Lions win; Pistons start the year 3-0; Michigan and Michigan St. both lose | Sportsworks Oct. 25

Fox 2 Sportsworks starts now. Good evening, all, and welcome to Sportsworks Sunday night. Tonight on the show, we'll look at the Pistons and the Red Wings, as well as the weekend in college football with Birchie and Rieger at the roundtable. But we start tonight with the NFL in a huge game between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers. And with Detroit entering this matchup off the bye week, the expectation was that the Lions would come out energized and ready for whatever challenge Jordan Love and the Packers would present. But would the game go according to that plan? to Ford Field we go after the Packers missed a short field goal on their first drive Detroit went to work on offense Jahmyr Gibbs with a great blitz pickup and Jared Goff found Jameson Williams for a gain of 24 yards down to the 16 and that was looking sweet next play Goff fires it out to Jamo and he does the rest down the sidelines and then he dives in for the score Lions on top 7-0 now late in the first quarter Green Bay answered on 3rd and 9 Jordan Love able to roll out and find a wide open Tucker craft for the touchdown that tied things up at seven second quarter lions up 10-7 green bay drove to the lions seven going for it on fourth and four love to matthew golden in the flat but there was dj reed to wrap him up the lions d coming through huge to get the ball back and the offense was rolling down the field Goff hitting Amon-Ra St. Brown four times for 51 yards they moved it to the 12 Jahmyr Gibbs taking it up the middle but he lost the football the packers were able to fall on it a missed opportunity for Detroit who went into halftime with a 10-7 lead now in the third quarter the Lions got the ball first but they didn't have it for long second play and Goff does not get the snap cleanly it was free on the ground where the Packers fell on it another turnover for the Lions and Green Bay was able to cash in Jordan Love to Josh Jacobs who breaks some tackles and scores from 25 yards out just like that the Lions were behind 14-10 but the offense had an answer they drove to the 10 and that's when Goff found Jamo again His second touchdown of the game in Detroit was back in front, 17-14. Now late in the third quarter, the Lions were at the Packers' six-yard line. They go for it on fourth and five. Goff looking for Jamo again, but Brandon Seavey pushed him out of the back in the end zone, couldn't get his feet down, and Green Bay took over. And the Packers were looking to make a big play. Jordan Love going deep, putting the ball up for grabs, and it's Brian Branch who comes down with it. Welcome back, BB. but the Lions offense could not do anything, and Green Bay was able to tie the game with a field goal on their next drive, and it was a brand-new game at 17-all. Then things got a little crazy. Lions going for it on fourth and a long one at their own 24. Come on, man. That had no chances. Gibbs was crushed in the backfield. It looked like that play call blunder was going to cost Detroit the game, but Packers rookie kicker Trey Smacks' 35-yard field goal for the lead was tipped by D.J. Wanham and went wide right. New life for the Lions, and they took full advantage. driving down to the 12 where Gibbs picked up nine yards on third and seven he went down at the three to let Detroit run down the clock and that set up Jake Bates for a game-winning 22-yard field goal with one second to play and of course he drilled it week seven was a wild one at Ford Field but the Lions survive and win it 20-17 Jennifer Hammond as the wrap from downtown the way this division stacks up the lions knew that this was a gotta have it game and while it wasn't always pretty They relied on their grit and leaned on their bread and butter to edge out the Packers in a slugfest at Ford Field. Everything we talked about, the way we needed to play this game against that Hawks offense, getting Jacobs back, was we had to try to eliminate or limit what those two receivers could do and try not to let them behind us. And, man, I thought our back end, it wasn't perfect, But I thought they played really good back there. Between a disruptive front and sticky coverage on the back end, the defense was the bigger story of the game. And there were several guys who stepped up to do their part as a cog in the machine. We still left a lot of plays out there again, you know, that comes with it. But we all played a hell of a game. And, you know, just proud to be a part of the secondary. You know, we've been through a lot. And now it's time to hit the ground running now. Availability and flexibility of what you can do. So it's really learning all the positions, even if you're not going to play it, and kind of just tying it in there. I know that my safeties will help me if I need help, or my nickel will help me if I need help, or if I'm playing nickel or vice versa, whatever, that we'll all help each other out. Because, you know, in the back end, it's just us, you know. So we've got to be there for each other. How did you get up and get a finger on that? Because that thing was just off his toe quick. We just got off the ball. We knocked the whole line back. We was doing it the whole game, and we knew we kind of had them set up for it that last field goal. And we got off the ball, knocked them back, and we all got our hands up, and it hit mine. As much as the defense kept them in it, Jared Goff is still the maestro of an offense that continues to show they can do what they want when they need it. We did a good job of trying to, even with the bye week, pull back some of that momentum in practice this week that we had in Arizona and build that into the game. I think it starts up front with the O-line. I thought they had a great game. They really did. and moving the line of scrimmage and then giving me a nice pocket. When those guys do that, man, certainly in the first drive, like you're asking, we can do anything. Gritty football, it come down to the end of the game. You know, it's two good football teams going back and forth 60 minutes. You know, I think that's the best experience you can get from a game like that, a shootout come to the last second. You know, it's the most entertaining thing you can watch when it comes to the game. We know what type of game it's about to be. We knew what type of game we had to make it. and there was a lot of meat left on the bone out there. I'm not going to lie, but we're going to go back, watch the tape, clean it up, and it's on the next week. Good news for the Lions. They'll play another game at home next Sunday, but it's going to be a tough one against the division-leading Vikings who improved to 6-0 on Sunday. At Ford Field, Jennifer Hammond, Fox 2 Sports. Thanks a lot, Hammer. Let's get to the roundtable for official introductions. And when I'm behind the wheel, these boys love to ride shotgun. On my right is that rascal Jeff Rieger from 97.1 The Ticket. If you are, on my far right is that scallywag, Will Birchfield. Birchie can be found on 97.1theticket.com. All right, guys, what impressed you more, the way Detroit won this game or the way it handled the pressure of the divisional showdown? Well, I think it's how they handled the big receivers for Green Bay. I mean, listen, I was one of these guys all week. I'm like, you got to watch out for Watson. You got to watch out for Golden against that Lions secondary. Oh, boy, two receivers combined, less than 100 yards. Tucker Kraft didn't do much either. I kind of think he was open more, but for some reason, Jordan Love didn't find him with the exception of the touchdown. To hold them to 17 points, injuries or not, I was pretty impressed with that secondary. What about you, Will? Yeah, the answer to your question is yes. Everything that's been posed here was impressive. And with the Vikings winning today, it really was essential in the scope of the NFC North to get this win. Otherwise, you're three games back going into that game next week against Minnesota. And look, they did enough to win today. And they got some favors from the officials, which almost never happens. And they got some favors from the Packers with two missed field goals. But they also gave the Packers some favors. Two fumbles, one near the end zone, and they overcame some of their own issues. And I thought that Cade Mays and Brian Branch, in their debuts, both made impacts on this game. Branch, obviously the interception, ends up playing twice as many snaps in the second half as the first half. Clearly the coaching staff realized we need this game. we need him out there and then Kadenze was moving bodies for most of that game especially in pass pro and that is his strength unfortunately he did cause a fumble or a punch house Kadenze took that a little bit too literally defensive line i think how much confidence does this win give the Lions moving forward I mean you mentioned Minnesota now they're undefeated but still Lions looking good right now so the Minnesota Vikings played the Colts, and Brian Flores blitzed the Colts on 85, or at least pressured at 85% of Daniel Jones' drop back. Is that a lot? I think it's a record. It's actually not for Flores. Actually, it's a day off for him to tell you the truth. But no, I mean, I think it's huge going into the Minnesota game. I really felt, and Will said it, you needed this win, not only to be 1-0 in the division, but I felt if you lost this game, people would start to question, has this team been any good? You beat the Jets, you beat the Saints, and you beat the Arizona Cardinals, right? So I think you needed this win, not to mention, defensively, two weeks in a row, my standpoint where the secondary has been pretty shaky Detroit went 71 yards with the game tied What did that final drive tell you about Jared Goff in this offense? Well, what we know about Goff, which is that he really is clutch and he's playing as well as he's ever played, maybe better than he's ever played. And the protection today was great. At times when it broke down, he showed just enough maneuverability, just enough athleticism, dare we say, to move within the pocket extend plays in his own ways, and find receivers downfield. And, you know, we're almost numb to how well Jared's played for three, four years now But he really is this year especially playing at an all-pro level And there were MVP chants at times today in Ford Field along with Jared Goff chants. And he deserves all of that praise coming his way. Totally agree with you. His stat line today, 303 yards, two touchdowns, zero interceptions. Keeps on doing it. MVP caliber season in the works. Listen, guys, a huge day for Jameson Williams as well. Two TDs for his second straight week. Is he getting closer to being that game breaker we need him to be? I mean, I think so. And I think Jamo's so important regardless. Like, when all the Sam Laporta stuff over the weekend happened, and everybody's like, ah, you know, we don't need Laporta. And then there was other people that said, you're paying Jamo. Why won't you pay Laporta? I think people don't realize how important Jamison Williams is. Not only is he capable of doing what he did today with the two touchdowns. And by the way, why was Green Bay defending Penei Sewell instead of Jamison Williams? I mean, that's just the game breaker that he is. Because he's an elite athlete, that's why. I also feel people don't realize what a decoy Jamo can be as well. And how many defensive backs he pulls from the defense as well. And he's always needing of a game plan from the opposition. So, I mean, I think he can kill you both ways. And today he was great. We know about the Lions offense, but they held Green Bay to 60 yards rushing. What does that statement say about the defense? Well, it says the Packers still can't run the ball, even with Josh Jacobs back. And they haven't run the ball well all season. And the Lions did not let them change that today. Have you changed your thoughts on Kelvin Shepard after this one? Yeah, I have. I thought that Kelvin Shepard made some good adjustments against the Cardinals. I thought he stuck with those today. I thought DJ Reed had another really good game today. And D.J. Reid really has to play to his standard that he set in the first four games of last year and really before he signed here with the Jets, which was I can be a cornerback one on defense. And I think for the past two games, he has begun to show that. All right. Well, anytime that there is a Lions win, the locker room starts its postgame celebration. And tonight it was no different. But perhaps with the win coming against Green Bay, it was a lot sweeter. that whole game that whole first half second half man you talk about playing sticky going after the football that was outstanding offensively listen that's the way to finish it out man we're going to help you we want to help you we can be better as a staff there okay but we talked about finishing that game out we were not getting that ball back that's a hell of a job man there's a bunch i can give a lot but i'm just telling you it stuck out it was noticeable this guy fearless he played balls to the wall when he got his arms and look these stats don't say much but it was all over the field gentlemen thank you to everybody um in the organization um you know i had one question on my mind all the time um and it's you know what who are we in the eyes of adversity um and that really stuck with me and so, you know, we showed it So, yes, I did. We're one and only in the division, man. And we got Minnesota to walk in. You can't ask for any better We are getting on to Minnesota. So when you guys come back in the door, we are ready to go. Break it down. Hey, if we're going to go, we keep stacking these wins now, boys. Keep stacking. Keep that momentum. What are they? What are they? All right, you heard the Lions locker room guys talking about Minnesota next week. Vikings are next. Does Detroit have the momentum they now need to get into this game and really do something? Jeff Rieger? Woody, first time in over a year, they've won two in a row. You're feeling good, aren't you? You got to feel good about that, absolutely. And here's the other thing today about today's game. I know a lot of people, including myself, will say the Lions were a tad fortunate considering, you know, maybe the whistle was with the Lions. Or the crazy fourth down calls. Now, the analytics folks say they like that fourth and one from their own 24. But I will say this, it felt like the Lions got lucky. they got one but considering watching the Lions our entire lives how many times they've been unlucky I guess you'll take it right I guess you'll take it so having said all that what is your biggest concern going into next week is it turnovers defensive breakdowns or just the idea that Minnesota's undefeated in this matchup it's the Brian Flores defense which gave them fits last season and it gave Graham Glasgow fits last season and we'll see how Cade Mayes handles it but The reason that the Lions and Jared Goff and Ben Johnson thrived against the Flores defense in 23 and 24 was not because any of them. It was because of Frank Ragnow. It is the center's job to sift through all of those exotic looks, all of those pressures, all of those sim blitzes, all of those real blitzes, and help Jared Goff see where pressure is coming from. So Cade Mayes is going to have a really, really full plate next Sunday, which only makes it more important that he played this week to work out some of those communication and cadence things with Jared Goff. So we'll see if the Lions can straighten everything out and keep going on this track because it would be great to see this team win three in a row. All right, guys, I've got to move on. After quality wins over Boston and Miami, the Pistons have started 2-0 for the first time since the 2018 season. And tonight Detroit took that spotless record into the city of Brotherly Love to battle the 76ers. Jalen Duren, out of action for at least two weeks with a strained hamstring. And Ausar Thompson was also MIA, but there were plenty of others ready to step up in that duo's absence. Let's go courtside, gentlemen. Pick it up in the first quarter. Detroit up big. Duncan Robinson misses the three. Paul Reed gathers that rebound, passes it back to D-Rob for the three. Pistons up 12 after the first quarter. Second quarter. Look at Robinson lob it to John Collins for the jam. This is pretty. A few possessions later, Cade Cunningham's shot is blocked, but he passes it back to a wide-open Collins who drills the three. John Collins with 16 points in the game, Detroit up 10 at the half. In the third quarter, the Sixers weren't going away, but Detroit kept their foot on the gas. Here's Cade making the corner three. He finished with a team-high 26. Fourth quarter, here's Paul Reed with a hook shot to give the Pistons a nine-point lead. That's pretty good. A few possessions later, Cunningham with a huge block on Jalen Brown. Pistons win it, 106-93. They are three and oh this season doesn't matter who our opponent is you know i mean like we want to outwork people you know that's our aim every single night we want to play the game in a selfless way no matter what our opponent is and I thought again we did that tonight to find different ways and different different guys to contribute to it uh to get stops when we needed to get stops and then execute offensively to get the shots that we wanted um and just reading their coverages and their defenses that they changed them through the night I thought we did a great job of figuring it out okay back at the brief for a brief stop at the round table Pistons down three you know after the win over lebron and the sixes but the new surrounding jaylen duran is still in the headlines reevaluated after two weeks with the right hamstring problem cause for concern yes or no i don't think so right it's so early in the season not to mention the pistons are two and zero oh without Jaylen Duran because he didn't play a lot of that Miami game but who'd have thought the gauntlet for the Pistons right Celtics Heat Sixers they win them all by a combined 38 points Woody I'm telling you take on the world champs on Tuesday with the Knicks so I mean they're back they're just beating teams in regular season this looks like an early preview of a winning identity for this team and it's something that can last will if they keep it up if they keep shooting like they have so far they can definitely keep this up and a lot of people were very willing and maybe even eager to move on from Duncan Robinson this offseason that is to leave him to package him in trades but as Rieger's notes say right here 59 points in his first three games and shooting over 50 percent from three nicely done he is reproving his value to this team in his ability to space the floor and shoot from outside the arc we're also looking at Cade maybe dictating the game without forcing it is that his probably biggest improvement coming into this year yeah I think so I mean over the first three games they've won different ways today was really the first explosion from Kade Cunningham. He had 26 points, but I feel he has been more of a floor general the first two games. And then today he goes off a little against a really good Philly team that a lot of people predict to win the East. So everybody's clicking on all cylinders. It's nice. It's great to hear you. Would you say that again? Everybody's clicking on all cylinders. Not at all, I don't want negativity No, no, no, I don't want any negativity. You know, I can't be that guy. 22 points in the opener against the Celtics. Here's why I don't want the negativity, because I'm getting a signal to call our first time out of the night. We'll do that right now. We'll dive into college football as well as the Red Wings' road woes. There's some negativity on the other side of the break. Welcome back. The Spartans and Wolverines in action on Saturday. And at the start of the day, there was hope for both teams. Now, we all saw how it ended in overtime. Yeah, a little bit for the maize and blue against number six, Indiana. So, let's begin our college football rewind on the West Coast as the Michigan State Spartans took on number nine UCLA. The green and white driving in the opening quarter. The trouble in the red zone this year have the Spartans. Kaufman, got a wide open man and a touchdown walk-in. Kenneth Williams, Michigan State scores first. Empty backfield on second down and 10. Cade fires and it's intercepted. Going out on the sideline. Take it to Anthony Woods. Even back loads. Going deep for the first time. There were a lot of times today on the headphones, it was like, just call what we can execute. Just call what we can execute. So we've got to tighten things up even more as a coaching staff to be able to give our guys the best opportunity with the youth and an experience to play fast and play the Spartan way. And at times today, I didn't see that. This is unique. I've never seen so many injuries, and they've all happened in games. You know, that's what's so crazy to me. If it was in practice, you know, I could turn the dials up or down, you know, left or right. When they happen in game, I don't have a big solution for that besides next guy up. Third and seven to the 23. Carr underneath. Third and goal to the one. They give it. Hush over. You've got to be better than that on offense. There's no way around it. And the three main issues in that football game, our inability to run the ball, couldn't get anything going in the run game, our inability to score touchdowns in the red zone. You can't win unless you can score touchdowns in the red zone. And we're minus one in the turnover margin. We turned it over twice in the first half. Gave up four sacks on offense. Three of them were on big third downs. So that affected our field position. extremely proud of the way the defense played that's an elite defense that we have all right let's get back to the round table for our official review of the college game and let's start with Michigan, how cooked are they after the home loss to the Hoosiers, speaking of that was this me come on bro go ahead man to figure out what the worst play call was it dan campbell going for it fourth and one from his own 24 or was it jason back on third and one decided to roll out and hit the rhino hit the rhino yes he couldn't hit the rhino and of course yeah that car kid died but no listen it is abysmal and it's sad because the big 10 is wide open there's no great team in the big 10 none at all and michigan has this great defense that holds every team to 20 or under and they've only won four of those games three of them if you look at the western true true wild not to mention the last two coaches in the last 60 years that have started one and three in the Big Ten. Who are they? You guys want to guess? From Michigan. Tell us, Rieger. Brady Hoke is one. Rich Rodriguez did it twice. They both coached at Michigan. Not the company you want to keep. So Kyle Whittingham, and I said this before and I'll say it again, he gives me Monty Williams vibes. He took the job for the money, and now that he's here, he probably wishes he hadn't. Well, you know, what's your assessment on Tommy Carr? Okay, he was, well, he gave the spark last week. What about coming in this week? The spark was not there. It seems that Hoosiers snuffed that spark very quickly. Yeah, I mean, look, with this defense and even an average offense, Michigan's probably 7-0 and very much alive in the national contender race. Instead, they're 4-3 and they're pretty much toast. I mean, they're actually entirely toast. And look, we'll see how long Whittingham is here, but there's no way if this continues that Jason Beck can return for next season. And I do know the buyout in his contract is quite high, but if these numbers continue, there is no way that Kyle Whittenham can bring him back. That effort yesterday, especially on the ground, was putrid. I would go so far as to say it was unconscionable to rush 42 times for 57 yards with a number of good athletes on that offense is entirely unacceptable. And when you can't run the ball consistently, Rieger, you end up doing stupid things like call passing plays on a rollout to the Rhino offensive lineman. And the irony in that is that that was maybe the only drive of the game where they actually ran the ball semi sort of kind of well. And then they went away from it and shot themselves in the foot. So, again, Whittingham will likely be here for at least another year, but he's going to have to make major changes to his offensive staff entering next season. Well, we'll see what happens next week for Michigan. They are up against Rutgers on the road. We'll see if they can survive or if they fall flat again. Hey, let's move to MSU real quick. Pat Fitzgerald in the postgame talking about we have to simplify. We have to call what we can execute. Is that going to mean that the playbook is like now two pages deep? two plays two plays that's it run pass every now and then do an rpo no honestly i'm starting to wonder will pat fitzgerald win a big 10 game at michigan washington oregon at ruckers it sure is not looking like it and by the way when he was in ucla did he look across the field at chesney who came from james madison and has ucla with a backup quarterback seven and oh that's a first year coach speaking of backup quarterback kate kaufman at quarterback where is uh alessio Milivojevic. I mean, it's personal reasons, but this is going on for a while now, and I'm starting to wonder what the personal reasons are. Is it because I want to transfer? I don't know. I mean, as soon as you learn the kid's name and you can say Milivojevic, he's nowhere to be found. And I actually think he's been okay for Michigan State. I just kind of think everybody else has let him down. Well, you know what? There's still a lot to talk about for MSU and a lot for that team to build on. Let's advance the itinerary to the Detroit Red Wings. This team is currently heading to edmonton for the monday night matchup with the oilers but are the losses to the kraken and then the flames making it hard to see any kind of progress being made a little bit i think the best thing to happen to the Wings on this road trip is Lucas Raymond coming to life he had a pretty slow start to the season very slow start and yet you look up and through 10 games he's got nine points so he's been a valuable point per game player i still think he has a hundred point potential in him I think he almost has to get there for this version of this team to do anything of note this season so it's good to see that Raymond provides a spark but on the other hand Dylan Larkin just isn't and and frankly a lot of nights he looks like a player who wants out because guess what guys he wants out he wants out right and since his season debut when he when he had the goal and the assists and there were positive vibes around him he hasn't scored since and he never went more than six games last season without scoring a goal eight games right now without a goal and he's playing almost 22 minutes a night almost two minutes more than he was playing last year so it's not for lack of opportunity I know he had the injury back in training camp but he just doesn't look like a player who's fully engaged and I'm not surprised because he wants to be on a different team. Right. I mean, the only news coming out about Larkin was the fact that he expanded his search again to, what, now 10 teams that are out there? Yeah, no Canadian teams. Right, no Canadian teams. So, I mean, you know, we're still at square one with this. I mean, we need Kortokov to make a move or somebody to make a move. Korkov wants to swing it out of the park. He wants a grand slam, and no team's going to give him a grand slam move because the wings consider a grand slam move getting a center that can play right now back in return, and that's not going to happen. No, and in the meantime, you've got all these young guys Trying to find their way And while it's going It's not going that well Just three points out of a playoff spot You're right, I did say last week It was wild card I think it was two last week So they lost a little ground But what are we expecting moving forward From the Red Wings Edmonton tomorrow night In this road trip Maybe come back and start something Maybe sign Simon Advincenzo That's what we expect from them moving forward Why the delay It's to take care of business is to act like a grown-up NHL franchise and pay your top pair defenseman the nine and a half to ten million dollars that top pair defensemen get in today's NHL. And if you're not comfortable doing that, then just move him. In your assessment, what is the thinking in the room for the GM, the owner, and all this kind of stuff? I mean, why isn't this moving forward? Sounds like the thinking is they don't want a defenseman to be paid higher than Marc Staal, who's making eight and a half per year, but again, he signed that deal two years ago in a much different salary cap climate. The cap has grown exponentially since. You can pay Edvinkvist nine, nine and a half per year, and he'd be taking up significantly less percentage of the cap now than Staal was then when he signed his deal. So it just doesn't make sense for this to drag out any longer. And if you sign him, it'll be a bargain in a couple of years anyway, and you need him. Of course you're getting him. Detroit wrapping up this road trip tomorrow against the Oilers. Time to pause, but the Lions' love continues. We'll go back to Ford Field after this break. The NASCAR playoffs in Talladega for the running of the Yellowwood 500. Lap 132, Ryan Blaney tries to transition but makes contact with Bubba Wallace, resulting in a 12-car wreck. Oh, no. Five laps to go. Joey Logano battling for the lead, loses control of his car and flips over. Oh, no, take another look. He hits the wall hard. The car had to be flipped over, but he is okay. Then on the final lap, Kyle Larson. He'll get passed by Ricky Stenhouse on the inside, but Larson will eventually make a move after we look at this wreck for Logano. Larson will make the move on the inside on the final turn to get the win. Get this, Larson used a strong pushing draft to pass seven cars in the final quarter mile for the checkered flag. It's Larson's first career win at a super speedway, expanding his points lead to 73 with two races remaining. Back to the gridiron, where week seven turned out to be a turning point for quite a few teams let's all go around the NFL Vikings Colts Justin Jefferson and the Vikings coming off a bye week looking to stay undefeated fourth quarter Kyler Murray hits T.J. Hockenson for the five-yard touchdown happy national tight ends day T.J. Minnesota up 13 10 under two minutes left Indy down 16 10 Daniel Jones passes it and it's intercepted by Harrison Smith the Vikings improved to six and oh they play detroit next week dolphins and jets can the miami dolphins win a football game that was the goal for the winless dolphins versus the new york jets second quarter miami up 14-7 malik willis fakes the run and takes it himself dolphins up 21-7 at the half fourth quarter miami leads 21-17 willis finds caleb douglas and he takes it 63 yards for the score winless no more miami wins beating the jets 28-25 49ers and falcons michael penix ready to play. Third quarter, Atlanta down 14-12. Penix rolls out and finds Kyle Pitts. Falcons up 19-14. Fourth quarter, Penix fires it to Drake London, who reaches over for the 21-yard touchdown. Atlanta scores 23 unanswered points to go up 26-14. Later in the fourth, San Francisco down 26-20. Brock Purdy's pass intercepted. 49ers lose their first game of the season as the Falcons win it 29-20. The Buccaneers and the Panthers. Baker Mayfield back in action, but Tampa really didn't need him because the rest of the team picked him up. Here's former Lion Al-Kadin Muhammad sacking Bryce Young. That forced the fumble. Kaliah Many recovers and scores the defensive touchdown. Just before halftime, Mayfield under pressure finds Tez Johnson for the score. A route in Carolina as the Bucs win it 43-13. Rams taking on the Raiders. LA looking for a win against the Rams second quarter Matthew Stafford finding Puka Nacua for the score to go up 21-3 that touchdown by Stafford was big he passed Roman Gabriel for the most touchdowns in Rams franchise history later in the quarter Kyron Williams finds a hole and takes it to the house LA wins it 35-21 now stay right there when we come back we'll recap the Lions big win over the Packers and bring you interviews with both DJ Wanum and Jamison Williams it's all next on your home for Lions football over the last two weeks Lions fans have experienced the gamut of emotions beginning with the joy after the win over Arizona then came the concern over the Packers which was quickly followed by a trip into the depths of despair thanks to the Sam Laporta situation but today Detroit put all of that in the rearview mirror and kept focus on the main thing and for tonight's Lions look back I'm very happy to hear our main man Fox 2 sports director and Lions radio play-by-play voice Dan Miller back in the broadcast booth we'll pick it up in the opening quarter with the Packers pushing for points there it is spot down kick away he missed it he pushed it to the right Packers come up empty on their opening drive Jared fakes the give sets in the pocket rolls a little bit to the right now sets and throws it is caught that is Jamo 20 yard line down to the 15 dancing his way to the right and he's going to be taken down as he backtracked to the 16 yard line from the Packers 16 Jared hands nope rolls left throws left side got to complete That is J-Mo at the 10, J-Mo to the 5, J-Mo to the end zone, touchdown Detroit Lions. Oh, baby, hard run fake up to Jameer, but there we sneak it out the left side, J-Mo, and he finds it, and he finds the house. Lions with four across the front, there's the snap, love back, love looking, love stepping up, rolling to his right, now he throws end zone wide open, caught, touchdown Tucker Craft. Snap, spot, kick on the way, it is up, and it is good. Jake Bates sends it through And it is now the Lions 10 And the Packers 7 Sends his receiver in motion Love wants to throw Gonna get hit, gonna go down Sacked back inside the 25-yard line Aiden Hutchinson got him They're 3 out of 3 on 4th down today On 4th and 4, Love wants to throw Gotta complete to Golden Golden's hit, taken down Did not get it Denied by that Lions defense Tackled by D.J. Reid Jared leans in. There's the snap. Hands to Gibbs. Gibbs straight up the gut. Gibbs down to the six. Oh, the ball came out. I don't know. Green Bay sets. Green Bay ball. Oh, my goodness. From their own 42. Goff lost the snap. Has to fall on top of it. And it is picked up by Green Bay. Man, just can't do that. Crowd up and making noise. Love out of the gun. Love's got it. Wants to throw. Sets in the pocket. Throws. Caught. That is going to be a first down. And Jacobs stays on his feet inside the five to the end zone. Broke two tackles. Touchdown, Packers. Wow. Goff takes the shotgun snap. Fakes the give. Steps up in the pocket. Throws. Got a complete J-Mo. 50-yard line. Down to the 45. Down to the 40. And down to the 35 he goes. J-Mo with the grab. Evan Williams finally made the stop. 6:40 to go in the third. There's the snap. Goff back. Looking. Looking. Rolling to his right. Stepping up. Throwing. It is caught at the five. Into the end zone. Touchdown, Detroit Lions. Jamison Williams. Goff by time. J-Mo got open. Goff hit him. 11 yards on the connection, and the Lions are back on top. It is fourth and five from the Green Bay six. Goff brings him to the line. It'll work out of the gun. There's the snap to Jarrett on fourth down back. Drifting left, looking, throwing end zone. It is up and incomplete. Knocked out of the back of the end zone. J-Mo caught it, but Brandon Cisse with a heads-up play. Love's got it. Drifts back. Wants to throw. Loads up. Throws downfield. but it's up for grabs, and it is picked off by the Lions. Intercepted. Hey, welcome back, Ryan Branch, I see you, 32. Packers trying to tie the game. 43-yarder, and it is straight down the middle and good for Trey Smack, going for fourth at a yard and a half from just shy of their own 24-yard line. Goff with eight on the play clock, moves him behind center. Jared takes the snap, turns, gives it to Gibbs. he's taken down for a loss done oh my goodness Green Bay takes over on downs 35 yard attempt for the go-ahead field goal from Green Bay hash mark left side spot down kick on the way it is up and it is no good he missed it oh my goodness he missed it he pushed it to the right that is the second chip shot he's missed today new life for the lions let's see what they dial up Goff's gonna work out of the gun Jared's got it tosses it to Gibbs try to get outside left turns it up at the 10, gives to the 5, and he slides down with the first down at the 3-yard line. They can run out the clock from here and bring Jake Bates on for a chip shot. Here we go. To win it, Jake Bates from 22 yards out, hash mark left side. Snap, spot, kick away. It is up, and it is good. The Detroit Lions win it by a score of 20-17. Jake Bates sends it through on the final play of the game. that drive to win it by detroit clutch so the lions come away with a 20 to 17 victory to stack wins together for the first time in more than a year that result producing quite a few smiles in the lions locker room and we definitely saw one as Jennifer Hammond caught up with Jameson Williams who talked about his touchdown catch with offensive tackle Penei Sewell running a route right next to him Sewell is a spectacular player so you know he got it he taking defenders with him it was kind of like a zone so i said no it's actually crazy QB threw me a no look so i was like wow and then you know i just got to get in the end zone from there nobody close to me if i'm close i'm gonna dive in for sure a lot of people were expecting a shootout in this one and whereas there was a lot of offense a lot of yardage score didn't really indicate that what were you expecting from this matchup and how did it play out in your mind uh you know you can expect expect Like what happened, you know, gritty football come down to the end of the game. You know, it's two good football teams going back and forth 60 minutes. You know, I think that's the best experience you can get from a game like that, a shootout come to the last second. You know, it's the most entertaining thing you can watch when it comes to the game. This one felt like a game you guys really needed to have just with all of the implications of the division. How much did you talk about that going in, and how important is it that you got it? We knew it was a big one for us, you know, first division. First division game for us. But, you know, we got the win. It's behind us. We got another one next week. So, you know, that's what we focus on now. On your first touchdown, I think you took off from the five-yard line. Yeah. I got to get in. I got to get in. You know, I feel like once I caught it and once I straightened up, I stayed in bounds. I seen a straight shot, but on my peripheral, I seen defenders moving to me. And once I got close to the end zone, I just feel like I got to have it. So, I'm going to jump in for sure. Jared is sitting right outside of 1,800, 1,800 passing yards, 14 touchdowns, and what can you say about the type of ball he's playing for six minutes? It's amazing. You know, shout out to QB1. He's doing his thing right now. We got to keep it on track, you know, keep balling. You know, it's a long season, and we just trying to turn this thing over and go on the run. Thanks a lot to J-Mo and the Hammer. Now, what about Detroit's defense? We saw quite a few meaningful contributions from that side of the football, and one of the most important came from the hand of Lions defensive lineman D.J. Wanham on this blocked Packers field goal. We'll keep moving through the Lions locker room after this short break. We heard from the Lions offense after the win over Green Bay, but what's the perspective from the defensive side of the football? Jennifer Hammond gets that from Lions defensive lineman D.J. Wanham, who also got a finger on that field goal attempt by Trey Smack late in the fourth quarter. Did you know that it was going to miss when it hit your finger? Did you have to turn around and make sure? I didn't know because I phrased it. I'm sorry, I grazed it. But when I turned around and looked and it was out, I was best feeling ever. That was a great feeling. Was that just lateral? I mean, how did you get up and get a finger on that? Because that thing was just off his toe quick. We just got off the ball. We knocked the whole line back. We was doing it the whole game. And we knew we kind of had them set up for it that last field goal. And we got off the ball, knocked them back, and we all got our hands up. And it hit my... Was that something you guys saw on tape this week that you knew you might be able to take advantage of? and how much did that help you considering that they were so poor in their field goal strategy? Yeah, we knew this game was going to come down to the wire, you know what I'm saying, all throughout the week. And any edge we could get, we knew that, you know what I'm saying, we was going to take advantage of it. And, you know what I'm saying, throughout the week, we focused on field goal block. That's a real thing. We have field goal block plays that we execute. And all we did was go out, knock the line back, get a hand up, and get my hand. So it was good. This really felt like a game that came down to the defense. I mean, did you guys expect it to be a defensive struggle like this? most people were predicting a shootout oh no i mean i know me personally or the guys in the locker room we know what we what we have on defense we know we got the guys um and a lot of things you know i said we messed up at the beginning of the season we're starting to execute better and and and and play to the standard that we know that we can play at um you know i'm saying that we just went out there and play play lions defense football you know what I'm saying we go out there and execute what chef calls and that's what happens when we go out there and execute this really felt like a gotta have it game and a gotta have it win against a division opponent in week seven at home yeah how much does it help you guys knowing that you got it behind you oh it helps us a lot but you know what I'm saying we still got to see them again um and we got other good teams in this conference you know what I'm saying so each game counts you know what I'm saying it's always come down to the wire in this division you know what I'm saying at the end of the season so you know what I'm saying each and every game counts and we're gonna continue to stack them thank you DJ and thank you Jennifer Hammond time for a little something different and it comes out of the Lions history books back in 1991 the Lions were blasting through the regular season competition on their way to a first-round bye in the playoffs, then hosting Dallas in the divisional playoff before eventually falling in the NFC Championship game against Washington. Now, the gang at the Lions One Pride Productions, have put together stories of the 1991 season. Here's a look at Lions legend number 84, Herman Moore. It's Barry. Did I tell you about that? No, sir. Oh, yeah, that's part of the accountability. You all are like this. That's part of the accountability. So here it is, you know, we're in, I don't know what year I'm in, me and Kevin Glover, sixth year, whatever year we were in, they draft Herman Moore. So, okay, big receiver. We like, okay, yeah, we excited about this, what, 12th pick in the draft, right? So we go to the first preseason game. So they throw Herman, I don't know what the route, I can't call the name of the route, but basically it was for Herman to run five yards and cut it in. and the quarterback throwing the ball, and he dropped the ball. And, like, me and Kevin Glover just kind of looked at each other like that real fast, okay? You know, about two plays later, they called another route for Herman, and I think this was an out route. So he ran the out route. They threw the ball to him. He dropped it again. Oh, I met Herman, like, halfway at the hash mark. Oh, I had some choice words for that young man. And I'm like, what is going on? You know, me and Kevin Glover, man. So we kind of gave him, you know, a piece of my mind. So the long and short of it, come to find out, he was fitted with the wrong contact lenses. That's what had happened. They had prescribed, I don't know how that happens. I don't wear contacts. He got fitted with the right contact lenses. And as they say, the rest was history. Herman Moore, one of the greatest receivers to ever play this game. but he started off slow oh it was real slow oh we were gonna jack him up we like man we've spent the 12th pick in the draft on you it was tough my rookie season uh being that it was uh less than spectacular that i would have accomplished so much and it all seemed to happen overnight once i ended realizing you know what you got to be able to see if you're going to be a wide receiver and paid attention to that the game that really broke out for me to make me realize it was there was actually when Robert Carter got injured against the Chicago Bears my rookie season and I had to step in for him and actually perform that was a time for me where there was no more thinking it was about performing and I knew that was an opportunity even though that was short-lived I had my breakout opportunity against the Dallas Cowboys touchdown in the NFL in the corner of the end zone kind of became my signature mark in terms of going up and getting high fade and I felt that that moment I had arrived and it was now time to start just ascending and going to a different level. He came out, like I say, big receiver, big target, man, the best hands that I've ever seen, hands down. Herman Moore has everything he caught was out with his hands. The best hands I've ever seen and probably top five route runners at the receiver position that I've ever seen, man. It was just it was amazing he was what we needed in our offense at that time to kind of balance us out between the run game with Barry but having a great receiver out there and that's what made our offense just go but herman was huge what a cool story hey we're getting close to the end but there's still gas left in the tank we'll show off the NFL play of the day when we come back time now for the NFL play of the day and since we're in a good mood it's actually two big time plays as Giants running backs Cam Scaduto and Devin Singletary literally carry the Giants to victory. Look at this overtime effort against the Houston Texans with the score tied at 21 Head coach John Harbaugh has the Giants playing good football. Those two runs going for a combined 72 yards as the Giants move to 4-2-1 after a 27-21 overtime victory. And that brings this Sunday to a close. I'm Woody Woodard. Thanks for tuning in. We'll rejoin you at 4 a.m. for Fox 2 News Morning, but TMZ Weekend is next, right here on Fox 2.