Detroit Lions vs. San Francisco 49ers Game Highlights | 2023 NFC Championship

AND I THINK EARLY ON THE LIONS ARE GOING TO LEAN HEAVILY ON MONTGOMERY AND GIBBS, THE ROOKIE. >> Kevin: MONTGOMERY, STUTTER STEP AND A FIRST DOWN, ALL THE WAY UP NEAR THE 44. AND ON CUE, THAT’S A GOOD START. BOTH IN THE RUN GAME AND AS THE PASS GAME UNFOLDS. >> Kevin: FAKE HERE. GOFF WITH SOME PRESSURE. LaPORTA IS WIDE OPEN. FIRST DOWN AND MORE. SAM LaPORTA ON THE PLAY FAKE FROM GOFF. >> Kevin: FIRST DOWN, ANOTHER FAKE. JAMESON WILLIAMS, THE SPEEDSTER HAS A BLOCK. WILLIAMS CUTS UP, 25, 20, STILL ON HIS FEET! JAMESON WILLIAMS

SCORES! EARLY. THE RUN DEFENSE IS THE BEST ELEMENT OF DETROIT, AND THEY’VE STRUGGLED THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS DEFENDING THE PASS. >> Kevin: THIRD AND NINE HERE, HAVE TO PASS. PURDY FLOATS ONE NEAR SIDELINE. AIYUK HAS A CATCH, AND THAT’S A FIRST DOWN, AND A PERFECT THROW FOR BROCK PURDY AS AIYUK BEAT CAM SUTTON FOR 11. >> Kevin: PURDY, PRESSURE COMING, THROWS AND CAUGHT BY SAMUEL. PURDY TOOK A SHOT BUT DELIVERED ON TIME, AND SAMUEL HAS A FIRST DOWN. TRAILING, 7-0. McCAFFREY RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, AND CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY HAS A FIRST DOWN. IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST

FACTOR FOR HIS SUCCESS. >> Kevin: THIRD AND 11. LIONS BACK OFF THE BLITZ. PURDY, OVER THE MIDDLE. McCAFFREY, AND STUCK RIGHT AT THE 30. WE’LL SEE

WHERE THEY MARK HIM. MALCOLM RODRIGUEZ, WHO JUST CAME IN FOR BARNES WITH A NICE HIT, KYLE SHANAHAN WILL TAKE THREE AND TRY TO GET ON THE BOARD. >> Kevin: THE ROOKIE JAKE MOODY. 48 YARDS ON THIS TRY, AND MOODY UP AND IT IS — NO GOOD! HE PUSHED IT RIGHT. HE HAD ONE BLOCKED LAST WEEK AND THE POCKET INTO JARED GOFF’S LAP? >> Kevin: THE FIRST TOUCH FOR JAHMYR GIBBS,

AND GIBBS SPRINTING TO THE OUTSIDE. HE HAS A FIRST DOWN UP TO MIDFIELD. GIBBS, THE ROOKIE FROM ALABAMA, BEN JOHNSON CALLING PLAYS. >> Kevin: HERE’S A FAKE. GOFF HAS ALL DAY. FAR SIDE AND CAUGHT BY MONTGOMERY, WHO MAKES THE CATCH. HE HAS ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. A LOT OF TIME FOR JARED GOFF. >> Greg: THE FIRST AND SECOND THAN ANY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE FOURTH DOWN IN THEIR BACK POCKET. >> Kevin: THE 49ers GET IT OUT TO AMON-RA ST. BROWN. HAS A WALL OF BLOCKERS. ST. BROWN, DIVING FORWARD, HAS A FIRST

DOWN INSIDE THE 20. AND THE FIRST TOUCH TO AMON-RA AS HE MOVES FORWARD FOR 13, AND THE DRIVE CONTINUES. 120 YARDS OF OFFENSE IN THIS FIRST QUARTER. GIBBS ON THE DRAW, NOTHING UP THE MIDDLE. CUTTING TO THE RIGHT, AND TURNS UP THE FIELD AND GIBBS JUST SO FAST, JI’AYIR BROWN THAT YOU HAD E >> Greg: NOW IT’S MONTGOMERY IN THE GAME. GIVE IT TO HIM. MONTGOMERY, A NICE MOVE UP THE MIDDLE. STILL CHUGGING DOWN TO THE 1. DETROIT. >> Kevin: MONTGOMERY SURGES HIS WAY FORWARD. HE’S IN, TOUCHDOWN, DETROIT! IN THAT PLAY. >> Kevin: PURDY ON

THE FAKE. NOW SOME PRESSURE. GETS AWAY FROM COMINSKY, DEEP DOWN THE FIELD AND CAUGHT BY JUSZCZYK, THE FULLBACK. EIGHT STRAIGHT PRO BOWLS FOR JUSZCZYK AND THAT’S WHY AS THE CHANTS COME ON DOWN. >> Greg: IT’S EASY TO BE THE OR MAKE THAT VILDOR. JOSEPH CAME IN TO HELP THAT OUT. THIRD AND TWO, McCAFFREY UP THE GUT, AND HE HAS A FIRST DOWN. FLIPPED END OVER END, AND A GOOD RUN DOWN TO THE 32. TO GO SHOW THE HIGHLIGHT. >> Greg: THE FINAL FOUR DOMINATED THIS WEEKEND WITH TIGHT ENDS. >> Kevin: PURDY TO START THE SECOND

QUARTER, GETS IT OUT TO McCAFFREY. ONE-ON-ONE, McCAFFREY BREAKS A TACKLE. McCAFFREY DOWN THE SIDELINE, STILL ON HIS FEET, SURGING FORWARD McCAFFREY STOPPED NEAR THE 5, I THINK, FINALLY SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS. WHAT AN EFFORT! >> Greg: WELL, WE TOLD YOU McCAFFREY PUNCHING IT IN TO WHAT WAS THE EVENTUAL WINNING TOUCHDOWN, SO THEY HAVE TO GET MORE RED ZONE TRIPS, BECAUSE THEY’RE EXCELLENT WHEN THEY GET THERE. >> Kevin: McCAFFREY UP AND IN! TOUCHDOWN, SAN FRANCISCO! FOUR PLAYS. HERE IS MONTGOMERY, THE SPIN MOVE, MONTGOMERY WITH A FIRST DOWN. OH, MAN. RUNNING HARD AND MONTGOMERY HAS WHY. >>

Kevin: THIRD AND TEN, AMON-RA ST. BROWN, MAKES A MOVE AND HE’S GOT IT. HE HAD TO WORK. HE DIDN’T HAVE THE FIRST DOWN AFTER THE CATCH BUT HE MOVES FORWARD AND PICKS IT UP. TESTED WITH THAT PLAY. >> Kevin: BLITZ COMING. GOFF IN TROUBLE AND DOWN HE GOES! IT’S NICK BOSA! >> Greg: SO WATCH THIS. >> Kevin: GOFF OVER THE MIDDLE, GETS IT TO LaPORTA, WHO GETS SMOKED BY GREENLAW. MADE THE CATCH AT THE 46, BUT THE INTERIOR BOTH RUN AND PASS, HIM AND FRED WARNER. ABOUT AS GOOD A DUO AS THERE IS. >> Kevin:

SAMUEL GETS IT. LOOKING FOR A BLOCK FROM KITTLE. BREAKS A COUPLE OF TACKLES AND HAS A FIRST DOWN, JUST HARD RUNNING FOR THE 49ers AND SAMUEL MAKING IT WORK. >> Greg: YOU TALK ABOUT THE >> Kevin: THIRD AND TEN, FOUR-MAN RUSH. PURDY IN SOME TROUBLE, LETS IT GO OVER THE MIDDLE! AND IS PICKED OFF. RODRIGUEZ HAS IT, BREAKS A TACKLE, AND HE’S INSIDE THE 25. WE GET A PENALTY MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, TOO, SO HANG ON. TEMPORARILY RODRIGUEZ, REMEMBER, MAINTAIN POSSESSION, BUT THEY’LL MARK IT BACK 15, I BELIEVE. >> Referee: DURING THE RETURN, PERSONAL FOUL.

ILLEGAL BLIND SIDE BLOCK ON THE RETURN TEAM, NUMBER 2. 15-YARD PENALTY FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL, FIRST DOWN, DETROIT. IT. >> Kevin: DRAKE GREENLAW BACK IN THE GAME. GOFF, LaPORTA IS WIDE OPEN. HE MAKES A CATCH AND SURGES FORWARD AND SHOULD HAVE IT. WEEKLY BASIS. >> Kevin: SECOND AND SEVEN FOR GOFF. GOOD ADJUSTMENT, ST. BROWN HAS A FIRST DOWN. THAT WAS A GREAT CATCH. HE’S DOWN TO THE 15. >> Greg: BREAKING ROUTES. AN INEXPERIENCED GUY NOT TRYING TO GIVE UP THE BIG PLAY. THE HESITATION IS ALL GOFF NEEDED TO SQUEEZE IT IN. >> Kevin:

NOW IT’S GIBBS TRYING TO GET TO THE EDGE. THE BLOCK FROM LaPORTA. GIBBS IS AT THE 5, TOUCHDOWN, DETROIT! KNEE NONETHELESS, MADE THE PRO BOWL AND NOW PURDY, THIRD AND LONG, PRESSURE COMES. IN TROUBLE. PURDY LOOKING, FLOATING DOWNFIELD, AIYUK DIVING — CAN’T MAKE THE PLAY. >> Greg: THEY MENTIONED PURDY. UP. >> Kevin: THERE’S SEWELL IN MOTION, AS ATHLETIC A BIG MAN AS THEY HAVE. A STRONG RUN AND ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR THIS LIONS AND RUN CAN PLAY ANY STYLE, RUN HEAVY AND A WEEK AGO AGAINST TAMPA BAY THEY THREW 46 TIMES. >> Kevin: MONTGOMERY WITH

A SEAM AND ANOTHER BIG RUN, OUT NEAR A FIRST DOWN. HE’S GOING TO PICK UP NINE AND A HALF. BREAK. >> Kevin: THIRD AND LONG. HAND OFF, GIBBS. HE HAS A SEAM. GIBBS RACING TO THE STICKS, HE HAS THE FIRST DOWN. THEY HANDED OFF ON THIRD AND 12 AND PICKED IT UP. >> Greg: NO TEAM RUNS THE BALL MORE ON THIRD AND PASS THAN THE IT’S DAN SKIPPER WHO IS ELIGIBLE. ON THE FAKE. PRESSURE ON GOFF. HE’S IN TROUBLE, AND BOSA HAS A SECOND SACK OF THE DAY! TO HAND THE BALL OFF TO GIBBS. THEY

WANT TO MAKE SAN FRANCISCO USE THEIR LAST TIME-OUT. >> Kevin: GOFF, FOUR-MAN ROSS. OVER THE MIDDLE, ST. BROWN! HE HAS A FIRST DOWN! A THIRD AND 18 CONVERSION AND A DART FROM GOFF TO ST. BROWN, EVERYONE CAN READ LIPS AT HOME AND REALIZE HE LOST ONE THERE. WOW. >> Greg: IT WAS A HIGH >> Kevin: THIRD DOWN, GOFF, FIRES. AMON-RA ST. BROWN AGAIN. ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. THIRD AND GOAL HERE. A SCREEN. GIBBS FELL DOWN, GETS UP TO GET IT. RUNS INTO HIS OWN MAN AND IS STOPPED SHORT. DOWN TO ABOUT THE 2 1/2. WITH TEN

SECONDS TO GO. DISTANCE. >> Kevin: BADGLEY FROM 21 BURIES IT. IT’S 24-7, A 17-POINT LEAD FOR RUN GAME AND IN PROTECTING JARED GOFF. THE MESSAGE TO HIS TEAM, WE HAVE TO FINISH THIS GAME. >> Kevin: PURDY OVER THE MIDDLE. SAMUEL IN STRIKE. DEEBO SAMUEL, A STRIKE FROM PURDY DOWN TO THE 41. >> Greg: RIGHT ON CUE. UNDER CENTER, FIRST DOWN PLAY TODAY. PURDY ON THE FAKE, THE POLITICS IS PICKED UP. SAMUEL ONE-ON-ONE BREAKS A TACKLE. DEEBO SURGING FORWARD, AND SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS RIGHT BEFORE THE FIRST DOWN MARKER, I THIRD DOWN. MAN DEFENSE, GARDNER-JOHNSON AND

BRANCH BOTH IN THE GAME TOGETHER. >> Kevin: PURDY THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR IT, NOT GOING TO GET THERE, BACK ACROSS HIS BODY. OH, ONE-HANDED CATCH, JAUAN JENNINGS! AND IT’S A FIRST DOWN. >> Kevin: ANOTHER BLITZ. PICK UP. PURDY DELIVERS DEEP OVER THE MIDDLE. TOO HIGH. TRYING TO GET IT TO JENNINGS, AND NOW HE’S DOWN HURT. HE WAS OPEN AND HERE COMES THE GET IT BACK TO A 14-POINT DEFICIT FROM 43. AND IT’S DRILLED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. SO GOOD ON THE ROOKIE TO GET BACK IN STRIDE. PRESUMABLY, OR MAYBE THEY SOURCED ONE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

>> Kevin: I SAID BARRY SANDERS, I MEANT BILLY SIMS. LaPORTA HAS A FIRST DOWN. AND A GOOD START FOR THESE LIONS. THERE’S NO REAL LION ON THE THEY HAVE 309 YARDS ALREADY IN THIS GAME. MONTGOMERY AGAIN. WORKS HIS WAY DOWN NEAR THE 36. BACKFIELD. >> Kevin: THEY GIVE IT TO ST. BROWN UP THE MIDDLE AND AMON-RA ST. BROWN IS SHORT. DAN CAMPBELL GOES FOR IT MORE THAN ANYONE. >> Kevin: GOFF TO THROW IT. HERE COMES PRESSURE. ESCAPES. FIRES OVER THE MIDDLE, AND IT IS INCOMPLETE! HE GOT OUT OF A SACK BUT SAN FRANCISCO BALL AFTER

GETTING A BIG STOP ON FOURTH AND TWO. PURDY TO THROW. TURNS ON THE SPEED, BREAKS A COUPLE TACKLES. AND THE CROWD COMES TO LIFE AS HE’S OUT ACROSS THE 45. BACK TO THE FOURTH DOWN, GREG. AND THUS FAR YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM CREDIT, THEY’VE DONE A NICE JOB. >> Kevin: PURDY WITH A LOT OF TIME, STEPS INTO ONE. LAUNCHING DEEP GOING FOR BRANDON AIYUK — OH, HE CAUGHT IT OFF THE RICOCHET. PENALTY. IS HE IN? PLAY THEY’VE MADE ALL DAY AND, MAN, KINDLE VILDOR, HIT HIM IN THE FACEMASK. GIVE CREDIT TO BRANDON AIYUK STAYING

WITH THE PLAY AND CATCHING IT OFF THE DEFLECTION. INSIDE THE 5. >> Kevin: PURDY LOOKING, FIRING END ZONE, CAUGHT, AIYUK! TOUCHDOWN. >> Kevin: GIBBS, UP THE MID. HE RUNS INTO A WALL AND THE BALL CAME OUT. THE BALL IS LOOSE! WHO’S GOT IT? THE 49ers RECOVER! >> Kevin: KERBY JOSEPH BACK IN. HERE IS PURDY. LOOKING AROUND, PRESSURE, STEPS UP. HAS A LITTLE ROOM. FIRST DOWN, STILL GOING, ON HIS FEET DOWN TO THE 5! AND IT’S FIRST AND GOAL FOR THE NINERS! >> Greg: THIS CROWD STARTING TO TIGHT ENDS HERE. SECOND AND GOAL. McCAFFREY IS GOING

TO GET IT, AND HE WALKS IN! TOUCHDOWN, SAN FRANCISCO! >> Greg: YOU WANT TO SEE A CHARVARIUS WARD IN THE SLOT PLAYING MAN COVERAGE. >> Kevin: BLITZ COMING. GOFF OVER THE MIDDLE, AND IT’S DROPPED. IT WAS A FIRST DOWN GIMME, AND REYNOLDS COULD NOT HANG ON! THE SECOND BIG DROP FOR HIM IN >> Greg: WE TALK ABOUT THE 49ers LOGO. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. WE NEED TO DO A THROWBACK OF THAT. >> Kevin: THE LATE BLITZ COMING. IN TROUBLE, PURDY STAYS UP ON HIS FEET SOMEHOW. AND NOW THROWS IT AND HAS A COMPLETION! HOW IN THE

WORLD DID THAT WORK? JUSZCZYK KEPT THE TOES IN. YOUR POINT, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE HE BREAKS ONE FOR 40 LIKE AGAINST GREEN BAY. >> Kevin: McCAFFREY, FIRST DOWN. UP TO THE 44. AND THAT MAY TAKE US TO THE END OF POSSESSING THE BALL AND MAXIMIZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY WITH IT. >> Kevin: SECOND DOWN. THERE’S PURDY LOOKING, THROWING DEEP DOWN THE SIDE. GEORGE KITTLE IN STRIDE. HE HAS A BIG FIRST DOWN, DOWN TO THE 30. HIS SECOND CATCH. >> Greg: IN 11 PERSONNEL. TWO LINEBACKERS. >> Kevin: PURDY TO THROW. BLITZ COMING. STEPS AWAY, ROOM TO RUN.

PURDY SPRINTING INSIDE THE 15 AND DOWN FOR A FIRST DOWN. THE SECOND BIG RUN HE’S HAD IN THIS HALF. >> Greg: NO ONE IS GOING TO BASE DEFENSE. >> Kevin: IMPRESSIVE COUNTING, SPEED, PURDY ON THE PLAY FAKE. LOOKING END ZONE, IT’S NOT THERE. PURDY IS SACKED! NICE JOB BY THE SECONDARY AND THEN IT LED TO THE SACK BY TYSON A LOSS OF SEVEN YARDS. FOUR-MAN RUSH. PURDY IN TROUBLE. SACKED AGAIN! NO SACKS THE ENTIRE GAME BUT NOW ON BACK-TO-BACK PLAYS, ALIM McNEILL DELIVERS. >> Greg: HE’S HAD A BREAKOUT HIT FROM 43 HIS LAST TRY. THIS

ONE FROM 33 YARDS AWAY. MOODY UP AND GOOD. AND THE 49ers WITH THEIR FIRST LEAD HERE TONIGHT. SO THE DRIVE STALLS BECAUSE OF THEIR FIRST LEAD, 9:52 TO GO IN THIS GAME, AND HERE IS GOFF ON THE FAKE. LOADED UP DEEP AND WILLIAMS — IS THAT INTERCEPTED? THOMAS WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS COMES DOWN WITH IT. WOW! JAMESON WILLIAMS HANGS ON AFTER A LITTLE BOBBLE AND GOOD FOR 22. CAUGHT THE DEFLECTION. >> Kevin: SO A PITCH TO MONTGOMERY. LEFT SIDE, BREAKS A TACKLE. DAVID MONTGOMERY INSIDE THE 40. HE HAD A BIG FIRST DOWN BUT LIKE MORE MAKEABLE FIELD

GOAL. YOU CAN’T TAKE A SACK. >> Kevin: THIRD AND TEN, BLITZ COMING. GOFF. THERE IS ST. BROWN, MAKES THE CATCH. HE IS NOT GOING TO GET TO THE FIRST BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A MAKEABLE FIELD GOAL TO YOUR POINT, ABOUT A 48-YARDER FROM THERE. UP — NO, IS IN MOTION. FOURTH AND THREE. GOFF PRESSURE, IN TROUBLE, THROWS ON THE RUN — INCOMPLETE! AND THE GAMBLE ON FOURTH DOWN DOES NOT PAY OFF. THE EARLY DOWN RUNS. >> Kevin: HERE IS A FAKE, PURDY LOOKING FOR SAMUEL. DEEBO SAMUEL HAS A FIRST DOWN. OUT NEAR THE 44. >>

Greg: IN THE FIRST HALF KYLE AND AARON GLENN NEEDS AN ANSWER. >> Kevin: THIRD DOWN. FOUR MAN RUSH. PURDY IN SOME TROUBLE, ESCAPES. LOOKING FOR THE FIRST DOWN. HE HAS IT AND MORE! BROCK PURDY WITH THE LEGS INSIDE THE 30! BINGO CARD FOR 51 RUSHING YARDS, ALL IN THIS HALF AS WELL. McCAFFREY RIGHT SIDE. BREAKS A TACKLE. McCAFFREY, FOOTRACE. TAKEN DOWN INSIDE THE 5! NEEDED A QUICK BLOW. >> Kevin: ELIJAH MITCHELL IN FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT. MITCHELL SURGING FORWARD! TOUCHDOWN! KEEP THOSE TIME-OUTS IF YOU HAVE TO GO ON DEFENSE. >> Kevin: LaPORTA, THAT WILL

KEEP IT GOING. PACKET. >> Kevin: LaPORTA ANOTHER FIRST DOWN INTO 49ers TERRITORY. 2:04 TO GO AND THAT WILL TAKE US ALL THREE TIME-OUTS, THEY NEED TWO SCORES. THE BLITZ IS COMING, PICKED UP. GOFF, DEEP OVER THE MIDDLE, AND HE HAS A CATCH. DOWN TO REYNOLDS WHO HAULS IT IN. THE CLOCK IS RUNNING. THEY WON’T USE A TIME-OUT. >> Greg: THESE ARE THE CHUNKS YOU DON’T WANT TO BE RELIANT ON RECOVERING AN ONSIDE KICK. >> Kevin: LaPORTA MAKES THE CATCH, SLIDES OUT OF BOUNDS. OUT AROUND THE 16 YARD LINE, WILL PUT IT DOWN THERE. STOP THE

CLOCK. CANNOT GET TACKLED INBOUNDS. >> Kevin: GOFF UNLOADS IT AND DOWN NEAR THE END ZONE IS ON THE FIELD. >> Kevin: THEY GIVE IT TO MONTGOMERY. HE IS SWARMED! EVEN IF YOU DON’T SCORE A TOUCHDOWN AND YOU GET STOPPED, YOU TAKE THE 3 AND STILL STOP THE CLOCK. >> Kevin: THIS IS THE GAME, GOFF PUMPS, FIRES END ZONE. IT IS CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! WHAT A GRAB BY WILLIAMS TO KEEP THIS GAME ALIVE. >> Greg: IT’S A REALLY GOOD SEE IF THAT’S WHAT THEY DO. >> Kevin: BADGLEY GETS INTO IT HIGH AND IT’S LOOSE, THE

BALL IS LOOSE. KITTLE WILL PICK IT UP, AND THAT WILL BE THAT! KITTLE STAYS DOWN TO ABSORB THE MOMENT. JOHN LYNCH, THE GENERAL MANAGER, TAKES A COLLECTIVE SIGH. >> Kevin: AND THERE IT IS! THE 49ers ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!