Amon-Ra St. Brown #14 of the Detroit Lions celebrates after catching a landing because the time expired to defeat the Minnesota Vikings 29-27 at Ford Discipline on December 05, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. Nic Antaya/Getty Pictures/AFP
The Detroit Lions are winless no extra after beating the Minnesota Vikings 29-27 on Sunday to finish weeks of agony and mock.
Down 4 factors with 4 seconds left on the clock, huge receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown caught an 11-yard endzone cross from quarterback Jared Goff in entrance of a relieved dwelling crowd, bettering their file to 1-10-1.
That closing drive to seal the deal.
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“I used to be pleased with our guys, man – they fought,” head coach Dan Campbell advised reporters. “They’ve continued to combat all yr and it paid dividends right now and we discovered a strategy to win.”
Campbell devoted the sport ball to the neighborhood of Oxford, Michigan, the place a young person final week was charged with first-degree homicide within the deadliest U.S. college capturing nL1N2SM142 of the yr, which killed 4 college students.
The Lions beforehand suffered a winless season in 2008, holding the doubtful distinction of being the primary franchise to take action for the reason that league expanded its schedule to 16 video games in 1978.
There have been early indicators of hassle after the workforce misplaced all of their pre-season video games, having traded long-time quarterback Matthew Stafford for Goff in a blockbuster deal earlier this yr.
Detroit settled for a tie in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 10 and has put up one of many least productive offenses within the league this season.
“It got here down to at least one play and we have been capable of make it,” stated Goff, a former first general decide. “We weren’t excellent however being able to beat errors is the signal of a very good workforce.”
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