Minnesota Vikings vs. Detroit Lions | 2023 Week 18 Game Highlights
>> Joe: THE WEAPONS ALL OVER THE FIELD. ON THIRD AND SIX, IT IS THE TIGHT END LaPORTA, DEFENDED WELL BY JOSH METELLUS AND THIS VIKINGS DEFENSE, GREAT FOR A LOT OF THE SEASON. STRUGGLING LATELY. RYAN WRIGHT. A THE ALL-THROW SNAPPER ANDREW DePAULA. GOOD, SPIRALING PUNT. BACK TO THE FIVE. HE HAS ROOM. RAYMOND WITH A BLOCKER AHEAD. STUMBLES TO THE 45, AND TAKES IT ALL THE WAY BACK NEAR MIDFIELD. A 44-YARD RETURN TO SET UP DETROIT. LIONS HAVING THE KIND OF SEASON THEY’VE WAITED A LONG TIME FOR, TRYING TO PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE REGULAR
SEASON TODAY. AND HE MEANT TO THIS TIME. FROM THE 48 YARD LINE, FIELD POSITION FLIP FOR THAT RETURN. GOFF LETS IT RIP TO ST. BROWN. HE’S LOOSE AND DOWN THE SIDELINE. AMON-RA ST. BROWN, HIS 113th CATCH OF THE YEAR, SECOND IN THE BECAUSE OF THE QUARTERBACKS, THEY’VE BEEN LEANING ON THE DEFENSE. MONTGOMERY, EASY TOUCHDOWN FOR THE LIONS! >> Daryl: I DON’T KNOW IF THIS OF TIMES YOU WILL DO THIS. WATCH SAM LaPORTA. THERE’S NO WAY TO THROW IT TO 87. BACK. DROPPED CAMPBELL ON THE BLITZ, GETS TO MULLENS! >> Joe: DRIVE CONTINUES FOR THE LIONS,
LEADING 7-0. FIRST DOWN AT THE MINNESOTA 44. FAKE TO GIBBS. GOFF LOADS UP, LETS IT RIP. MAN OPEN. PERFECT THROW! SPOT HIM OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE
FIVE PRO BOWLERS, AND NINE OF THOSE 12 GUYS HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED IN THE AT LAST THREE YEARS. FIRST DOWN, AS A HOLE. AND HAS HIS BEST GAIN OF THE DAY, 14 YARDS. >> Daryl: YOU CAN SEE WHY THEY NEGATIVE PLAY. >> Joe: TOSS IT UP THERE. HE HAS THE GRAB AND A FIRST DOWN! ON THIRD AND 30, THEY GET 32! >> Daryl: WE TALKED ABOUT QUARTERBACK. MINNESOTA HAS TWO OF THOSE FOUR. >> Joe: OUT OF THE TIME-OUT, MULLENS OVER THE MIDDLE. THERE’S JEFFERSON. MADE A MAN MISS. MADE ANOTHER MISS. AND DOVE INSIDE THE TEN. IT’S
A FIRST DOWN FOR JUSTIN JEFFERSON. A GAIN OF 22. >> Daryl: THAT’S THE THING ABOUT THIS OFFENSE. I MEAN, IT IS VERY COMPLEX, BUT JOHNNY MUNDT. >> Joe: SECOND AND GOAL. IN THE HANDS OF JEFFERSON. HE LOOKS TO THROWN IT AND HE’S THROWN DOWN BY AIDAN HUTCHISON! >> Daryl: JOHNNY MUNLDDT HAS A TOUCHDOWN DRIVE. >> Joe: BRAD JOSEPH, HAD A SEASON LONG 54 YARDER LAST WEEK, THIS FROM 39. TRYING TO GET THE VIKINGS ON THE BOARD. HE WILL. 13-3 GAME IN WHAT HAS BEEN A DEFENSE. FOX’S SECOND PUNT IS A BEAUTY. POWELL WATCHES IT BOUNCE
INSIDE THE TEN. YOU CANNOT WALK IT DOWN THERE ANY BETTER THAN THAT! BALL IS NOW LOOSE, AND LIONS DOWN IT INSIDE THE TEN. THEY’RE GOING TO SPOT IT AT THE ONE. KHALIL DORSEY DOWN THERE, DOWN THING PERFECT PUNT FROM JACK A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT HELPS. >> Joe: OLIVER, HIS SECOND CATCH, OUT TO THE 25 YARD LINE. KIRBY JOSEPH PUSHES HIM OUT. GOING WITH A ROTATION RIGHT NOW. THAT IS MY CALL. >> Joe: HE SAID HE DOESN’T HAVE TO LIKE IT. PLAY-ACTION BLITZ IS PICKED UP, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO GET THE JOB DONE, BUT AIDAN HUTCHISON IS
THERE FOR THE SACK. >> Joe: 90 SECONDS TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF. GIBBS IS RIPPED DOWN IN THE BACKFIELD BY DANIELLE HUNTER, BACK AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME THE LAST COUPLE OF SEASONSES. HEALTHY AGAIN, DOMINANT AGAIN. >> Daryl: HE REALLY IS. JUST A FORCE OFF THE EDGE. WE HERE ABOUT A LOT OF THESE MINNESOTA STILL WITH AN OUTSIDE SHOT OF GETTING INTO THE PLAYOFFS. MULLENS HAS JEFFERSON WIDE OPEN, AND HAS CLOSE TO 30 YARDS ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THIS DRIVE. ABILITY TO MAINTAIN POSSESSION, DON’T MAKE THE CRITICAL MISTAKES. >> Joe: OUT OF
THE BACKFIELD COMES CHANDLER. CHANDLER BEATS HIM AND SHOWS OFF THAT SPEED. MAN, OH, MAN. HE JUST WENT BY HIM LIKE HE WAS STANDING STILL. 37 SECONDS, TWO TIME-OUTS. AND A SACK FOR HUTCHISON! THAT’S HIS FIFTH IN THE LAST TWO GAMES. HIT FROM 39 EARLIER. HITS AGAIN. THE VIKINGS NEED GREEN BAY AND SEATTLE TO LOSE. >> Daryl: WE ADMIRE HIM, AND WE’RE IN AWE AT TIMES OF WHAT HE DOES ON A FOOTBALL FIELD. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A CLASSY GUY AND GREAT PERSON, HE’S THE WHOLE PACKAGE. >> Joe: BIG PLAY FOR TY CHANDLER, INTO LIONS
TERRITORY AND GOING TO THE 38. SUTTON AND CAMPBELL BRING HIM MONTGOMERY IN FOR THIS FOURTH AND ONE PLAY. IT’S PLAY-ACTION. NOBODY OPEN IMMEDIATELY. GOFF ON THE MOVE AND WHAT A THROW! ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE SITUATION, DONOVAN PEOPLES-JONES FOR 20 YARDS, AND A DETROIT FIRST DOWN. >> Daryl: THIS IS GREAT POISE BY THEY COME TO HIM AND GIVE HIM IDEAS ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO FROM A PRESSURE STANDPOINT. >> Joe: THERE DOES SKIPPER IN MOTION. IT’S MONTGOMERY. IT IS A LIONS TOUCHDOWN! CAREER HIGH 13th OF THE YEAR FOR MONTGOMERY MONTGOMERY! >> Daryl: IT’S GOING TO BE HARRISON
SMITH AND DAVID MONTGOMERY MEETING IN THE HOLE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. THAT’S ONE OF YOUR BETTER SAFETIES IN THE LEAGUE. IT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT POWER OF PRODUCTIVE FOR THESE TWO GUYS. MONTGOMERY ON THE VERGE OF 1,000 YARDS. GIBBS IS ABOUT 70 AWAY NOW, TRYING TO BECOME JUST THE SIXTH DUO IN NFL HISTORY TO REACH A THOUSAND YARDS IN A YEAR. TO THE 27. THEY’RE 0 FOR 7 ON THIRD. TRYING TO THROW FOR IT. MULLENS BRUSHED OFF HIS SPOT AND SACKED! THE FOURTH DETROIT SACK OF THE AFTERNOON! TODAY. IT’S A PASS. IT’S A DEEP BALL. IT’S
JEFFERSON FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! JUSTIN JEFFERSON HAS THE VIKINGS WITHIN A SCORE. BEATING KENDALL VILDOR FOR A 38-YARD SCORE. >> Daryl: BOY, IS THAT AGGRESSIVE PLAY CALLING. ALL THE OTHER ONES ON THE FOURTH DOWNS, IT’S BEEN JUST TRADITIONAL RUNS, AND NOT MUCH THERE. VILDOR JUST LETS JUSTIN JEFFERSON GET RIGHT ON TOP OF HIM AND HE RUNS PAST HIM. LIONS OPEN THE FOURTH WITH A SECOND AND FIVE. FAKE TO JAHMYR GIBBS. DEEP THROW FROM GOFF. ST. BROWN, AND A FOOTRACE. EYES ON THE END ZONE. CUTS IT BACK. ST. BROWN, TOUCHDOWN, DETROIT! >> Daryl: YOU WANT TO BE
100% AND FEEL 100%, AND HE HAS JUST BEEN GRINDING AT IT. I DON’T KNOW WHAT EVANS IS DOING. YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD HELP OVER THE THOUGHT. LOOKED LIKE BOOTH GOT CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. WE SAW A SIMILAR PLAY LIKE THAT EARLIER IN THE GAME THAT DIDN’T GO AS FAR FOR A TOUCHDOWN, BUT IT WAS A HUGE, EXPLOSIVE PLAY. AGAIN, THE SNEAKY ABILITY OF THIS TEAM, THIS OFFENSE, WHEN YOU’VE GOT THE MENTALITY OF DAN CAMPBELL AND JUST KIND OF — THE TIGHT END POSITION AND ROUGH AND TUMBLE, AND WE’RE BUILDING IT AROUND THE
OFFENSIVE LINE, THE WEAPONS THAT THEY HAVE, THAT JUST CAN BLOW A GAME OPEN. >> Daryl: RAMS ARE ONE OF THOSE SNEAKY TEAMS, TOO. AT THE END, THEY’RE VIABLE. >> Joe: INTO LIONS TERRITORY AS >> Joe: THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE PUKA COMING IN HERE NEXT WEEK. MULLENS TO ANDERSON. TOUCHDOWN! A STRIKE RIGHT BACK FOR MINNESOTA! 42 YARDS FOR MULLENS TO ADDISON. AND IT’S A ONE-SCORE GAME. >> Daryl: I WISH I COULD SHOW YOU IT’S A DOUBLE MOVE OR SOMETHING UNIQUE, BUT IT’S NOT. I MEAN, IT’S JUST THEY’RE RUNNING RIGHT PAST THEM. I DON’T THINK. CAM SUTTON
SITTING ON THAT WITH NO SAFETY HELP OVER THE TOP. AGAIN, NICK MULLENS, THE INTERCEPTIONS, WE TALK ABOUT THAT, COURAGE IN THE POCKET, STANDING IN AND MAKING THAT THROW UNDER DURESS AND DROPPING IT RIGHT IN THERE. FOOTING. ANY TIME THEY GET SOME DISTANCE, MINNESOTA HAS AN ANSWER. GOFF THROWS AGAINST THE DRAIN AND IT’S JAMES MITCHELL, JUST THE SECOND CATCH OF THE SEASON FOR THE TIGHT END. AND HE GOES FOR 24 YARDS. >> Daryl: JUST KIND OF JAHMYR GIBBS GROWING AS A RUNNING BACK. DALLAS LAST WEEKEND WITH COACH CAMPBELL. >> Joe: THIRD AND SIX. GOFF IN TROUBLE.
BACK AT THE 21 YARD LINE, DANIELLE HUNTER, CAREER HIGH COMMITMENT WITH THE STARTERS BEING OUT THERE. >> Joe: AN IMPORTANT FIELD GOAL HERE, MAKES IT A TWO-SCORE GAME. AND NOW THIS. SEAMS ON THIS DRIVE. >> Joe: BLITZ. MULLENS HIT AS HE THROWS, AND PICKED OFF BY CAM SUTTON. SUTTON CROSSES THE 35. AND THE LIONS ARE THREE MINUTES AWAY FROM THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON A FRANCHISE RECORD 12 WIN REGULAR SEASON. >> Daryl: SUCH A GREAT JOB ON QUARTERBACKS STRUGGLE, AND SOME HAD SUCCESS RIGHT AWAY. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND FIVE FOR THE MULLENS. AND THAT’S PICKED
BY GARDNER-JOHNSON. IN HIS FIRST GAME SINCE WEEK TWO, HE’S GOT THE PICK. THEY’VE MATCHED THE FRANCHISE RECORD WITH 12 WINS. ANOTHER BOX CHECKED. WHAT IS NEXT FOR DAN CAMPBELL AND THE LIONS? THEY GO TO THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS, WHERE THEY WILL LOOK FOR THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF WIN SINCE 1991. 30-20 THE FINAL SCORE.
