The Detroit Lions keep alive their dream of playing in Super Bowl LVIII on February 11, after beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23, advancing to the NFL National Conference Final for the first time since 1992. .
The next rival of the Detroit franchise will be the San Francisco 49ers, who got their ticket to the anteroom of the game for the long-awaited NFL title by beating the Green Bay Packers 24-21 in the Divisional Round. The NFC trophy game will be played on the field at Levi’s Stadium.
The Lions, third seed in their conference, fulfilled the predictions in front of their audience, confirming themselves as one of the revelations of the season, in which they have achieved consecutive victories in the Playoffs for the first time since 1957, when they won the last of their four titles. .
Their quarterback, Jared Goff, had 287 yards for two touchdowns and emerged victorious in the duel against Baker Mayfield (Tampa Bay), who had 349 yards and three touchdowns but also committed two key interceptions.
The fourth-seeded Buccanners stayed on the scoreboard until the start of the final quarter, which ended with a 17-17 tie. A spectacular 31-yard touchdown by running back Jahmyr Gibbs at the start of the fourth quarter gave air to the favored Lions.
Another touchdown by Amon-Ra St. Brown, after a nine-yard pass from Goff, extended the home team’s lead but Tampa Bay reacted with a score by Mike Evans after a 16-yard pass from Mayfield.
With four and a half minutes on the clock, and the Lions up 31-23, the ‘Bucs’ decided to go for a two-point conversion but Mayfield’s pass to Evans was incomplete.
With Ford Field in maximum tension, Tampa Bay regained possession with two minutes to look for the tie but Derrick Barnes intercepted a pass from Mayfield and ended the visitors’ hopes.
The ‘Bucs’ had wasted important options during the game such as a 50-yard field goal that kicker Chase McLaughlin hit the post two minutes before halftime.
With this elimination, Tampa Bay will still not reach the conference finals since the 2020 campaign, in which they won the championship at the hands of Tom Brady.
2024-01-21 23:13:38
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