the plane with the ball before his other shoulder ER comes down and then he holds on to it so we will look at that we'll take multiple looks inside of 2 minutes it's been stopped for review by the replay Booth after review it is a touchdown so Jamir Gibbs has scored from a yard out the shoulder is the first body part down before the helmet that great look down the line shows you that the ball had crossed the plane before the shoulder comes down so just by inches maybe less it's a touchdown and the Lions take the lead and the first extra point added by Jake Bates makes it 103 Detroit man R for Detroit scafford in the middle it's broken Up Inside by another player who we didn't include in our Corner conversation amek Roberts free agent from the Raiders yeah off in time and Stafford throwing in zone it's inter by gby Joseph Stafford throws his first interception against the Lions in three games and a rare Red Zone turnover something they didn't do all of last year out of everything Matthew Stafford has done right in this game he blew that one he did not see the cover two man it looked like manto man everywhere but Joseph is just going to sit there as was the other safety Brian br in the middle of the field he had no real assignment and for whatever reason Stafford just did not see that read down Woodward Avenue here in downtown Detroit we welcome you back to the NFL kickoff weekend presented by YouTube TV Mike too Chris Collinsworth Alissa start down on the sideline we've enjoyed our weekend here downtown Detroit looking great feeling like a little fall too temperature 64 outside here in this early September that touch back to start no PUK and AA to start this second half tying Williams on the Run chased Down by Jack Campbell maybe lost a yard Melissa Arkansa is the center Jonah Jackson has moved to guard for the Rams so limmer making his NFL debut snap there to Stafford who's pressured and underneath there's nothing going for Tyler Johnson terion Arnold the rookie for the Lions joins Brian Branch it'll be third down tell Aiden Hudson's on beeding frenzy right now over on the other side and they've got people there I don't know why oh they did chip on the back end of that with Kiren Williams but I think I would want that tight end releasing or that wide receiver to get him before he got going 10 Lions bring pressure Stafford holds it slings it nearly intercepted for the second time Branch diving couldn't get his hands on it and it's a three and out for LA [Applause] so now Mike they are taking Aiden Hutchinson and dropping him out because they're sliding so much protecting that way so they're basically saying fine bring all your linemen over here and now we're just going to drop back into coverage and including these two it's a draw it's Montgomery and it'll take it to the 45 yd line pick up maybe five on first down on the ground for David Montgomery he's got 12 carries for 46 yards so far tonight offensive lineman they're missing on third down deep drop go the shot downfield for Williams who's open jamson's got it to the end zone touchdown Detroit Jameson Williams there is a flag down let's check it thought it was on the Rams and it looks to be yeah the old dreaded double move and I think that travius had this to over again he would have tackled the pass illegal contact Defense number 27 that penalty is declined touchdown davius white a veteran he's been down this rope before he understands that speed the double moves tries to break and really almost should have tackled him at that point because when you have somebody with that kind of speed there's just no way to catch up Campbell told us that Jared gof has confidence in Jameson Williams see some of the reasons there extra point knocked through by Jake Bates again a new center Jonah Jackson out there at left guard three guys in the way of Hutchins as it's screamed to KY Williams and Alan sansalone has a couple of tackles for loss here on this opening night of the Season yeah it's just really hard because Aiden Hutchinson basically he's not getting touched he didn't again and that's what forced Stafford to be able to jump around here he comes right through here and you could see it's just the pressure pressure and then Kiren Williams just sort of leaking out but that's no offense I was watching Cup's head I thought he was going deep yeah Stafford again out quick to Tyler Johnson no game this time Arnold on the corner makes the play Chris I love that Rams back in the Red Zone again here tonight Stafford hands it to Cooper cup the read from the back end by Brian Branch brought him down gain of a yard and it is Williams putting his shoulder down trying to power to the goal line and pushed back Davenport Hutchinson Derek Barnes all there Lions bring pressure Stafford Retreats throws it to the corner incomplete another flag is down as they were coming after [Applause] Stafford so second and long and G will throw it it's leaport to the tight end 33 34 yd line setting up third and six and play fast and play hard third and six go going to step up he's going to take off and Jared G gets a first down not often said Goff scrambles for seven and a first down Brown in motion throws underneath it's Williams again Jamon Williams having a big night out of bounds with a gate of 28 it's that old play where you go there but everybody's moving this way so the ball goes back across and watch these linebackers in here just almost impossible what you have to do is get a shot at Williams as he comes to cross there but what a breakout this is for Jameson Williams him five Stafford will throw throwing from the middle it's incomplete no flag thrown even though they were looking for one it's third down Tyler Johnson the intended receiver Aiden Hutchinson on the left side Lions bring four Stafford floats it in the middle middle for cup incomplete no Flags clock stops at 221 so the Lions will get the ball with two time outs Lions have two timeouts second and five and G in the middle of the field got for tight leapa to the 46 plus it's a hit and that will take him into field goal range no doubt helmet to helmet shot young rookie camer kitchens personal foul unnecessary roughness Defense number 26 that 15yd penalty will be added to the results of the play automatic first down take the ball to the 31 yd line the job third and two going try get it on the ground with GBS turns it up got it first down and he went out of bounds so the clock stops with a minute left but it's first down Detroit at the 20yd line that was a great effort by Gibbs wasn't it I wasn't sure he was going to get there or not we know about the speed great effort by curl but not enough it's so interesting okay so what are they reviewing if his arm is in bounds perhaps then he would be down and the clock would keep running right forearm down the elbow bring Terry McCauley three time Super Bowl referee our R anst Terry yeah Mike it does appear as forearm goes down before he goes out of bounds so it will change it to a running clock that'll be a 10-second runoff unless one of the teams uses their timeout to avoid a 10-second runoff which suppose the Rams I would Ed wouldn't you Chris I think so too but are you going to make it too easy for him to score a touchdown on you you know what I mean are you helping hurting it's a tough call it's it's not an automatic but I do think that they have to put the pressure back on this Lions offense and make them determined that it was a catch but that the runner was down inbounds the clock will be adjusted accordingly Williams and leaport to the bottom got throws Crossing it's Williams at the 14 he's taken down by Lake marking at the 15 the baits didn't KCK field goals and extra points in college a year at Arkansas a couple years in Texas State he was the kickoff specialist and then the guy who played mostly soccer in his early college days at Central Arkansas got to the UFL the spring league and here in this building played for the Michigan Panthers it was very good here he is to tie the game from 32 yds and he does 2020 with 17 seconds remaining here come the Lions bringing four Stafford steps up he almost lost the ball Hutchinson brings him down and that'll send us to over top Aiden Hutchinson gets the sack and we're going to go to overtime all even at 20 lions get it to start overtime we had 13 overtimes in the NFL last regular season none of them ended in a tie we also had OT in the Super Bowl Lions will get this at the 30 yd Line Montgomery is the back it to him get into the hands Rond Freeman first down to the 42 start a little bit of misdirection there to begin this overtime Drive including hessie the fullback motion's back to lead the way for the run for Montgomery into the secondary Montgomery to the 37 yd line Big R of 21 for Davis when the game's on the line Looks make sure pan su's involved we're going to go right at him secure the double team up to the linebacker on the next level there he goes and David mcgomery comes up big when it matters most I love 12 and 21 it is momery bouncing off tackles will not be denied verse bangs him down gain of nine to the 28 great combination of speed and power he's going to get right there and break a tackle from the big guy Kobe Turner and then just stay with it I mean these Detroit Lions they talk about grit but they play with grit we've done a lot of since in this building in our visits here the from the 28 G swinging jir Gins running first down inside the 20 to the 19 yd line in seven inside run Montgomery close to the first down might be just shy it needed to get to the [Applause] third down here they happen not to get the third down be interesting does Dan Campbell go for it on fourth down and overtime down here yes getting the push Montgomery first down Detroit the five the four the three to the one yd line think about a timeout here to give his defense a chance to catch their breath I mean it is just utter exhaustion and when you're getting pushed backwards like that there's no reason to do anything but they're just going to all slam down inside and try to push the Rams defense in bursting go from the one is Montgomery and is a Trey lion overtime win [Applause]