Lions beat Packers to clinch playoff spot after Campbell’s gutsy fourth-down calls
Green Bay Packers 31-34 Detroit LionsDetroit win 11th game in a row to move to 12-1Jared Goff threw three touchdown passes, Jake Bates made a 35-yard field goal as time expired and the Detroit Lions clinched a playoff spot with a 34-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night. The NFC-best Lions (12-1) broke a franchise record with their 11th straight win – including two over the Packers (9-4) – to stay ahead of Minnesota (10-2) in the highly competitive NFC North.Detroit coach Dan Campbell went for it on fourth-down five times, succeeding on four of those occasions, including with one yard to go at the Green Bay 21 with 43 seconds left. David Montgomery then ran for seven yards, barely getting a handoff from Goff after the quarterback tripped and was falling toward the turf. That ensured the Lions could try a field goal without giving the Packers the ball back, and Bates hit his third-game-winning kick this season. Continue reading...
- Green Bay Packers 31-34 Detroit Lions
- Detroit win 11th game in a row to move to 12-1
Jared Goff threw three touchdown passes, Jake Bates made a 35-yard field goal as time expired and the Detroit Lions clinched a playoff spot with a 34-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night.
The NFC-best Lions (12-1) broke a franchise record with their 11th straight win – including two over the Packers (9-4) – to stay ahead of Minnesota (10-2) in the highly competitive NFC North.
Detroit coach Dan Campbell went for it on fourth-down five times, succeeding on four of those occasions, including with one yard to go at the Green Bay 21 with 43 seconds left. David Montgomery then ran for seven yards, barely getting a handoff from Goff after the quarterback tripped and was falling toward the turf. That ensured the Lions could try a field goal without giving the Packers the ball back, and Bates hit his third-game-winning kick this season. Continue reading...
