Jake Bates kicked a 44-yard subject target with 15 seconds left and the Detroit Lions beat Minnesota 31-29 on Sunday, handing the Vikings their first loss in a back-and-forth tournament befitting of the NFL’s most powerful section.
Jahmyr Gibbs in a rush for 116 yards and two of Detroit’s 3 second-quarter touchdowns. He additionally helped Jared Goff information the Lions 48 yards in 4 performs to get in territory for his or her rookie kicker day forcing the Vikings to burn their timeouts. Bates is 10 for 10 on subject targets this season.
Goff went 22 for 25 for 280 yards with two touchdowns and refuse yields in his 3rd immediately tournament with a 140-plus passer score, becoming a member of Aaron Rodgers (2011), Kurt Warner (1999) and Roger Staubach (1971) as the one quarterbacks in NFL historical past to perform the feat.
Gibbs had 150 general yards to spearhead a commanding efficiency by way of the Lions (5-1) on the sequence of scrimmage towards the protection that entered the moment with a speeding reasonable in keeping with play games (3.6) allowed that was once the second-best within the league.
Ivan Presen Jr. returned David 1st viscount montgomery of alamein’s fumble 35 yards for a landing with 5:50 extra to offer the Vikings (5-1) a one-point supremacy next they trailed 21-10 at halftime, however Sam Darnold’s the most important 2-point conversion move sailed age Justin Jefferson.
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The Vikings neared midfield on their last-gasp ownership, however they have been too some distance away for their very own absolute best rookie Will Reichard to effort a subject target. Darnold was once sacked to finish the sport and provides the Lions their fourth consecutive victory over the Vikings for his or her longest streak within the form since 1961-63.
Aaron Jones in a rush for 93 yards and a TD for Minnesota in spite of being indexed as questionable with a hamstring trauma. Jefferson had 81 yards receiving and a landing, and Reichard made 3 subject targets, together with a 57-yarder.
Darnold went 22 for 27 for 259 yards, however he spoiled a promising power in the second one quarter when the Vikings had to regain some rhythm by way of ignoring a wide-open Jones within the flat off a play-action faux and forcing a throw to Jordan Addison that was once intercepted by way of a diving Brian Area.
The Lions performed a moment quarter for the ages. That they had 3 scoring drives that every one coated a minimum of 69 yards at the energy of a few ingenious play-calling by way of offensive coordinator Ben Johnson that rendered the chess strikes by way of Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores moot, as Goff beat blitz next blitz.
— Dave Campbell in Minneapolis
Inexperienced Bay Packers 24, Houston Texans 22
Brandon McManus kicked a 45-yard subject target as while expired in his debut efficiency with Inexperienced Bay, lifting the Packers age the Houston Texans 24-22 on Sunday.
Inexperienced Bay (5-2) overcame 3 yields to win its 3rd immediately and snap the Texans’ three-game successful streak.
The Packers immune rookie Brayden Narveson and signed the 33-year-old McManus on Wednesday. McManus have been out of a task for the reason that summer season, when two ladies sued him and the Jacksonville Jaguars in civil court docket alleging he sexually assaulted them once they have been running as flying attendants at the Jaguars’ commute to London final yr.
The NFL mentioned overdue final week it didn’t to find adequate proof that McManus violated the private behavior coverage. Legal professionals representing McManus and the ladies mentioned the civil case have been resolved.
Inexperienced Bay signed McManus as a result of his historical past of reliability from inside of 50 yards. And McManus delivered by way of creating a successful kick on his first field-goal effort with the Packers. He celebrated by way of doing a “Lambeau leap” into the nook of the end-zone stands.
Inexperienced Bay’s Jordan Love was once 23 of 31 for 214 yards with 3 touchdowns and two interceptions.
Houston’s Joe Mixon in a rush for 115 yards and two touchdowns. Ka’imi Fairbairn was once 3 of three on field-goal makes an attempt and put the Texans (5-2) forward by way of creating a 35-yarder with 1:44 left.
C.J. Stroud was once simply 10 of 21 for a career-low 86 yards and was once sacked 4 instances.
At the tournament’s ultimate power, the Packers have been at midfield when Love clash Romeo Doubs for a 13-yard achieve. An offside penalty on Houston’s Will Anderson introduced the Packers 5 yards nearer. Next a 6-yard final touch from Like to Doubs were given Inexperienced Bay to Houston’s 26, the Packers referred to as a timeout with 3 seconds left to poised issues up for McManus.
Josh Jacobs put the Packers forward halfway during the 3rd quarter when he were given his first profession landing catch, at the sixth-year professional’s 212th general reception. Jacobs had the NFL report for many profession catches with no landing reception.
On second-and-goal from the 8, Jacobs stuck a display screen a couple of yards in the back of the sequence of scrimmage and ran around the heart of the subject into the tip zone.
However the Packers went three-and-out on their later 3 possessions, permitting the Texans to come back again once more.
The Texans constructed a 19-14 halftime supremacy by way of scoring 16 issues off 3 Packers yields.
Packers LB Quay Walker left within the first part to get evaluated for a concussion next teammate Kingsley Enagbare’s leg inadvertently clash him within the head on the finish of a play games.
— Steve Megargee in Inexperienced Bay, Wis.
