2024-01-21 23:33:41
The Detroit Lions won their NFL home playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and are now just one win away from reaching the Super Bowl for the first time. At 31:23 on Sunday evening, Amon-Ra St. Brown contributed the Lions’ fourth touchdown, making the preliminary decision six and a half minutes before the end. Detroit will face the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football Conference final next weekend in Santa Clara.
In a first quarter without any major highlights, there were field goals for both teams and little else to see on offense. The Lions defenders quickly rushed to Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield again and again and pulled him to the ground, but on the other hand the Lions couldn’t get into their rhythm. After the score was 10:10 at halftime, that changed after the break. The hosts had the game better and better under control. The touchdowns from Jahmyr Gibbs and St. Brown in the final quarter increased the lead to more than seven points for the first time and created an exuberant atmosphere at Ford Field in Detroit.
An unusually large number of passes from quarterback Jared Goff towards St. Brown initially did not reach their destination. With eight passes caught, 77 yards and a touchdown, the 24-year-old son of a Leverkusen mother and a former US bodybuilder was once again a crucial factor for his team. A bad pass from Mayfield with 93 seconds left sealed the Lions’ victory.
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