Lions pull off spectacular 'hook-and-ladder' touchdown to stun Cardinals

The Detroit Lions pulled a signature thoroughfare shot play to people a spectacular touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals connected Sunday day successful Glendale. 

With the Lions owning a 13-7 lead, Jared Goff and the discourtesy recovered themselves connected different coagulated thrust and connected Arizona’s 21-yard line erstwhile the violative coordinator called a amusive play to run, assuming they could link connected it. 

When Goff dropped backmost successful the pocket, helium recovered his apical target, Amon-Ra St. Brown, connected a abbreviated slant.

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Detroit Lions moving backmost Jahmyr Gibbs (26) lies connected the tract aft scoring a touchdown with teammate wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) during the archetypal fractional against the Cardinals, Sept. 22, 2024, successful Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

However, the shot was lone successful his hands for a 2nd erstwhile helium threw it connected a lateral backmost to moving backmost Jahmyr Gibbs, who was streaking the different mode down him. 

The "hook-and-ladder," arsenic it’s called, worked to perfection arsenic Gibbs utilized his blazing velocity to not conscionable prime up chunks of yards but dive into the extremity portion for the 20-yard people to springiness the Lions a 20-7 lead. 

The Lions posted the nifty play to their societal media, and commentators were speedy to constituent retired the crowd’s reaction, arsenic they were simply successful awe astatine what they were seeing. 

And it was a roadworthy crippled for the Lions, truthful Cardinals fans were stunned similar their squad connected the tract erstwhile they saw it moving to perfection. 

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown celebrates his touchdown reception with backmost Jared Goff (16) during the archetypal fractional against the Cardinals, Sept. 22, 2024, successful Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Plays similar the hook-and-ladder request to enactment to perfection to beryllium palmy connected crippled time due to the fact that the transportation of the shot is truthful accelerated that players person to beryllium cautious against turning the shot over.

The Lions person intelligibly worked connected this successful practice, and Johnson trusted his stars to marque it work. The effect couldn’t person been better.

Detroit is trying to triumph implicit a pugnacious nonaccomplishment to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a crippled wherever they abandoned their patented tally crippled and had Goff propulsion 55 times successful the 20-16 defeat. 

Detroit Lions moving backmost Jahmyr Gibbs scores a touchdown connected a tally aft receiving a lateral from wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown during the archetypal fractional against the Cardinals, Sept. 22, 2024, successful Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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The Lions established the tally crippled against the Cardinals with 145 rushing yards done 3 quarters successful this one.

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