The Detroit Lions defeated the San Francisco 49ers 40-34 in a thrilling Monday night matchup. The Lions' starters played the entire game, fueled by a desire for revenge after last season's NFC Championship Game disappointment. Jared Goff had a stellar performance, passing for three touchdowns, while a lateral play resulted in a spectacular touchdown by Jameson Williams.
The Detroit Lions technically didn’t need to win Monday night’s matchup with the San Francisco 49ers, begging the question of whether head coach Dan Campbell would pull his starters at some point in this game. But, as Campbell has shown us too many times in the past, he’s never going to let up no matter the situation. And after saying it will be 'full throttle' on the West Coast this week, he meant it.
The Lions took down the 49ers, 40-34, where the starters played throughout the game on both sides of the ball. Detroit remembers well what happened in January at Levi’s Stadium, having blown a massive first-half lead in the NFC Championship Game. So, there was a bit of revenge in this one despite the 49ers being mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. Jared Goff passed his way to three touchdowns, going 26-of-34 for 303 yards in another stellar performance for the Lions. He found Sam LaPorta and Amon-Ra St. Brown, but by far the best Lions touchdown was yet another lateral play that worked to perfection. Earlier this season, it was St. Brown dishing it back to Jahmyr Gibbs for the score against the Arizona Cardinals. Well, the same concept was used as St. Brown caught the quick slant from Goff, but the speedy Jameson Williams came behind him and took the ball to the house on a 41-yard run. At that point, it was a 14-13 game, as Brock Purdy and the 49ers’ offense were clicking well to start this game. Purdy orchestrated three straight touchdown drives against Detroit to open it up, including a strike to rookie Ricky Pearsall on the opening drive of the game. Then, he needed just six plays on the next drive to find Kyle Juszczyk from nine yards out, and the third touchdown was a scramble by Purdy for nine yards to make it 21-13. However, the second half saw a Lions dominance that has been felt by many teams this seaso
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