Los Angeles Rams vs. Detroit Lions Game Highlights | NFL 2023 Super Wild Card Weekend
ALONG WITH THE EAGLES CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST OFFENSIVE LINES IN THE LEAGUE, SAM LaPORTA WE WILL WATCH HIM CLOSELY WITH THAT KNEE INJURY. HE PRACTICED ON FRIDAY AND IN SUPER BOWL FOR THE RAMS AND TRADED HERE FOR STAFFORD. IN THREE YEARS, HIS GROWTH, THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THE MAN ON THE LEFT, THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, BEN JOHNSON, HAS PUT BOTH GOFF AND THE LIONS BACK IN THE HEADLINES. ONLY TWO PLAYERS WHO STARTED THE SUPER BOWL TWO YEARS AGO, INCLUDING AARON DONALD, THE FUTURE HALL OF FAMER. FIRST DOWN FOR GOFF. PLAY ACTION AND IT IS
CAUGHT ON THEY HAVE RUN THREE STRAIGHT BEHIND HIM AND THEY ARE PICKING OFF CHUNKS OF YARDAGE SO FAR WITH THE RUNNING GAME. >> Mike: LIONS HAVE GAINED 10, 6, 5, 24, AND 7 ON THEIR FIRST FIVE PLAYS. AND OUT TO THE TOP RECEIVER WE HAVE ALL HED THAT A MILLION TIMES. SO FAR, NO PRESSURE ON JARED GOFF. QUIET. THEY ARE READY TO EXPLODE. THEY ARE BUILDING UP TO SCORE THIS TOUCHDOWN. >> Mike: RIGHT BACK TO MONTGOMERY TO THE END ZONE! FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: FROM THE 43. SECOND-YEAR MAN OUR NOTRE DAME, WILLIAMS, REMAINS THE BACK.
STAFFORD CLIMBS THE POCKET AND THROWS IT TO KYREN WILLIAMS WHO SO A LOT OF THEIR PLAY-ACTION GAME IS COMING OFF THE FACT THAT
AWAY. >> Mike: THIRD AND GOAL. PRESSURE ON. >> Mike: THE RAMS HAVE HAD KICKING ISSUES ALL YEAR. THEIR PLACEKICKER BRETT MAHER HAD A DISASTROUS EXTRA POINT ABOUT ESTABLISHING TOUGHNESS AND ESTABLISHING TRUST AND ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION AND LISTEN TO HIS PLAYERS. WHAT COMES ACROSS TO ME SINCE THE YEAR HE GOT HERE AND THEY LOST THOSE GAMES, HOW TOUGH HIS TEAM PLAY. >> Mike: GOFF TO REYNOLDS TO THE 39 YARD LINE AS HE GOT POPPED BACKWARDS. >> Mike: LIONS HAVE EIGHT FIRST DOWNS ALREADY. THEY HAVE RUN 12 PLAYS AND HAVE 88 YARDS, AVERAGING 7 PER. RIGHT BACK TO
THE AIR ON FIRST DOWN. GOFF THROWS IT INSIDE AND IT’S HAS WORN A BRACE BEFORE. >> Mike: HYPEREXTENDED KNEE AND A BONE BRUISE AND IT HAPPENED IN THE GAME AGAINST MINNESOTA. SOME WERE CRITICAL OF THE LIONS FOR NOT RESTING PLAYERS BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN A LOT. PHILLY AND DALLAS LOSING FOR THEM TO JUMP TO THE 2 SEED. THEY ARE THE 3. BUT YOU CAN TELL THIS GAME MEANS SOMETHING EXTRA TO HIM. HE AND JARED GOFF, THE FORMER RAMS, HAVE NOW GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE MAKING THE BIG PLAYS OUT HERE AND JOSH
REYNOLDS, 20 EXPLOSIVES OUT OF 40 CATCHES THIS YEAR TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA. >> Mike: GIBBS UP THE MIDDLE TO SECONDARY IS A CONSTANTLY OVERHAUL AND RECEIVING GAMES THE LAST THREE WEEKS AND SEE WHAT HIM TONIGHT. RAMS HAVE TO GET TO THE 38. AARON WILLIAMS UP TO PROTECT. PRESSURE COMES. GOT PINBALLED AROUND AND HIT, LOOKED LIKE 500 OF HIS PASSES IN THIS BUILDING OVER THE YEARS. . EVERYBODY HAS TO GET SETTLED HERE FOR THE RAMS. THIRD AND ONE. STAFFORD TO NACUA WHO IS OPEN DOWN THE SIDELINE AND HE HAS GOT IT AND HE INSIDE THE
10 AND FINISHES THE RUN WITH A TOUCHDOWN! THIRD AND ONE AND, AGAIN, THEY GO UP TOP AND PUKA NACUA, THE SERGEANT SAFETY. LOOK AT THE HAUL THEY BROUGHT IN. FIVE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS ON BUILDING LIONS TEAM. 6 FOR 1 BUT MATTHEW HAS THE ONE THAT COUNTS. HE HAT TROPHY AND THE VICTORY CIGAR WINNING THE SUPER BOWL WITH THE RAMS. THAT WHEN THEY GET ERNEST JONES ISOLATED ON A RUNNING BACK, IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BLOCK. HE WAS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THEIR SUPER BOWL WIN. >> Mike: RAMS NOW BRINGING EIGHT IN THE BOX DOWN THERE TO TRY
TO STOP THE RUN SO GOFF GOES UP TOP THE THING THEY COULD CALL IN THAT SITUATION. THAT IS JOHNSON CLOSING IN. >> Cris: IT’S THE PLAYOFFS. >> Mike: YES, IT IS. >> Cris: I’M JUST SAYING. >> Mike: THIRD AND FIVE. GOFF HAS GOT TIME AND HE’S GOT A HE’S GOT POWERFUL LEGS. AND HE HAS BEEN THE CLUTCH TARGET. BUT LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE ALREADY HERE. THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED JOSH REYNOLDS. THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED THE RUN. >> Mike: SWING IT OUT AND GET IT INTO THE HANDS OF JAHMYR GIBBS BECAUSE HE WILL JUST GO FOR
IT ON FOURTH. >> Mike: THIRD AND THREE. THEY WILL RUN IT AGAIN WITH CONTROVERSY WHO REPORTED AND WHO DIDN’T REPORT. >> Mike: SOME? >> Cris: WELL, ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE SEASON. BUT, YEAH. >> Mike: LaPORTA LINED UP IN THE BACKFIELD AND THEY SWITCH IT OUT HERE. FOURTH AND A LONG YARD. TWO FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. GOFF LOOKING TO THROW. HE THROWS BACK OF THE END ZONE AND LaPORTA! AND SHAKING OUT THAT HAND. WE WILL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT. >> Mike: THANK YOU. GREAT STUFF. CARSON WENTZ IS THE BACKUP FOR THE RAMS AT QUARTERBACK. NIGHT.
A BIG ONE. LIONS BRING AN EXTRA ONE AND ANZALONE IS PICKED UP AND STAFFORD THROW AND IT’S CAUGHT AND WHAT A THROUGH TO TUTU. >> Mike: OKAY, AHMED. THANK YOU. WE SAW THE PACKERS WEEK 17 ON NEW YEAR’S EVE IN MINNESOTA AND MATT LaFLEUR SAID I JUST WANT TO GIVE THESE YOUNG GUYS A CHANCE AND GET IN A TOURNAMENT. WOW. WHAT STORY TODAY. THIRD AND 15 HERE FOR THE LIONS. GOLF COMES DOWN AND IT IS COMPLETE TO ST. BROWN FOR A BIG DONALD. IT HAS NOT WORKED SO FAR. SO LET’S SPREAD OUT HERE AND GET
A ONE-ON-ONE AGAINST THEIR OFFENSIVE LINEMEN. >> Mike: OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR MUCH AS ANY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE SINCE DAN CAMPBELL TOOK OVER. FOURTH AND FIVE. THEY GOT HIM. THEY GOT THE JUMPING JONES. THE HARD COUNT. OOPS. LOOKS LIKE THAT IS COMING FOR FALSE START FIRST. IT SAYS FALSE START AND NOT JONES IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE. >> Mike: FALSE START OFFENSE NUMBER 68. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. FOURTH DOWN. >> Mike: NOW THE PUNT UNIT WILL COME ON. TAYLOR DECKER. >> Cris: THERE WAS A FLINCH INITIALLY THAT WAS NOT ACROSS SWITZERLAND. SECOND AND FOUR. KYREN WILLIAMS IS STILL THE BACK.
>> Cris: WATCH OUT FOR MATTHEW STAFFORD HERE NOW. >> Mike: LIONS BRING PRESSURE. IT’S PICKED UP. THROW IS COMPLETE TO COOPER KUPP. LITTLE BIT. OFFENSIVELY, WE ARE KICKING — AARON DONALD BLEW UP AND MAKE A MISTAKE AND THERE YOU GO. >> Melissa: DAN, THANKS. >> Mike: HE IS AMAZING. STAFFORD FROM THE 25. THE MAT AND THROWING HAYMAKERS AND HE CAN’T THIS HAS BECOME A MATCHUP OUT HERE. >> Mike: EXACTLY WHAT YOU HOPE TO, A MATCHUP. WE ARE GETTING IT. THIRD AND 11. LIONS DO BRING THE PRESSURE. STAFFORD BACK FOOT AND PUTS IT UP TOP AND
UNDERCUT ROBINSON. SLOWED DOWN RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE ON THE OUTSIDE WAS COBII DURANT. IF HE SETTLES IN THE HOLE HAS IS AN EASY FIRST DOWN. YOU CAN’T BLAME JOSH REYNOLDS. HE HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE. DEFENSE. >> Cris: HE PROBABLY AT HALFTIME SAID, BOYS, WE SHOULD DO A BETTER JOB ON DEFENSE. DO YOU THINK HE TALKED TO THEM LIKE THAT? >> Mike: FORMER PLAYER WHO REALLY CONNECTS WITH HIS PLAYERS. SECOND AND NINE FOR GOFF. ST. BROWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. RAMS OUTSIDE IS THE JET SWEEPS. I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE RUN ONE YET BECAUSE THEY ARE
PLAYING VERY WIDE ON THE END OUTSIDE, SO THEY REALLY LIMITED THAT PART OF THE RAMS OFFENSE, TOO. ERNEST JONES AGAINST THE BACK. THAT IS NO ACCIDENT. THAT IS A SCHEME THAT THEY WORKED TO PERFECTION TO HELP THEM WIN THE SUPER BOWL AND IT WORKED AGAIN THERE. >> Mike: THEY HAVE TO GET INSIDE THE 20 FOR THE FIRST DOWN. RAMS RUSH THREE. GOFF JUST GETS IT OUT TO THE MOST OF THE YEAR FOR THE LIONS. BADGLEY WAS ON THE PRACTICE SQUAD AND KEPT KICKING AND KEPT KICKING AND PUT THE PRESSURE ON. YOU SEE OVER 50, HAS
NOT BEEN GOOD. THIS IS 54. BADGLEY GOT IT! THIS RECOMMITTED LIONS DEFENSE NOW HAS BEEN DOING A JOB AND MAKING THE RAMS THROW MORE THAN THEY WANT. >> Mike: THEY ARE CHECKING ON WILLIAMS. A BIG HIT. GARDNER-JOHNSON HAS DONE THAT A LOT. HE DID THAT TO ISIAH PACHECO IN THE SUPER BOWL. TO THE 30. GIVE IT TO RONNIE RIVERS WHO HAS GOOD BLOCKING AND RIVERS IS OUT CONFIDENT THAT YOU’RE GOING TO GO FOR IT EVEN ON FOURTH DOWN. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GO ONE-ON-ONE WITH THESE CORNERS IF YOU WANT. >> Mike: TURN AND HAND TO PILE.
THEY WOULD THROW ME ON MOM AND DAD’S BED AND JUMP ON TOP OF ME AND I’M SCREAMING TO GET OFF OF ME. YOU HAD TO LEARN TO FIGHT YOUR WAY OFF THE DOG PILE. >> Mike: HE IS PUTTING PEOPLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE THIS YEAR. CAMPBELL’S PRESSURE IS PICKED UP AND STAFFORD IS SLINGING IT IN KYREN WILLIAMS IS BACK IN. >> Cris: SO MUCH TIME WITH COOPER KUPP IN PRACTICE WORKING THESE RED ZONE DRILLS. >> Mike: STAFFORD. PRESSURE. THROWS UNDERNEATH AND KUPP HAS GOT IT BUT HE IS TACKLED INSIDE REGGIE SCOTT, THEIR HEAD
ATHLETIC TRAINER. FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT OFF THE LEFT HASH WHICH IS WHERE MAHER BUT HIS HEAD HIT THE TURF HARD THERE. DIDN’T LIKE THE LOOK I SAW AFTERWARDS. THERE ON THE SIDELINE. >> Cris: HE IS THE NEW PITTSBURGH STEELERS. >> Mike: CANNOT KNOCK THAT GUY DOWN. >> Cris: CAN’T. >> Mike: NOT IN THIS GAME AND NOT IN THE PLAYOFFS AND NOT IN THIS BUILDING. GOFF STUMBLES AND HE’LL STAY >> Mike: THEY CALL DOWN TO MAKE SURE HE WAS EVALUATED. >> Cris: FOOTBALL HAS GOTTEN COMPLICATED. >> Mike: THE SYSTEM IS WORKING, EVEN IN PLAYOFF SITUATIONS. FIRST AND
TEN FROM THE 10. KYREN WILLIAMS FINDS SPACE BUT IT’S ALL ABOUT THE FANS WHO ARE NOT THE CELEBS LIKE BENJAMIN CAPP. A LIONS SEASON TICKET HOLDER 89 YEARS OLD AND WAS AT THE LAST CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1957. HE IS HERE TONIGHT. LIEUTENANT WAIT BE WORTH IT? OPPONENTS AND THEY HAVE GIVEN UP BIG PLAYS IN THE PASS GAME AND HAVE TONIGHT AS WELL BUT AT LEAST THEY HAD SOMETHING TO HANG THEIR HAT ON WHICH THEY DID NOT HAVE A SEASON AGO. >> Mike: SECOND AND NINE. FIVE IN THE PATTERN IN THE NOT HAVE A LOT OF THOSE
FACES FROM THE SUPER BOWL TEAM. EVEN THOUGH THEY PLAYED IT FOR IT ALL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IT’S A DIFFERENT CAST. A LOT OF INEXPERIENCE MAKING PLAYOFF DEBUTS HERE TONIGHT. DOING WELL IN THIS ATMOSPHERE. ANYTHING, YOUR DEFENSE OVER THERE IS RESTING. >> Mike: JACKSON HAD A GRAB ON HUTCHINSON AND NOT CALLED AT THE 35. RAMS ON THE MOVE. PLAY NINE OF THIS DRIVE. L.A. IS TRYING TO TAKE THE LEAD. LOCKER ROOM WITH A HAND INJURY. THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT COMING UP. >> Cris: THIS GAME IS GOING TO BE DECIDED BY THIS RAMS OFFENSE. SO
FAR, NOT GETTING ANYTHING DONE IN THE RED ZONE. JUST CANNOT HIT IT. IT MAY BE BECOMING A LITTLE TOO PREDICTABLE THEY ARE THROWING TO KUPP IN THE RED ZONE. >> Mike: THEIR PREFERRED LEFT HASH FIELD GOAL FROM THE 29 FOR IT’S BEN JOHNSON AND THE OFFENSE TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THE LAUGH HALFTIME OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. >> Cris: THE RAMS IN THE FIELD GOALS ON THREE TRIPS AND LIONS WITH A TOUCHDOWN. THAT IS THE ENTIRE GAME RIGHT NOW. >> Mike: EYES ON AMON-RA >> Mike: GOOD PICKUP. HE ENTERS THE GAME FOR SECOND AND EIGHT. STAFFORD’S
BACK TO THE GUN. I BET YOU HALF OF THEM WERE AFTER THE CATCH. >> Mike: HE JUST BROKE DK METCALF’S RECORD FOR A MOST YARDS BY A ROOKIE IN A PLAYOFF GAME. 182. RECORD MY FOR NACUA. FIELD GOAL. >> Cris: BUT. >> Mike: COME ON. >> Cris: YOU KNOW THEY ARE LOOKING TOUCHDOWN HERE. >> Mike: 4:30 TO GO. THIRD AND FOUR. LIONS BRING FOUR AND HUTCHINSON COULDN’T GET TO STAFFORD WHO THROWS IT TO RIVERS. MAYBE TWO. THERE IS A FLAG DOWN BACK BY THE QUARTERBACK. >> Cris: BOY THIS IS A TOUGH CALL HERE, RIGHT? >>
Referee: HOLDING, OFFENSE, PASS RUSH. LOOK HOW WIDE HE IS OUT THERE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. RIGHT HERE. HE IS GOING TO HAVE A SPRINT RIGHT THERE AT HAVENSTEIN. >> Mike: THIRD AND 14. STAFFORD STEPS UP AND THROWS. INSIDE. WHO I AM NOW. BUT DAN CAMPBELL CONSTANTLY KEPT BUILDING HIM UP AND TEACHING HIM. NOW HERE WHERE IT HAS TO BE OFF. THEY HAVE TO GET A FEW FIRST DOWNS AND ENDS THIS GAME ON OFFENSE. >> Mike: A GAIN OF THREE, THEY WILL THROW OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. THE POSTGAME SHOW. MELISSA WILL INTERVIEW THE
STARS OF THE GAME. THE WINNER OF THIS GAME PLAY SAN FRANCISCO. RAMS HAVE ONE TIME-OUT LEFT AND SECOND AND NINE FOR JARED GOFF AND THE LIONS. ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE NIGHTS IN DETROIT FOOTBALL FOR THAT 89-YEAR-OLD AND THE 62,000 OTHERS HERE. ONE MORE KNEE AND BUSINESS IS DONE. AND DETROIT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 32 YEARS, YOUR LIONS HAVE WON A PLAYOFF GAME. HAVE AT IT!
