Lions Lookback: Dan Miller recaps Detroit versus Miami as Lions win

Lions on the road to handle business against the Miami Dolphins. Jack Campbell's injury had players dedicating their performance to number 46. But could the Lions balance the concern for their teammate with the focus needed to take down the Miami Dolphins? In tonight's Lions Look Back, we'll watch the Lions go to work starting in the first quarter. Fox 2 Sports Director and Lions Radio Play-By-Play voice Dan Miller on the call. They snap it over the left side. That is Gibbs around the left side, inside the five to the end zone. They're going to say he stepped out at the six. Pssst! There's the snap, spot, kick away, it is up and it is good. Thank you very much. So the Lions lead this one 3-0, directly behind center, turns, fakes the give to Bakke, couple of steps to his left, now loads and throws downfield and he's intercepted by the Dolphins, that was tipped and picked off, coming back the other way is Chris Johnson, Johnson back into Lions territory inside the 40-yard line, Jack Fox is out there. He's going to pass it. It is caught. First down. Lions with a fake. There's the old high school quarterback, Jack Fox, who finds Tay Martin for the grab and a Lions first down. Seven men across the front. They bring the house. Golf in trouble. Rolling right. Then he gets sacked again. Jared taking down again. Go empty out of the gun. Gibbs slits out wide left. Dolph's got it. Wants to throw. Does. Got Amon-Ra. Catch inside the 25. And he's got a first down at the 22-yard line. There it is. Box the hold. Kick away. It is up. And it is good. Right down the middle. There's the snap. Spot. Kick away. It is up. It is off the upright. And no good. Good. The Dolphins come up empty and the Lions will hit the locker room with the lead to his left. Willis has got it, wants to throw, loads downfield and throws. It is going to be kicked off by the Lions. Intercepted by Clark, back up to the right sideline to the 50. Cuts it left at the 45, picks up a block. There he goes outside left, the numbers at the 35, down to the 30. It is going to be taken down inside the 30-yard line. Hash mark left side. Spot down, kick on the way, it is good. Jake sends it through, and the Lions extend their lead. It is now Detroit 9 and Miami 3. They fake the give to him. Jared wants to throw, does downfield, got J-Mo, makes the catch. In Dolphins territory, inside the 40-yard line it goes, and he's shoved out near the 35. Fourth and one from the Dolphin 8. Goff up under center, turns, flips it out to Gibbs, trying to get outside right, he will, to the 5, to the end zone. Touchdown Detroit Lions. 35-yard average for Pinion. Carter back deep. Pinion is going to throw it. He does downfield. Got a man wide open at the 50. Cutting left at the 45. In Lions territory at the 20. Catron Allen, the running back inside the 20. And down to the 16-yard line. Willis out of the gun. There's the snap. Back and looking. Pressure comes. Willis rolls to his left. He and Chase still looking. Now he's hit. Now he's going down. Sacked back at the 15-yard line. They got him again. Derek Moore, the rookie out of Michigan with a sack. Goff takes the shotgun snap. Quick throw left side. Got it complete. That is safe. Picks up a block. Got the first down and more. Inside the 30. St. Brown gets down to the 28-yard line. There's the snap, spot, kick away, it is up, and it is good. Jake Bates sends it through, and the Lions are back out to a two-score lead. Lions show four across that defensive front. Willis in trouble, Willis slips one hit, not the second one, nope, stayed on his feet, still spinning, now he's going down, take it down again, Derek Moore, number two for the rookie. There's the knee, and that's it, two teams will meet out in the middle of the field to say job well done, job better done on this day. By the Detroit Lions as they come up with a victory and beat the Dolphins by a score of 19-9 to run their record to 6-2 on the season. So the Lions get the win, but how did the victory look from the offensive side of the football? For that perspective, let's jump into the Lions locker room where Detroit wide receiver Amon Ross St. Brown reflected on the victory with our pal Dan Miller. Big win for us, obviously for Jack and, you know, just the emotional, you know, emotions we've been through all week. And honestly, for us, this was another, you know, in Miami hot game where we haven't played in this kind of weather in a while. Just to come out and get this win out here is big, too, because it was the next one up. So the next game is always the biggest game. I know there's some things you're going to want to clean up from this one, but four in a row, what's that mean to you? It feels good. I feel like we're getting in a little rhythm. You know, last year, Last year, I feel like we were winning towards the, you know, we started winning, losing, winning, losing, winning, losing. We lost two in a row. I mean, we hadn't lost two in a row here in a long time. So to get back on track in the win column week after week, stacking wins, I think that's what's... That's what separates the good teams from the really good teams in this league. And we just got to keep stacking, man. When we get a time, glad we got the win here in Miami. Obviously, watch the tape, correct some things, and then, hopefully, get to Germany and do it again. Felt like there's some good things happening out there, and then just some negative plays. Do the penalties or get plays that got you behind the sticks really made it difficult? Yeah, any time you have negative plays, whether it's a sack, a run, That doesn't get positive yards. It makes it tough. You get behind the sticks, like you said. Like I said, I mean, we have the players to try to overcome that, but you can't keep overcoming those situations each and every drive. It makes it tough. So we've got to do a better job of staying on schedule on offense. And I think scoring in the red zone, that's a big thing. I feel like having not even watched the tape that – When we get in that red zone, we got to put up, we got to get seven points, we got to get six. I think that makes a huge difference towards the end of the game. How big is it when that defense is shutting them down? Yeah, defense played great. I feel like they've been on a tear the past four weeks, playing great defense, bailing us out a lot, which I think is great. At the end of the day, we're not going to have our best game every game as an offense. You want to score 30-plus points every game, but that's just not the reality of this league. Thank you. And when you have a defense like we have that can do those type things to opposing teams, whether it's interceptions, getting three and outs, getting big stops, turnover on downs, things like that, it makes it so much easier for us. It's just complimentary football, and that's what good teams do. Last thing, I saw the smile. This game's been a long time coming. I know you've got to put the work in, but how excited are you? I'm really excited. I can't wait. I just can't wait to be with my teammates in Germany, with my family. It's a joy, man, to take it all in. I think this whole week is going to be fun. Just being able to, like I said, go to Germany, be in a place where I spent a lot of time as a kid, and just be with my teammates. Man, that Lions win had the postgame locker room buzzing. When we come back, we'll take a look at the defensive performance by the Lions, and we'll do it through the eyes of Detroit rookie defensive lineman Derek Moore. His first career start was definitely a keeper, and we'll hear from him after this short break.