NFL season opener: Detroit Lions shock reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs
NFL season opener: Detroit Lions shock reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs
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Detroit Lions security Brian Department (32) intercepts a move supposed for Kansas City Chiefs broad receiver Kadarius Toney (19) earlier than working it again for a landing throughout the recreation’s second half in Kansas City on Thursday.
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The Nationwide Soccer League’s 2023 common season bought underway with a stunning outcome because the Detroit Lions defeated the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs 21-20 on the Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night time.
Lions broad receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown scored the primary landing of the brand new NFL season late within the first quarter on a 9-yard move from quarterback Jared Goff.
Two-time MVP Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs got here roaring again, scoring two unanswered touchdowns to take the lead 14-7 heading into halftime.
Lions rookie security Brian Department picked off Mahomes and returned it for a landing early within the third quarter to tie the sport.
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker kicked two subject objectives, giving Kansas City a 20-14 lead till Lions working again David Montgomery discovered the top zone for the game-winning rating with simply over seven minutes to play within the recreation.
Mahomes, taking part in with out star tight finish Travis Kelce, who was dominated out with a hyperextended knee suffered at observe earlier this week, completed with 226 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Goff completed with 253 yards and a landing.
“Performed arduous the entire recreation,” Goff advised the NBC broadcast after the sport. “It was an extended, arduous recreation. We most likely didn’t play our greatest, however we’re constructed for this. We actually are.”
It was a powerful win for the Lions, a crew that has typically endured futility for many years, having not received a playoff recreation because the 1991 season. The Lions will hope they’re turning round beneath third-year head coach Dan Campbell, who final 12 months guided the crew to a successful season – 9-8 – through which Detroit received eight of its remaining 10 video games.
It wasn’t all unhealthy for the Chiefs on Thursday. Previous to kickoff, the crew unveiled its newest Super Bowl champion banner to a pleasant ovation from the Chiefs trustworthy.
The Lions will host the Seattle Seahawks subsequent week whereas the Chiefs journey to Duval County to face the Jacksonville Jaguars in a rematch of final season’s AFC divisional spherical playoff recreation.
