“We weren’t very good on first or second down either,” Bowles continued, "so you can say the whole game was a wash from an offensive standpoint.” I think we were 2 for 12 on third down, which is not very good at all,” Bucs coach Todd Bowles said, adding he felt his team, which leads the NFC South, was sluggish coming out of its bye week. Brown caught a short throw on the left, took off across the middle of the field and picked up a key block from running back Craig Reynolds, who flattened cornerback Carlton Davis III to allow the receiver to turn the corner and not only pick up the first down but make it to the end zone for a 10-3 lead. Goff put Detroit ahead for good by finishing an eight-play, 75-yard drive with his TD throw to St. Will Harris intercepted a Mayfield pass that was tipped at the line to set up Riley Patterson's 30-yard field goal for an early 3-0 lead. The Lions are a good ball club, but if we play like that we’ll lose every time.”
"We didn’t start fast, we didn’t pick it up in the middle and we didn’t close strong. The Lions' defense did its part by intercepting Baker Mayfield once, limiting the Bucs (3-2) to 251 yards of total offense and forcing Tampa Bay to settle for field goals of 33 and 36 yards on its only possessions that ended in Detroit's red zone. Brown and 45 yards to Jameson Williams, converting on third-and-13 in one instance and third-and-10 on the other as Detroit won for the seventh time in eight road games dating to last season. Goff tossed TD passes of 27 yards to Amon-Ra St. When your defense only gives up six points it's saying a lot.” "Man, we’re just playing as one unit right now. “I can’t say enough about our defensive performance today and really for five games this year, to be honest with you," Lions coach Dan Campbell said.
It’s a pretty good feeling, yeah, it certainly is,” Goff said.
With Montgomery (ribs) sidelined after the second quarter and injured backup Jahmyr Gibbs (hamstring) also unavailable, Goff threw for 353 yards and two touchdowns to help the Lions win their fourth straight game following an overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks.Īt 5-1, the Lions are off to their fastest start since 2011 and share the NFL's best record. Brown, the NFC North leaders used Goff's arm and a stingy defense to overcome the loss of leading rusher David Montgomery to beat the sputtering Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-6 on Sunday. (AP) - Jared Goff and the streaking Detroit Lions keep finding different ways to win.Ī week after improving on their best start in more than a decade without injured star receiver Amon-Ra St.
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