The Detroit Lions used a second-half surge to take down the reigning Super Bowl-champion Kansas City Chiefs, 21-20, in the NFL's first game of the 2023 season.
clearly missed his star tight end Travis Kelce, who suffered a bone bruise at practice on Tuesday and couldn't play. There were drops all over the field in both halves for the Chiefs, and the Lions ended up taking advantage.
Two plays later, David Montgomery rushed it into the end zone from eight yards out for his first touchdown in a Lions uniform, giving the team a one point lead at 21-20. They picked up the first down needed to kill the clock, and Goff kneeled it out to win the first game of the season. It was the second drive of the Lions’ new season that resulted in the NFL’s first touchdown of the year. Starting from their nine-yard line, Goff and the Lions charged down the field in 14 plays, capping it off with an Amon-Ra St. Brown nine-yard catch-and-run into the end zone.
It looked like the Lions were going to take their lead back in the second quarter, but we got our first turnover of the year when Marvin Jones Jr. fumbled on a Trent McDuffie hit on the Chiefs’ 14-yard line, killing a great drive. Mahomes would sling a sidearm pass to one of his tight ends filling in for the injured Kelce, Blake Bell, for a four-yard touchdown to take a 14-7 lead.
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