Jared Goff throws for 3 touchdowns, catches 1 as Lions top Seahawks

The Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks were backmost astatine Ford Field successful the Motor City, and conscionable similar past year’s matchup betwixt these 2 teams, determination was tons of discourtesy connected display. 

But, dissimilar the last effect of past season’s game, the Lions came retired victorious, 42-29, successful the violative onslaught connected "Monday Night Football."

The Lions improved to 3-1 connected the year, portion handing the Seahawks their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the year. 

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Detroit Lions moving backmost Jahmyr Gibbs (26) hugs Detroit Lions moving backmost David Montgomery (5) aft scoring a touchdown successful the 2nd 4th for the N.F.L. against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Ford Field successful Detroit, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (imagn)

The Lions enactment unneurotic six touchdown drives connected a Seahawks defence that fto up conscionable 14.3 points per crippled implicit the archetypal 3 weeks of the year. And violative coordinator Ben Johnson pulled retired each the stops to bash so, including an Amon-Ra St. Brown touchdown walk to backmost Jared Goff. 

We’ve had the "Philly Special" with the Philadelphia Eagles successful the Super Bowl, but the Lions introduced the "Detroit Special," arsenic the team’s 4th touchdown of the crippled saw Goff propulsion the shot down him to St. Brown and tally a way retired to the near wherever his apical wide receiver deed him successful stride for the seven-yard people to marque it 28-14 successful the 2nd half. 

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Prior to that, it was the dynamic duo successful the backfield for Detroit, David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs, scoring the archetypal 3 touchdowns connected the ground. First, it was Montgomery reaching crossed the extremity enactment to get Detroit connected the committee first. 

Then, the speedy Gibbs scored the adjacent 2 touchdowns for Detroit, who ended the archetypal fractional up 21-7 connected Seattle. 

But this crippled wasn’t a full blowout, arsenic Geno Smith and the Seahawks’ discourtesy remained determined to support their win-loss grounds without a blemish aboriginal this season. 

They scored connected back-to-back touchdown drives successful the 2nd half, arsenic Smith recovered the rookie choky extremity A.J. Barner for his archetypal extremity portion travel of his vocation and Kenneth Walker, making his play debut aft dealing with injury, scored his 2nd touchdown of the crippled to marque it 28-20 aft a failed two-point conversion attempt. 

Seattle Seahawks backmost Geno Smith (7) throws a walk against the Detroit Lions successful the archetypal 4th astatine Ford Field. (Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images)

But the Lions conscionable continued to find the extremity portion successful response, and they needed conscionable 1 play to bash so. Jameson Williams caught a excavation way from Goff, and his velocity was connected afloat show arsenic helium bolted 70 yards for the team’s 5th touchdown of the night. 

The Seahawks would again find the extremity zone, arsenic Walker went 21 yards for his 3rd rushing people of the nighttime to support his squad successful the game. However, the Lions enactment the dagger successful this crippled with St. Brown connected the receiving extremity of an eight-yard walk this clip from Goff to marque it 42-27. 

Goff went a cleanable 18-of-18 done the aerial for the Lions for 292 yards with 3 touchdowns, portion making his 2nd vocation reception connected that touchdown drawback from St. Brown. 

St. Brown had six catches for 45 yards, portion Williams’ 70-yard touchdown was astir each of his 80 yards to pb the Lions done the air. On the ground, Gibbs had 78 yards rushing connected 14 carries, portion Montgomery had 40 connected 12 touches. Montgomery besides had a 40-yard catch-and-run that showcased his spot arsenic helium fought done galore tacklers. 

For Seattle, Geno Smith acceptable caller vocation highs successful attempts (56), completions (38), and yards passing (395). But aft throwing an interception successful a desperation thrust past the two-minute warning, those numbers were successful a nonaccomplishment which Smith apt volition retrieve more. 

Walker’s instrumentality to Seattle’s offense, though, leaves optimism moving guardant arsenic helium had 80 yards rushing connected 12 carries with his 3 touchdowns, portion catching 4 passes for 36 yards. 

Detroit Lions backmost Jared Goff (16) greets his violative lineman arsenic they tally onto the tract for pregame warmups earlier their crippled against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Ford Field. (Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images)

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D.K. Metcalf was Smith’s apical people with 7 catches for 104 yards. Tyler Lockett (5 catches, 61 yards) and Jaxon Smith-Njigba (8 catches, 51 yards) helped retired Smith done the aerial arsenic well.  

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