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00:00They extend a little dangerous
00:02reaching out late to get Williams
00:04the ball and that's like I'm
00:05going to pull a hamstring if I
00:07have to reach like that again.
00:08Yeah you didn't love that you
00:09could see but Kyron Williams
00:11his second touchdown run today.
00:13Here is Mavis extra point up
00:15and good.
00:16So Rams have their first lead
00:19of the day set up by Puga
00:21Nakua.
00:22This was just outstanding.
00:28Nakua what it's like to have
00:30this connection with Matthew
00:31Stafford.
00:32He said it's so fun because
00:33his consistency allows for
00:36comfort.
00:37He said it's like a trail of
00:38light or energy when I'm out
00:39there running on the field.
00:41We just find each other.
00:42The ball ends up coming and
00:44it's exactly where we need it
00:45to be.
00:46Also said they don't pay
00:47Matthew Stafford enough for
00:48some of those throws guys.
00:49Well I think he's pretty good
00:51too.
00:52No doubt about that.
00:53Injury news on the other
00:54sideline with Tom.
00:55KB about how difficult it was
00:57on the defensive side.
00:59All world tackle.
01:00Panay Sewell came off after
01:01that last series and was
01:03tended to you see that by that
01:04left ankle area by the
01:06training staff went into the
01:07medical tent was in there for
01:09nearly eight minutes or so.
01:11Now back on the field but
01:12certainly bears watching.
01:13He is an absolute pillar for
01:15them as you guys know.
01:16Yeah.
01:17Two time all pro.
01:18And so we'll keep an eye on
01:19that.
01:20Meanwhile they make a move at
01:21left guard.
01:22Tristan Colon started this game.
01:23Miles Frazier.
01:24We were told he's going to
01:25rotate in.
01:26He did last week and he's doing
01:27it again.
01:28They're getting the rookies some
01:29reps.
01:30They plan to play him just a
01:31little bit last week.
01:32But Dan Campbell said you know
01:33it looked pretty good.
01:34So he's going to get maybe a
01:36series maybe a couple plays.
01:37We'll see.
01:38Here's God.
01:39Pressure.
01:40He steps away.
01:41Oh.
01:42Oh.
01:43Come on.
01:44St. Brown trying to beat
01:45everyone.
01:46That was unreal.
01:48What a touch.
01:49And then the catch and run.
01:51Amin Ross St. Brown and he
01:53picks up 52.
01:55Ridiculous play.
01:57St. Brown evading the man at
01:59the line of scrimmage then
02:00gets into the defense.
02:01Not the first window.
02:02Not the second window.
02:03All the way to the third
02:05window.
02:06Goff does a great job
02:08navigating the pocket.
02:09Stepping up and then throwing
02:10on the run.
02:11A little bit of a tight
02:12wall but right there.
02:14St. Brown with the catch
02:15around.
02:16But look at the pocket.
02:17Great job holding up at
02:18tight end.
02:19And great job with Goff.
02:21Just manipulating his
02:22footwork.
02:23Buying his receiver enough
02:24time.
02:25What a play.
02:26They needed it.
02:27That was just something
02:28else.
02:29Now it's Gibbs.
02:30His group carry the game.
02:31And there is not much.
02:34Jared first came and hit him
02:36initially.
02:37A time now for today's
02:38player spotlight brought to
02:39you by targets.
02:41That would be one.
02:43Jameer gives 47 career
02:45touchdowns tied for the most
02:47of the first three seasons in
02:48NFL history.
02:49It just happens that he's
02:50tied with former lion.
02:52Great Barry Sanders.
02:53But what a start to this
02:54young man's career.
02:55Coming off another ridiculous
02:56game.
02:57Thirteen rushing touchdowns this
02:58year.
02:59Three receiving.
03:00Another jumble formation with
03:01an extra offensive line in
03:02for Detroit.
03:03Gives.
03:04Looking for a little soon.
03:05There's not much there.
03:06Again great job by this Rams
03:08defense.
03:09Ben but don't break.
03:10Ben but don't break.
03:11Ben but don't break.
03:12Make them run another play.
03:13They hit the big one to St.
03:14Brown.
03:15And they're kind of playing
03:16past defense when they get
03:17into this low red area.
03:18And they're saying all right
03:19Detroit you're going to have
03:20to run it.
03:21And now it's going to be about
03:22the offensive line and the
03:23defensive linemen who can
03:24move each other off the
03:25spot.
03:26So far the advantage goes to the
03:28Rams defense.
03:29Third and five.
03:30Quick throw screen.
03:31St.
03:32Brown gets a block.
03:33Not a good run.
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04:25and nobody can get St. Brown on the ground.
04:28Well, he's amazing.
04:29I mean, really, two touchdown games for Amon Ross St. Brown.
04:32By the way, first player in franchise history
04:34with 10 or more receiving touchdowns three straight years.
04:37And for him, you know, it feels good.
04:39He's a Southern California kid from Anaheim Hills,
04:42went to Mater Dei, obviously USC.
04:44He's got a bunch of family here today,
04:46and he's got two tutties already.
04:50They run the slip screen to the bottom of the screen.
04:53Watch Jamison Williams.
04:54He thinks, oh, no, this is coming to me.
04:56Oh, no, it's not.
04:57It's to you.
04:58Amon Ross, it's your homecoming.
05:01You take it and take the decrypt.
05:03Great adjustment, and it's all set up by this play.
05:07Early in the series, getting St. Brown behind the defense,
05:12behind Wallace.
05:14Great job answering the bells.
05:16What it is, toe-to-toe, great offenses.
05:19Who's going to out-execute the other one?
05:22And what a game so far for 25 minutes.
05:26Here he is.
05:26Here's Whittington on the return.
05:28He has a good outside.
05:29Up to the 29.
05:30We go downstairs to Tom.
05:32Well, KB, we know Tom Brady loves to see willing and aggressive blocking by wide receivers.
05:37Now, you can critique that technique, TB, if you want.
05:40Pretty good, T.
05:41But here's the compliment you get.
05:42The old-world tackle comes over to you and tells you,
05:45that's how you lay it down, my brother.
05:48That's pretty good.
05:49You know, Dan Campbell was saying, you know, how impressed he's been with Jameson Williams.
05:52He said he's gotten noticeably stronger.
05:54He is a willing blocker.
05:55And even if he thought that was coming to him, he made a nice block.
05:58Great block.
05:59By the way, I mean Ryan, his first half, six for 96 for two touchdowns.
06:03This has been fun.
06:05Now it's the Rams' turn with Blake Corum.
06:07Has a dance outside, and he brings his right back.
06:09Jack Campbell for Reed comes up and knocks him down.
06:12But now for Corum, he's going to pick up seven or eight yards on first down.
06:15Man, there's just not much there.
06:17And then Corum, with his speed and explosiveness, he's one-on-one with Jack Campbell.
06:22And then just bounces out.
06:23We saw that last week against Arizona.
06:26Arizona had no answer for this Rams' run game.
06:29They ran for over 250 yards.
06:31Half of it was Corum, half of it was Kyron Williams.
06:33Quite a one-two punch they have going right now.
06:36Yeah, you know, and I think as great as Kyron Williams is,
06:39it's given him a little bit of a rest.
06:40He can carry the entire rushing load on his shoulders, and they have been terrific.
06:45Well, the game core made, now a play pass.
06:48Got a man who will have a little bit of Davis Aaron makes.
06:51The catcher's got a first down.
06:52So tough to defend on that play action.
06:55Well, if you like offense, you like fun, we got it for you.
06:58Last five possessions, four touchdowns and a field goal.
07:01The punters may not see the field today except for holding duties.
07:05They must think they don't just like their punters at all.
07:07Between Dan Campbell's aggressiveness and the way this Rams offense is rolling,
07:11I think the punters are going to be on the sideline quite a bit today.
07:15And he's going to pick up about five.
07:33You know, Tom, these teams, these franchises are interesting.
07:37They're very similar, aren't they?
07:38Their play style, their organization from ownership on down.
07:42It's a lot to like about both of them.
07:45And it starts with the accountability that both of the head coaches have,
07:48the standard that's being set.
07:50Coach McVay, Coach Dan Campbell, they have huge expectations for their teams.
07:55And every day, they're trying to improve.
07:58It's not just about winning.
07:59It's about how they're winning.
08:00And both these guys have had great success as head coaches
08:03because they show up every day expecting their players to be at their best.
08:07And these guys bring it.
08:08Well, that's, I don't know, a little incomplete.
08:11As Nakua in some heavy traffic that time.
08:14Monte Maddox had a beat on it.
08:15So it brings up a third down and five.
08:19And the yardage in this game, Rams have 200 yards, Lions 191.
08:23And there's still four minutes to go in this first half.
08:30The one area this Rams offense hasn't been great is just third down.
08:35And that's not in a ton of third downs, but they're basically middle of the pack.
08:38They try to stay up out of as many third downs as possible
08:41by their early down efficiency.
08:43Let's see if they can pick one up here.
08:44Yeah, 0 for 2 today.
08:45Let's get back to the line of scrimmage.
08:58But Hutchinson was there.
08:59So was Anzalone.
09:03Just a bit of a coverage sack.
09:05Looks like man coverage.
09:07And on the second, they all kind of bail out and play zone.
09:10Safford's looking over to the right.
09:12And then Hutchinson with a relentless effort.
09:15But Anzalone cleans it up.
09:16Another great stop there on third down by this Lions defense.
09:21Finally forcing a punt.
09:23We are going to see putters.
09:24Ethan Evans will come out and try his hand.
09:28Khalif Raymond, who just came back for the Lions, has been hurt for a while.
09:34Get him back there.
09:35Waits for it at the five.
09:38Raymond, nice pop.
09:40And a really good return up to the 20.
09:43Picks up 15 yards.
09:45And that's where the Lions will have it.
09:463-0-9 to go in this first half.
09:48There has been some action.
09:49But the Lions' D makes a stand with the sack.
09:52And they get it back up by three.
09:56Really fun first half.
09:57Lions have the ball.
09:58They're up 3-3-0-9 to go.
10:00Welcome to the broadcast booth.
10:01You know, the Lions.
10:01We've seen their explosiveness.
10:03But you talk about without Sam Laporta, you're kind of waiting for one extra.
10:06They need one extra guy to really make them take them to another level.
10:09They've got Jameson Williams and St. Brown.
10:11They've got Gibbs Montgomery.
10:12But outside of those guys, they need somebody to take some pressure off this offense.
10:16Whether it's Tezlau, whether it's Raymond.
10:19They're not getting it from the tight end groupings.
10:22Someone's got to step up.
10:23Here, Goff and Trumper dances around pretty brilliantly and just throws it incomplete to avoid the sack.
10:29Yeah, look, I think when you look at it, we know about their explosiveness.
10:32We told you about the explosive plays.
10:34And I'm all around St. Brown.
10:35Jameson Williams are fantastic.
10:37Gibbs and Montgomery, amazing.
10:38But without Sam Laporta, and not only that, their backup tight end, Brock Wright, who's out for the year, too.
10:44They're really thin there, and they've missed that portion of their offense.
10:47Yeah, and when you look at the other great offense, the other side, the Rams, Parkinson's caught balls.
10:51Allen's caught balls, Ferguson, Atwell.
10:53They've got six guys receiving balls.
10:55The other side, for the Lions, has only been a few.
10:58They've got to get somebody else to elevate their play to help this offense be more productive.
11:02Meanwhile, the Rams have done a nice job on Gibbs.
11:05He's only a six carry, but they've been all over him when he's gotten the ball so far today.
11:09Certainly, he's trying to hem him up and build a wall because they know how explosive he is when he gets into the open field.
11:15That's a big challenge when you're going against a Jameer Gibbs offense.
11:20He's in the backfield.
11:22Everybody on defense knows, the play caller knows, you've got to set the edge, force him back into all those bodies in the middle of the defense.
11:27They've done a very good job on him today so far.
11:30He's going to be a yard short, though, on the first down.
11:49Cam Curl with a shorthand attack.
11:51Look, Dan Campbell's aggressive.
11:52We'll see.
11:53I literally look down there.
11:54He looks right at his call sheet.
11:56They're not even a decision.
11:58Well, he's going to have a moment to think about it because he's going to get to the two-minute warning, but I feel like his decision is made.
12:03He tried the short field, but missed.
12:05He's like, I'm not doing that anymore.
12:06In the half, 17-14 Lions.
12:11We know they're as aggressive and as good as anyone on fourth down in the Dan Campbell era, but they've been cold.
12:17Oh, for their last seven.
12:18Well, he tried a short field goal earlier.
12:20He's missed.
12:20He's like, I don't care.
12:21They're going for a fourth and one from their own 29.
12:24A lot of bodies up there at the line of scrimmage.
12:27They're selling out to stop this run.
12:29Perfect throw and play call, and the Lions, on their own 29, they convert.
12:41I mean, they had a lot of guys open on that play, but the first open guy, St. Brown, that's who Goff's throwing to.
12:47Sneaks his way out of the backfield.
12:50Great play design, and when we did talk to Coach Campbell, he said, yeah, I want to be aggressive, but I also want to really love my call.
12:57And I guess he loved that call.
12:58Yeah, it worked.
12:59I would love it, too.
13:02Just unheard of on your own 29-yard line going for it.
13:05So crazy.
13:08Ahmed Ra, by the way, eight catches at 117 yards in this first down.
13:12Got it.
13:12Play action.
13:13Just dirt shit.
13:14Nothing there.
13:14Gibbs was covered.
13:20Yeah, great job just getting Goff off the spot.
13:23Kobe turn again in the backfield.
13:24And Goff did what he does a good job of.
13:25He doesn't take a lot of sacks.
13:27So when he feels a little pressure, rather than go to 2nd and 17 like a lot of young quarterbacks do,
13:33just dirt the ball, live for the next down, keep it in 2nd and 10.
13:36That helps the play call a lot quite a bit.
13:38Goff at them.
13:48Oh!
14:00A lot of time with the injury to Quinton Lake, who's their superstar nickel-slash-safety.
14:05Well, Wallace has played a lot of the nickel, and second-year player has done a really good job.
14:10Yeah, just trying to keep things in front and zone coverage, and a very sure tackler.
14:14The Rams have done a decent job in tackling today.
14:17She probably missed a few more than what we're used to seeing, but sure-handed.
14:22Hard to get hips on the ground. It's hard to get St. Brown on the ground.
14:29Third down and eight here.
14:30St. Brown stands in, throws another completion out on the run of St. Brown for another first down.
14:44He is uncoverable today.
14:46It's just unbelievable what St. Brown does. Everybody knows the ball is going there.
14:50He lines up on the backside all by himself.
14:53So much confidence God has in him just to throw a striker on that curl route.
14:5743 seconds to go on the half and two timeouts for Detroit.
15:01Doc zips it. Williams on the end cut.
15:04It's another first down in the field goal range, and a timeouts call by Dan Campbell.
15:10Wow, they stopped the time clock here.
15:13Let's find out what's coming up at the half with Kurt Menefee.
15:15Coming up on the Verizon Halftime, Terry, Howie, Michael, and Gronk break down all the big plays from a busy morning, including the AFC East battle between the Bills and the Patriots.
15:27The season keeps rolling as the playoff picture comes into focus.
15:30We'll have the highlights and more at the half.
15:32Very artsy, Kurt.
15:34Look forward to that.
15:35So, a lot to recap in this game.
15:38Boy, these receivers for Detroit.
15:41Get them off me.
15:42That little curl route, St. Brown one-on-one.
15:44Usually not the best route against Mann.
15:46And then Jameson Williams on the end cut, and Forbes just can't quite get there.
15:51One timeout.
15:52Still looking.
15:52They're certainly in field goal range.
15:53They're going to need one more chunk before they start thinking about a touchdown.
15:57That was the same play.
16:27As earlier in the game, there they are, off to the races.
16:31I didn't want to see that race.
16:33I know, that's a pretty good one.
16:36This time you got St. Brown on the inside on that end cut, and then the post over the top.
16:42Durant again with that outside leverage.
16:45Goff knows it right away.
16:47Cover four, throw the post.
16:50And you're not keeping up with him when you've got that outside leverage.
16:55I don't know how exactly they're teaching that.
16:56That puts that corner in a very tough spot.
17:00Makes an easy read for the quarterback.
17:02Easy route.
17:03And Dan Campbell absolutely loving that.
17:06Wow.
17:06Jameson Williams and the Lions add on.
17:08You know, it's not often to come back to a 24-14 game we're showing you the punters because you might not see him again today.
17:18Jack Fox, the all-pro for Detroit, hasn't punted.
17:21Ethan Evans punted once.
17:22And honestly, the way this game is going, hopefully we don't see him again.
17:24Like, what a game.
17:26I mean, unbelievable.
17:27The Lions, what a drive that was, too, on the touchdown drive.
17:31Jameson Williams, 31 yards out.
17:3380 yards they go in two and a half minutes.
17:36And all of a sudden, it's a 10-point Lions lead.
17:39Rams will get the ball to start the third quarter.
17:40They have a little bit of time here.
17:42But Ronnie Rivers, up to the 34, he goes.
17:46On that touchdown.
17:49I love seeing Jared Goff's eyes.
17:50He's surveying the defense pre-snap, coming up with a plan.
17:53He knows he has that post to Jameson Williams on the outside.
17:57And Kobe Durant has to play high shoulder on Williams.
18:01When you're that far outside and Williams has that much speed, there's just no way for him to keep up with him on that post.
18:08Great read by Goff.
18:10That elite speed by Jameson Williams.
18:12And an easy cover four scheme beater for Dan Campbell.
18:16Jared Goff.
18:16He's playing grace.
18:18221 yards and three touchdowns.
18:19Here's Stafford.
18:20Can they sneak in some points?
18:21Kyron Williams makes the catch.
18:23Has a first down.
18:24Rams have two timeouts.
18:25He'll use one of them.
18:26With 17 seconds to go.
18:29But we told you, Tom, kind of revisiting the trade.
18:31And I know it's been five years ago with Stafford and Goff.
18:35And, you know, Goff has played in L.A. once before.
18:37So it's not the first time.
18:38You think he's not loving the fact that he's got a 146 rating and three touchdowns in the first half?
18:42They mean an awful lot to Jared Goff.
18:45You know, you go to an environment like his.
18:47He drafted first overall.
18:49And it doesn't quite end the way you want.
18:51You get traded.
18:52Thinking that you're going to, you know, this organization that has not much success.
18:56And here comes Dan Campbell.
18:58And they've just been tremendous as that organization has turned around.
19:01And you come and play the team that didn't have you, didn't want you.
19:05Man, you want to show out.
19:06He downplayed it this week.
19:07He said, oh, it's been five years.
19:09But we know better.
19:11We know way better, KB.
19:12Stafford, 17 seconds.
19:14Loaded up.
19:15Go on deep.
19:16Has Nikola.
19:17He's got it.
19:18Tap to the 20.
19:20Oh, my goodness.
19:21Another big play in the Rams in field goal position with 11 seconds left.
19:26Yeah, nobody in the deep part of the field.
19:28He evades Reed.
19:29Reed's got him.
19:30And that little shake just can't stay with Nikola down the field.
19:34There's a safety deep in the middle trying to provide that over-the-top help.
19:38Stafford looks him off.
19:39And you know he's thrown into Nikola.
19:42Going end zone here.
19:44Incomplete.
19:44Parkinson, the intended receiver, seven seconds.
19:48You have time for one more for the timeout?
19:51Tries to no look.
19:52Not on this one.
19:53Down the field, Nikola one-on-one.
19:55He just has so much confidence in him.
19:57The throws last week to Arizona were just absurd.
20:02Stafford throwing in Nikola is just peanut butter and jelly.
20:06I like it.
20:07Pretty good.
20:07Lamb and tuna fish.
20:09Yeah, too.
20:09Movie line.
20:14Cookie Nikola, five catches, 99 yards.
20:16They're all back there guarding that end zone.
20:18Maybe just something to improve the field goal here.
20:20Seven seconds.
20:21Got to be quick.
20:22Stafford just going to walk one in.
20:24It's incomplete.
20:26And clock stops with two seconds left.
20:28That was dangerous.
20:30Tried to get a jump ball to Devontae Adams, and now they'll try the field goal.
20:34Yeah, two aggressive throws by Stafford looking to get seven there.
20:38Just what a great answer by the Rams offense.
20:42No fear.
20:43Fired up the sideline, and then two kind of hole shots there.
20:48One in the seam, one on the sideline.
20:50Give them a chance.
20:52Nice job answering.
20:53Great football teams playing great football today.
20:56Here's Harrison Meebus from 37 yards out.
20:59Gets into this one and drills it up and through.
21:03So the Rams, not much time left, but they go right down the field.
21:06The big play to Nakua, and the field goal is good.
21:09We've got 518 total yards, the most yards in any half of the game this year.
21:15Huh?
21:15The first half stats brought to you by Taco Bell.
21:18There's some action.
21:19We said it would be a shootout.
21:20TB, it's been a shootout in God's.
21:22Has it been fun as we go to the break?
21:23And it is a 24-17 Lions lead.
21:27The Rams get it first.
21:29Aidan Hutchinson with a big play, a 58-yard interception return,
21:32and we are off and running from then.
21:34Kuka Nakua, Aminra, St. Brown have been big,
21:37but the Lions have the lead after the break.
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21:42Lions visit the Rams.
21:44Oh, Aidan Hutchinson, what a play!
21:51Out of the Lions, strike first.
21:54Touchdown, Los Angeles.
21:56What a throw, what a catch.
21:58And it brings his way to the end zone.
22:00And here they are, off their races.
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22:0624-17, Lions over the Rams.
22:08Rams get it, start the third.
22:10Oh, we're very excited.
22:11It's been exciting.
22:11You love it.
22:12518 yards of total offense.
22:14So here's my question.
22:15I know you're loving the precision of the offense.
22:17If you're a defensive coordinator,
22:19what in the world are you saying to your guys at the half?
22:21There's not a lot of positives to take from the defenses.
22:24In this halftime adjustments, what do you do?
22:27You just try to say, got to limit the explosives,
22:29and then when they do get the ball to the red area,
22:32we got to tighten up the defense.
22:33Play super physical, get on these receivers,
22:35make it very tough.
22:36But the challenge is, both these offenses are moving the ball.
22:38Like you said, over 500 yards combined in offenses.
22:41Only thing you can do to slow them down
22:43is tighten up red area.
22:45And if you get them to these third downs,
22:47do anything you can to get that quarterback off the spot,
22:49disrupt some of the rhythm in the passing game.
22:53And this Lions defense got a first shot to do it.
22:55So, the Rams will get it first, down by seven.
23:00I mean, lines up that amazing drive that Jamison Williams had a touchdown.
23:04The Rams in 30 seconds are down the field.
23:05They got a field goal.
23:06So, not too many people stopping each other.
23:09The Rams will get it first on the return.
23:10It's Whittington.
23:12Who has it?
23:13Down across the 30.
23:15He goes.
23:15Time now for the Verizon Sideline Report with Aaron Andrews.
23:17And, Kev, I asked Sean McVay,
23:19how do you keep pace in this shootout?
23:21And he said, we got to go score right here.
23:23Very happy with the fact that they were able to get the three points there before halftime.
23:27He said, very complimentary of his quarterback, Matthew Stafford, leading the way.
23:32I was going to tell you what they were going to do defensively,
23:34but Tom Brady apparently was just listening.
23:36And he said, look, we got to settle down defensively.
23:39And, yes, Tom said it.
23:41Limit explosive plays.
23:42That's the most points and yards allowed in the first half by the Rams defense this season.
23:46Tom didn't have that play.
23:47Well, I will say, it's easier said than done, Aaron, too.
23:50So, we'll see if it actually works.
23:52Terminal system.
23:54All right, here's Stafford to let it rip.
23:55And he does throw to Puka Nakua.
23:57Shocker.
23:57It hits a Lions territory right off the bat.
24:00And a good start as we go downstairs to Tom Rinaldi.
24:02Well, right on QKB, Dan Campbell started by saying,
24:06we knew Puka Nakua would be a handful.
24:08We've got to find a way to get more help with him.
24:10He also said, offensively, we have to find a way to get the run game going.
24:15Really pleased with the offensive line and the job that they are doing
24:18to create time and space for Goff to operate.
24:21All that said, he said, this game is going to come down to takeaways.
24:25Can we create more of them?
24:27That's the difference in the game right now.
24:28Yeah, just one of them in the game.
24:29That was Aiden Hutchinson's interception.
24:31He's going to pick up nearly four on that one.
24:39I think, you know, look, we said it going in.
24:42You kind of expected this to be exactly what we're seeing.
24:44The Lions are the number one scoring team in the league.
24:46The Rams are number four, but they've been playing as number one the last seven weeks.
24:50Here's the stuff that Aaron was talking about.
24:52Ten possessions, five touchdowns, two field goals, one missed field goal,
24:55one interception, and a grand total of one punt.
24:59You like offensive football.
25:01This is the place to be there.
25:02This is the game for you.
25:02This is it.
25:03Lady!
25:04Preston Stafford got rid of it to Allen.
25:08How did he do that?
25:10And Davis Allen has a first down as Aiden Hutchinson was about to eat him for lunch.
25:14I mean, look at that throw by Stafford.
25:16The awareness on this naked bootleg.
25:18Hutchinson doesn't go for it one bit.
25:21Seen a lot of creative arm angles.
25:23No look passes.
25:24That is a, oh, my God, let me get the ball out of my hands throw right there.
25:29And delivers it perfectly to Allen.
25:32No torque on the ball.
25:33You see the ball is barely rotating.
25:35Good play by Hutchinson.
25:36Better play by Stafford.
25:38Really nice.
25:38Good one, four, six.
25:41Terrible's up.
25:46Inside the 30, he goes.
25:48See if the Rams get to the run game.
25:51Kyron Williams had two rushing touchdowns in the first half.
25:55Man, there's just nothing for these defenses to really hang their hat on this point.
25:59Do we play man?
26:00Well, that hasn't worked.
26:00Do we play zone?
26:01That hasn't worked.
26:02Do we overload the front and stop the run?
26:04Well, they're completing passes in the pass game.
26:06Do we play that shell defense?
26:08Well, then you run it.
26:08It's just tough for these coordinators.
26:10When you've got great quarterbacks and a variety of weapons,
26:14the only thing you can do is just try to bend, don't break, and stop them in a red area.
26:18Time to make it cut.
26:19It gets stood up in the hole by Jack Campbell.
26:21That's a big-time play.
26:24Yeah, Jack Campbell, they've said so many positive things about Jack Campbell.
26:30Kelvin Shepard, Dan Campbell, and we talked to him this week.
26:33He's just been to Harden, so he goes and plays kickoff coverage, too.
26:36Not as he plays middle linebacker.
26:38He's just a throwback old-school linebacker, sticking his face right in Blake Corham's chest.
26:45What a year he's had.
26:46Kelvin Shepard said you would love him if he was your teammate.
26:49And there's more to that with Shepard, too, who was teammates with Matthew Stafford,
26:52who fakes it here.
26:54On the line.
26:55Nothing there.
26:56Stafford looking to take off and dives forward, but he's going to be short.
26:59Just a little bit.
27:01It'll be a fourth down and one, and what does Sean McVay do?
27:04He goes.
27:06Okay.
27:06Does anyone not go anymore?
27:08At this point, kickers, you stay on the bench.
27:10You're only coming in for extra points.
27:13You cross the 50.
27:14If it's less than fourth and five, you just expect him to go.
27:16Especially with the shootout that you're in, you know, it's all about seven points.
27:29Rams have converted both fourth downs in this game.
27:32They'll try it again.
27:34Borum on the run.
27:34Slides his way through for a first down.
27:37That was not easy, either, as Eric Hallett challenged him in the backfield, but he got through it.
27:42Yeah, Hallett clean into the backfield.
27:44He's in man coverage on the tight end.
27:47As soon as he feels him block out, penetrates through that C-gap, that area between the tackle tight end and Corum,
27:54with the inertia and the low pad level, punches it forward for just enough.
28:00Look at you dropping in an inertia on us.
28:03Well, that's good usage.
28:05I never provided any inertia to anything, by the way.
28:07We're going to be a lot of the football.
28:10A fake Nikola on the reverse.
28:14Time to get to the edge.
28:16And inside the 20, he goes.
28:19Could have been a lot worse, but the Lions played it relatively well.
28:22You know, we talked about Kelvin Shepard in his first year.
28:25Teammates with Matthew Stafford.
28:27Kelvin Shepard's final year in Detroit.
28:29And then played against him in college.
28:32He was great, man.
28:33He said, you know, I would trust him with my kids outside of the game.
28:36Inside the game, he's full of bleep.
28:38Because he said, with his eyes and his body, you can't trust anything.
28:41He's so good at fooling you.
28:42Yeah, he's going to look you off.
28:44He's going to fake audibles.
28:46He's just going to constantly put pressure on the defense.
28:49He's told guys, don't believe any of it.
28:50Don't believe what you see.
28:52It's all mine.
28:57Blitz coming.
28:59Stafford in some trouble.
29:00And down he goes.
29:02Sack number two on the day for Detroit.
29:04It's Roy Lopez.
29:05Yeah, Roy Lopez lined up over Dotson.
29:13Here's Roy Lopez.
29:15And just an effort rush.
29:16Kind of rushes to the outside.
29:18And more inertia.
29:21Bounds right into the middle of that pocket.
29:23Good coverage in the back end to allow Lopez.
29:27Just enough time to get his hands around Stafford and bring him to the ground.
29:32The timeout on the field, I think.
29:35He's had a Meek Robinson who was banged up.
29:37So he's coming off the field.
29:38That's what it is.
29:39Yeah, so.
29:42Let's see.
29:45Yeah, line up on the coup.
29:46And it just looks like he slipped a little bit.
29:51Ooh.
29:55I'd like to see a no-contact situation.
29:58Hopefully he's okay.
29:58He's got up and ran after he slipped.
30:00But he's out right now.
30:02Third down and 12 after that sack.
30:05Three-wheel time.
30:09Stafford's ball is loose.
30:11Picks it up.
30:12Pressure of his face and it's incomplete.
30:14Now, you haven't seen many unforced errors by this Rams offense.
30:23Not on the same page.
30:25With this center, Shelton, just slightly off to the right.
30:28And then Matthew's looking up in the coverage.
30:33Little bit of a fastball.
30:34Matthew does a good job just not doing, making a bad play worse.
30:40Out of the pocket.
30:41And so here's Harrison Mavis.
30:48Who hits from 37 and a half.
30:50Puts this one up and drills it right on through from 44.
30:54So the Rams settle for three on the opening drive of this third quarter.
30:58They're down four.
30:58Welcome back to SoFi Stadium here in Inglewood, California.
31:03Barnburner here.
31:0324-20 Lions.
31:05Rams, their opening possession of the third.
31:07They go down to get a field goal.
31:09But it's Detroit up by four.
31:11They'll get it for the first time in this second half.
31:15Tom Kennedy waiting back deep.
31:16And taking it in the end zone, Lions start on the 35.
31:25So take a look at today's next-gen stats powered by AWS.
31:28Yeah, you see the explosiveness by this Lions offense with these in-breakers.
31:32That's the post route to St. Brown we've referenced a few times.
31:35This is just a deep-in cutoff play action.
31:39Great timing.
31:40Jameson Williams to the inside part of the field and St. Brown stepping up.
31:45Goff finds him in the third window.
31:48But that's what you do when you throw the ball across the field.
31:51That's where your yards after catch come.
31:53Catch it.
31:54Runner's ball explode to the perimeter of the field.
31:57They're just living on those passes today.
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32:03Here's Jameer Gibbs.
32:04Here's Jameer Gibbs gets the carry.
32:06And Gibbs with a solid five-yard start.
32:10And the Lions, think about this.
32:11271 yards.
32:12They only got 21 from Jameer Gibbs.
32:13And even crazier, as you pointed out, it's basically two receivers.
32:17St. Brown and Jameson Williams.
32:19Jameson Gibbs has one catch.
32:22That's it.
32:22It's been to two guys.
32:23Yeah, pretty unbelievable to have Goff go for 220.
32:27St. Brown Williams killing him.
32:29Can someone else other than those two take some production in the pass game?
32:33Or do they even need it?
32:34I don't know.
32:34It seems to be working pretty good.
32:35It does.
32:36Here's Gibbs trying to get going.
32:38Finds a seam in a first down clock.
32:40He's got the penalty flag from behind the line of scrimmage.
32:44Which is usually not great on a running play.
32:51Holding.
32:52Number 88.
32:52Offense.
32:53Ten-yard penalty.
32:54Replay.
32:55Second down.
32:56It's on Giovanni Ricci, who they just pulled up in the practice squad because they're so hurt at tight end.
33:01Now, Ricci getting his arm around Braden Fisk right there.
33:07Right where Gibbs is running through the interior of that defense.
33:13Tough guy to block.
33:14Oh, no doubt.
33:15I mean, Jameer Gibbs, who averages 5.7 yards a carry, is only averaging 3.4 today.
33:23They've hemmed him up pretty good.
33:25And that commitment to stopping the run has opened some of these passing lanes for Williams
33:29and St. Brown.
33:30But they will need, if they want to continue that bully ball, they've got to keep hands up
33:34and get more productive than he did in the first half.
33:35Yeah, they try it again here.
33:36Gibbs is just nothing there.
33:38Good pursuit by the Rams.
33:39This game, if you just tuned in, here's what's on the line.
33:47The Lions, they control their own destiny.
33:49If they went out, they're going to be in the playoffs.
33:51But today is so big.
33:52If they win, look at the percentage combined if they lose today in terms of their odds to make the postseason.
33:58For the Rams, it's clear.
33:59If they win, they're in the playoffs.
34:00And they're looking for more.
34:01They're currently the number one seed in the NFC.
34:04St. Brown is best third-down target.
34:19Rams send the blitz.
34:20Now sees it get rigid at St. Brown.
34:23Tackles straight at the first down.
34:25That's Colby Duran, who's had a bit of a rough day,
34:28but he makes a great tackle there to bring up fourth down.
34:31Yeah, they just couldn't quite protect long enough.
34:34Pressure off the right side.
34:35Goff feels it drifts away.
34:38And St. Brown, short of the line to gain for a first down,
34:43just can't get enough yards and depth on that route when you get the pressure.
34:47A good stop by this defense.
34:48Finally got him into a third and long and let that pass rush do its thing.
34:52And so Jack Fox comes out to punt for the first time today.
35:02And it gets touched down there.
35:05And the Rams hit with the Lions, I thought, touched it first.
35:09And so the Rams should have it here.
35:11I think Daniel Thomas touched it first, so the Rams will take over.
35:14They're balled down by four here in the third from SoCal.
35:17Great job on this blaze-out concept.
35:21Devontae Adams at the top of the route,
35:22making the Lions defense defend every blade of grass,
35:26sideline to sideline, 53 and a third.
35:28Now Nakua runs the blaze out and up.
35:32And that's the package of plays you're looking for
35:34if you're the Rams' play caller, Sean McVay.
35:37We're going to run the out, we're going to run the out and up.
35:39And that out cut also sets up all the in-breakers.
35:42Great variety from this offense all day.
35:43Here's Stafford left to go on Devontae Adams,
35:46though it's knocked away at the last second
35:48by Amik Robertson, who just came back in.
35:50We showed you he limped off in that last series.
35:53So good to have him back, and he makes a nice play.
35:55Yeah, Amik Robertson underneath coverage,
35:57and Stafford's got to put that ball out there.
35:58Another three yards, Adams comes out,
36:01feeling that it's a little bit underthrown.
36:04And Robertson, good enough coverage to kind of bat that ball away.
36:06Stafford's been just a little bit off today, KB.
36:10Not quite what we've seen the previous two, three weeks from this guy.
36:16Let's go!
36:17Green!
36:18Here, here, here!
36:20Here, here, here!
36:22Here, here, here!
36:26Stafford, near side to Cooley, no look or two.
36:29And Poofa's going to be tackled a little bit short of a first down.
36:32I haven't seen that route.
36:34That was the short under, and he ran in, then out.
36:40And Stafford just finds him.
36:41Whenever they need a play, just look over at Nakua Stafford.
36:46Meanwhile, Tom, other side of the field, Alaric Jackson,
36:48the really good left tackle for L.A., is down.
36:53Hopefully nothing serious there.
36:54And so we have an injury timeout.
36:57It'll be a third and one for the Rams when we come back.
37:0024-20, Lions over the Rams.
37:03Sugar Ray in attendance.
37:04Jeff Goldblum is here.
37:07Stars always out here in L.A.
37:10D.J. Huffley's in it.
37:11Left tackle for Alaric Jackson.
37:12Aaron Andrews told us just a treat, so he'll be back.
37:17Third one, blitz.
37:19Stafford.
37:19Trouble zips in and is somehow caught in traffic for a first down by Parkinson.
37:26Wow, great protection allows Stafford to kind of scan the field.
37:29Look, he looks over to the left to his two wideouts,
37:32and then that little beautiful creative arm angle to Parkinson right in the middle.
37:37That's hard work for one yard right there.
37:39It really is.
37:40They did a great job picking up the blitz.
37:41Colby Parkinson with the injury to Tyler Higbee has done a really nice job.
37:47Still a young tight end.
37:48You remember him from the first four years in Seattle in his sixth year,
37:52but he's got four touchdowns his last five games.
37:56Delivers on third down there.
37:58That is a fake it.
37:59Stafford with time.
38:00Let's it go deep down the field.
38:02Monfield.
38:03Oh, nearly held onto by the rookie from Pitt.
38:07That would have been unbelievable,
38:08but he couldn't bring it home.
38:11And great job by Hallett.
38:14The reserve safety coming up over the top to break that up.
38:17It's simply cover two.
38:19This is called a hole shot.
38:21Stafford giving his receiver a chance.
38:24He doesn't have that out cut and takes a big hit from Hutchinson,
38:29firing it up the field.
38:31We actually had a chance for that.
38:33Tough contested catch.
38:34Great job by Monfield getting his hands on it.
38:39Get his impression on Matthew Stafford.
38:41Here, bobble snap again.
38:43Somehow he's going to hand it off,
38:45and they're going to get positive yards to Kyra Williams.
38:47A couple of little snaps have been off from Coleman Shelton,
38:50and that one could have been disaster.
38:52They end up picking up a few yards that time.
38:55Yeah, that could have been a big disaster.
38:56High and to the left,
38:57and he had the jet sweep motion coming across.
38:59See the receiver, Niku, in motion.
39:03Oh, my God.
39:04Stafford barely getting his hands on it.
39:05As a quarterback,
39:06you never want to have to think about the shotgun snap.
39:09And that starts occupying your mind.
39:11Then you stop looking down the field, seeing safeties.
39:13Now you're just staring at the ball before it snapped,
39:16hoping it gets your hands.
39:17They go quick on third to show.
39:19Stafford over the middle.
39:20Has a completion to Navate Adams.
39:24He's been so quiet.
39:25Has had a catch since the opening drive,
39:27and that comes at a big time to pick up 14.
39:29Yeah, big time.
39:30Good job.
39:31Devontae getting into the defense.
39:33Rock, you've seen in coverage.
39:36And then Devontae Adams settling right in the middle of the field.
39:40Again, good protection.
39:42Allows Stafford to survey the field.
39:44Not his first read.
39:45Not his second read.
39:46All the way back to his third read on that play.
39:48And that's a pretty good guy to come back to on your third read.
39:53Future Hall of Famer is your third read.
39:55Yeah, I'll just dump it back there.
39:56It's not bad.
39:56Devontae Adams.
40:02Williams with a scattershot right side.
40:05And Kyron Williams picks up a nice game.
40:09Well, what's better than a Saturday?
40:11How about a Super Saturday?
40:12NFL doubleheader first.
40:13It's the Eagles against the Commanders.
40:15And then the Packers take on the Bears for control of the NFC North.
40:19Free game coverage begins at 4 Eastern on Fox.
40:21Should be a big day, and that's going to be fun.
40:23We just did the Packers, Bears, and Lambeau, and it was epic.
40:25Green Bay won that one.
40:27You see where they are right now.
40:28Chicago blitzed the Browns today.
40:30Packers are winning in Denver by two right now.
40:33So that's going to go down to the wire.
40:34But it's those two teams.
40:36And, of course, the Lions still have a shot as well.
40:39He's in.
40:40Stafford, another play.
40:41Good time.
40:43Five.
40:43And it's caught Devontae Adams.
40:45Perfect throw to Matthew Stafford.
40:47And Adams is down to the 26.
40:51Can't guard.
40:52A perfect throw.
40:53Adams on that twitchy release.
40:55In cut.
40:56He clears Anceloni.
40:58And then a one ball by Stafford.
41:00How many of these have we seen in this building?
41:03Not a no look, but just an absolute piss missile right to the middle of the field.
41:08One foot in front of the numbers.
41:09I love that.
41:10That's amazing.
41:14It was.
41:15You weren't lying.
41:16First and ten.
41:18I hope this game just goes on forever.
41:20It has been awesome.
41:20It has been awesome.
41:21Grady.
41:24Stafford now going to float one far point.
41:28Brought in and caught for the touchdown.
41:32Colby Parkinson.
41:33What a catch.
41:46Wow.
41:47Parkinson over Thomas.
41:49Great catch.
41:51Maybe down before the goal line.
41:55But what trust in Parkinson.
41:58And a great throw by Stafford.
42:00First you get the one.
42:01The touchdown is under review.
42:05Yeah, I think it's clearly short.
42:07Yeah, definitely short.
42:10But, I mean, that's a sensational catch.
42:14Great catch.
42:16Alex Shep's arm is clearly down there at the one.
42:18But what a great throw by Stafford.
42:20Showcasing another great three-ball.
42:24A little arc and pace over the top of Thomas.
42:27Yeah, not to Adams.
42:28Not to Nakua.
42:30But to my down-the-line tight end Parkinson.
42:33Amazing.
42:34Dean, looking at this, obviously, is short.
42:36We feel good about this being a catch.
42:37Well, I think that's the closer aspect of it.
42:40Is this a catch?
42:41He's going to the ground.
42:42He has to survive the ground.
42:43Does it come loose and hit the ground?
42:46It's really close.
42:47Don't see enough to change that part of it.
42:49Yeah.
42:50But if it does stay a catch, it's going to be first and goal at the one.
42:54Yeah, again, the ruling on the field was touchdown.
42:57And so any score gets reviewed upstairs.
43:00So, obviously, the ruling was a catch.
43:02Yeah, tough to overturn that, right?
43:05You never really see the ball.
43:06It looks like he's got clear possession of it all the way to the ground.
43:11I agree with you.
43:13Yeah.
43:13I think it's tough to overturn.
43:14I think putting him at the one makes the most sense.
43:16But you know what?
43:17What do we know?
43:18Watching the Raven Steelers last week.
43:19Who knows?
43:20Who knows?
43:20We'll find out.
43:24So everyone's kind of checking it out.
43:25They've got it on the big screens here in SoFi.
43:27And trust me, you can see everything on these screens.
43:30Yeah, I guess there's like...
43:3280 different operators of the infinity screen that we're going to have from above.
43:38So we've seen every angle.
43:40And I think it's tough to make a definitive judgment since the ruling on the field was touchdown that he did.