Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings | 2023 Week 16 Game Highlights
IN THE WIN OVER THE BRONCOS. DAVID MONTGOMERY IN THE BACKFIELD. FIRST AND TEN FROM THE 25-YARD LINE AS GOFF THROWS, AND IT’S COMPLETE FOR A FIRST DOWN, A GAIN OF 16. CATCH MADE BY JOSH REYNOLDS. >> Jonathan: JARED GOFF SAID JOSH REYNOLDS WAS GOING TO BE A THEM BETTER FOR EACH GAME. >> Kenny: ON SECOND DOWN. IT’S MONTGOMERY. CUTS TO THE OUTSIDE, AND HE PICKS UP ANOTHER LIONS FIRST DOWN ACROSS MIDFIELD INTO ALLOWED AN OPENING DRIVE TOUCHDOWN OVER THE LAST NINE GAMES. THIRD DOWN AND FIVE. GOFF STEPS AWAY FROM PRESSURE AND THROWS AND FINDS ST.
BROWN FOR A LIONS FIRST DOWN. A GAIN OF 14 TO THE VIKINGS’ IN PRECARIOUS POSITIONS. >> Kenny: THREE-RECEIVER SET. SECOND DOWN AND 12. GOFF TO THE OUTSIDE. AND IT IS CAUGHT CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN BY RAYMOND WHO WAS SECOND DOWN AND TEN. GOFF THROWS COMPLETE. TAKEN INSIDE THE TEN-YARD LINE BUT JAMESON WILLIAMS AND HE SPINS. >> Jonathan: ALMOST FUMBLED. >> Kenny: SO WILLIAMS PICKS UP ANOTHER LIONS’ FIRST DOWN AT THE LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT LaPORTA ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. >> Kenny: THERE’S MONTGOMERY WITH CRAIG REYNOLDS LEADING THE WAY, AND HE IS IN
FOR A LIONS’ TOUCHDOWN. MADE QUICK DECISIONS. >> Kenny: FROM THE 25. FAKE TO TY CHANDLER. THE SPACE COMPLETE. JOSH OLIVER, A BIG PLAY FOR THE VIKINGS ON
IN PRESSURES AND HURRIES. IN THE BACKFIELD. MULLENS ON THIRD DOWN. THROWS IT’S COMPLETE. K.J. OSBORN INSIDE THE TEN-YARD LINE! PICKS UP A VIKINGS FIRST DOWN. IF YOU DON’T SCORE HERE. >> Kenny: SECOND AND GOAL, CHANDLER TOUCHDOWN! . THEN THEY WILL WIN THE DIVISION. >> Kenny: SECOND AND TEN. GOFF OVER THE MIDDLE. IT IS COMPLETE FOR A FIRST DOWN. JAMESON WILLIAMS MAKES THE CATCH AND WE HEAD TO LOS ANGELES FOR A OR 7-7 WHICH IS THE VIKINGS RECORD. GIBBS BROKE AWAY FROM THE FIRST TACKLE ATTEMPT. PICKED UP A FIRST DOWN AND FUMBLE. HE LOST THE FOOTBALL
AND IT’S RECOVERED BY THE VIKINGS. IVAN PACE COMING UP WITH IT! . EMPTY BACKFIELD OR THIRD DOWN. NOW C.J. HAM, FULLBACK SHIFTS INTO THE BACKFIELD. MULLENS COMPLETE. STOPPED SHORT. WAS HOCKENSON BY BRIAN BRANCH. BE A HARD COUNT. >> Kenny: JEFFERSON IN NOTION MOTION FROM THE LIONS 40. THEY NEED TWO YARDS. MULLENS THROWS. PICKED OFF! PASS WAS INTENDED FOR ADDISON. BRIAN BRANCH WHO NEARLY HAD BUN IN THE END ZONE BACK IN THE FIRST QUARTER COMES UP WITH THE PICK. >> Jonathan: MAN, THAT IS POOR DECISION BY NICK MULLENS. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE JUSTIN GREAT JOB AGAINST
THE LIONS’ OFFENSE BECAUSE WHAT HE SAID WAS OFF SEDDED IS SCHEDULE WAS ELIMINATING THE BIG PLAYS. THEY HAVE DONE THAT SO FAR. >> Kenny: ON FIRST DOWN. THERE’S A BIG PLAY COMPLETE. ST. BROWN OUT TO THE 37-YARD >> Jonathan: IT REALLY HAS. YOU CAN SEE THE WAY THAT THEY ARE SPYING TO THE FOOTBALL. THEY TACKLE WELL, AND THE VERSATILITY OF THE PLAYERS HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING. >> Kenny: SECOND DOWN AND SIX, AND MONTGOMERY PICKS UP A LION’ FIRST DOWN OUT AT MIDFIELD. >> Jonathan: MEANWHILE, LIONS’ DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THIS VIKINGS TEAM BEING SOUND AND
BEING DISCIPLINED. >> Kenny: SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN. MONTGOMERY. OH, WE CAN HEAR IT FROM UP HERE, ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. TO THE 33-YARD LINE OF THE >> Jonathan: AIDED BY THAT ROUGHING A PASSER. >> Kenny: SECOND DOWN AND FIVE. QUICK RELEASE FROM GOFF TO ST. BROWN. AMON-RA ST. BROWN PICKS UP ANOTHER LIONS FIRST DOWN FROM THE VIKINGS’ 22. NOW YOU GET HIM AND METELLUS ONE-ON-ONE AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. >> Kenny: HERE’S GOFF ON THIRD DOWN. UNDER PRESSURE. HIT! BALL COMES LOOSE. MAKE AN IMPACT. >> Kenny: HERE’S BADGELY. THEY MADE THE MOVE REPLACING PARROTSON WITH
BADGELY, AND HE PENALTY JUST UNDER THEIR SEASON AVERAGE OF FIVE PER GAME. SECOND AND 21. MULLENS THROWS. CATCH MADE BY HOCKENSON UP THE SIDELINE AND THEN SHOVED OUT OF O’CONNELL KEEPS COMING OUT IN EMPTY PERSONNEL WHICH HELPS HIM DETERMINE WHETHER IT’S MAN OR ZONE. NOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT, FORCE THE BALL TO YOUR BEST GUYS. >> Kenny: MULLENS ON THIRD DOWN. LOOKING FOR ADDISON. IT’S PICKED OFF. INTERCEPTED BY KERBY JOSEPH! THAT’S THE SECOND PICK OF THE FIRST HALF THROWN BY NICK >> THIRD INCEPTION THIS SEASON OF JOSEPH AND NOW THE LIONS WITH A HUGE OPPORTUNITY.
NOW SOME TRICKERY FOR BEN JOHNSON’S OFFENSE AS MONTGOMERY FIRED ACROSS THE FIELD TO LIONS CAN CLINCH THE NORTH. VIKINGS CAN WIN THE DIVISION WITH THREE DETROIT LOSSES. >> Kenny: JAHMYR GIBBS, DOWN TO 1:30. MULLENS. JEFFERSON. >> Jonathan: THERE WE GO. >> Kenny: JUSTIN JEFFERSON RULED DOWN. THAT’S HIS SECOND CATCH AND A FIRST DOWN AT THE DETROI 54 SECONDS AND TWO TIME-OUTS. . ANSWER EVERY TIME WITH EVERY LITTLE NUANCE THAT O’CONNELL HAS COME ON. THE LONGER HE HOLDS ON TO THE FOOTBALL, THE WORSE THINGS HAPPEN TO THE VIKINGS’ OFFENSE. >> Kenny: MULLENS THROWS, AND IT’S COMPLETE
FOR A FIRST DOWN. FROM THE LIONS 26. PLAY CLOCK WINDING DOWN. NOW MULLENS MOVING TO HIS RIGHT ON FIRST DOWN. NOW HE THROWS. TO THE END ZONE. JEFFERSON. WHAT A CATCH! WE CAN’T HAVE ANY MORE CATASTROPHIC TURNOVERS. >> Kenny: MULLENS ON SECOND DOWN. IT’S COMPLETE. T.J. HOCKENSON PICKS UP A VIKINGS FIRST DOWN. A GAIN OF 24 YARDS. STRAIGHT THROUGH IT FOR A TOUCHDOWN. >> Kenny: HOCKENSON HAS GONE DOWN IN THE MEDICAL TENT. STILL NO ADDISON AS MULLENS GOES DEEP. K.J. OSBORN MAKES THE CATCH! INSIDE THE LIONS’ TEN-YARD LINE. >> Kenny: FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE
LIONS’ SIX. FAKE TO CHANDLER. END ZONE, OSBORN TOUCHDOWN! NOW THE LIONS TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS AFTERNOON. THEY GO BACK TO WORK FROM THE 25. >> Jonathan: NICE CATCH. >> Kenny: A PASS IS CAUGHT BY RAYMOND. IT’S RULED A CATCH. HE WAS ABLE TO GET BOTH FEET DOWN IN BOUNDS AND NOW THE LIONS THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW HE’S GOING TO BE SORELY MISSED. >> Kenny: SECOND DOWN AND FOUR. PASS TO THE NEAR SIDE S-TO-ST. BROWN. IT’S ANDREW BOOTH IN FOR BUT RIGHT NOW THEY ARE PLAYING GOOD FOOTBALL. >> Kenny: SECOND AND TEN FOR DETROIT.
HERE’S GIBBS. GIBBS STAYS ON HIS FEET, AND HE’S SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 36-YARD LINE. >> Jonathan: IF YOU’RE THE VIKINGS, COULDN’T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER SCENARIO GIVEN THE SITUATION. >> Kenny: THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN. HERE’S GOFF. PASS IS CAUGHT, AND A NICE TACKLE MADE BY METELLUS ON LaPORTA. LOOKS TO BE JUST SHY OF THE >> Kenny: THIS WOULD BE A 52-YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT. LEAVE THE OFFENSE ON THE FIELD ON FOURTH DOWN AND THEY CONVERT. GIBBS STILL GOING, AND HE’S TACKLED FROM BEHIND. HE HAD VISIONS OF THE END ZONE. BUT HE WAS
PULLED DOWN AFTER A ENDS, SO YOU HAVE AMON-RA. >> Jonathan: THEY RECOGNIZE >> Kenny: FOURTH DOWN AND ONE AND HERE’S GOFF ON THE SNEAK. PICKS UP A LIONS FIRST DOWN. SO IT PAYS OFF. COUPLE OF TIMES. >> Kenny: SECOND AND GOAL. GOFF LOOKING TO THROW. GOFF TO THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN, AMON-RA ST. BROWN! AND THE LIONS REGAIN THE LEAD. BEHIND HIM FOR A TOUCH DON. >> Tony: PLAYED TOGETHER IN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, WORK OUT TOGETHER IN THE OFF-SEASONS. THE EXTRA POINT IS BLOCKED. SO IT IS A TWO-POINT GAME. ON TIME. DON’T HOLD IT TOO LONG.
>> Kenny: MISSING TWO OF HIS BIG WEAPONS, ADDISON AND HOCKENSON. THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT. THIS IS C.J. HARNLGS THE FULLBACK. >> Jonathan: NICE TACKLE. >> Kenny: AND HE’S STOPPED SHORT. >> Jonathan: IN THE HUNT, KENNY. TALKING ABOUT OVER HALF THE TEAMS IN THE NFC STILL IN THE HUNT. >> Kenny: WITH ONLY TWO WEEKS REMAINING FOLLOWING THIS ONE. WIDE OPEN IT THE ST. BROWN. THE LIONS’ FIRST DOWN. OUT TO THE 48-YARD LINE AND THAT’S HIS NINTH RECEPTION, AND YOU CAN NOT BE THE FIRST PERSON TO CATCH THE BALL. YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISH YOURSELF BACK IN AND
THEN BE ABLE TO GO OUT FOR A ROUTE TO CATCH THE BALL. >> Kenny: SECOND DOWN AND TEN FOLLOWING THE INXLOOEMT COMPLETION. THERE’S ST. BROWN. HIS TENTH RECEPTION. A NICE SPIN MOVE, AND AMON-RA ST. BROWN HAS A LIONS FIRST DOWN TO THE VIKINGS 37. NORTH WITH A VICTORY LEADING THE VIKINGS BY TWO. FROM THE MINNESOTA 33. SECOND AND SIX. GOVERNOR TO THE OUTSIDE. A NICE MOVE AND LaPORTA AROUND THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT AND TENTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE. GOFF ON THIRD DOWN IT’S COMPLETE FOR A FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 15-YARD LINE, SO THE LIONS CONVERT.
. LIONS CAN PICK UP A FIRST DOWN WITHOUT REACHING THE END ZONE. THIRD DOWN AND FOUR AND GOFF LOOKING. SWINGS IT FAR SIDE FOR GIBBS AND GIBBS WITH THE SECOND EFFORT WILL PICK UP A DETROIT FIRST QUARTERBACK. >> Kenny: THE VIKINGS LOSE ANOTHER KEY DEFENSIVE PLAYER. HANDOFF TO GIBBS. TOUCHDOWN. IT. THERE’S NO REASON FOR THAT. THAT’S JUST SELFISH FOOTBALL BY ED INGRAM. MULLENS GOING DEEP AND IT’S PICKED OFF. THE SECOND TIED FOR KERBY OF THEIR OWN. THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN. GOFF FIRES. OH, WHAT A TACKLE. >> Jonathan: OH. >> Kenny: WHAT A TACKLE MADE BY
>> Kenny: AND THERE ARE THE FOUR LIONS PLAYERS WHO WERE ALIVE THE LAST TIME THE FRANCHISE WON A DIVISION. THE VIKINGS STILL WITH 7:30 REMAINING. PASS COMPLETE TO OSBORN AND UP THE SIDELINE AND PICKS UP A MINNESOTA FIRST DOWN. A GAIN OF 14 FROM MULLENS TO RECEIVERS, ET CETERA, AND THEN YOU’RE COUNTING ONE EXTRA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. TOO MANY GUYS. >> Kenny: SECOND AND LONG. MULLENS. JEFFERSON. >> Jonathan: OH. >> Kenny: WHAT A BIG HIT AND A FLAG AFTER THE HIT FROM KERBY JOSEPH. AND NOW JOSEPH IS DOWN KEEPS CRUSHING DEFENSES. >> Kenny: WALKER IN
FOR KERBY JOSEPH. FROM THE LIONS’ 32. THE TOSS TO CHANDLER. BACK TO MULLENS AND MULLENS THROWS, AND IT IS CAUGHT BY JOHNNY MUNDT! VIKINGS. TRAILING BY NINE. MULLENS ROLLING RIGHT AND THERE’S A FLAG. AND MULLENS GETS SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS. 26-YARD ATTEMPT. WITH JUST OVER 5:00 REMAINING, IT IS A SIX-POINT GAME. NOW THIS FROM STATE FARM. VIKINGS DEFENSE TRYING TO GET THE BALL BACK FOR THEIR OFFENSE. DOWN BY SIX AND MONTGOMERY. MONTGOMERY PICKS UP A FIRST DOWN OUT TO THE 36. >> Jonathan: AND THE RUNNING DEFENSE. THEY ARE NOT EVEN SHOWING PRESSURE. >> Kenny: THIRD
DOWN AND 16. THEY KEEP IT ON THE GROUND WITH GIBBS. AND HE’S BROUGHT DOWN BY PAT JONES WHO HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS AT THE TOP. YOU KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO DOUBLE HIM, SO WHICH RECEIVER IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME SNOW. >> Kenny: IT’S BRANDON POWELL WHO MAKES THE CATCH. >> Jonathan: THERE YOU GO. >> Kenny: AT THE 33-YARD LINE. FAN, HE SAID IT WAS TOUGH BEING A LIONS FAN WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP. CALVIN JOHNSON, HE SAID HE WAS THE BEAR SANDERS OF MY GENERATION. MULLENS HAS THE FOOTBALL KNOCKED FREE, AND IT’S
STILL LOOSE! VIKINGS HAVE RECOVERED. JUSTIN JEFFERSON FALLING ON IT. THERE FOR PASS PROTECTION AND IF KAM KAMINSKI WHO HAVE PICKED THAT UP. >> Kenny: MULLENS FIRES. JEFFERSON WHAT A CATCH, WOW, UNBELIEVABLE! AN INCREDIBLE CATCH BY JEFFERSON PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO TWO. SECOND AND TEN FOLLOWING THE SPIKE. MULLENS TO THE OUTSIDE AND IT’S POWELL. BRANDON POWELL TAKES IT ALL THE WAY TO THE LIONS 30-YARD LINE! 26-YARD CONNECTION. THINKING BACK, HOW CLOSE WAS JOHN KAMINSCOMINSKY. MULLENS STEPS UP. HE THROWS. IT IS PICKED ABOVE! MELIFONWU WITH THE EXCLAMATION POINT FOR THE DETROIT LIONS TODAY AS HE COMES UP
WITH THE STILL ONLY WON BY ONE SCORE. 30-24. THAT WAS A VALIANT EFFORT BY THE VIKINGS. A TON OF PLAYERS WENT DOWN, BUT GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO THE LIONS. THEY RAN THE BALL WELL. THEY PASSED THE BALL WELL. DEFENSIVELY THEY MADE BIG PLAY AFTER BIG PLAY WHEN THEY HAD TO. THEY EARNED THIS VICTORY TODAY.
