The Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Bears and extend their series in the NFL. The German Amon-Ra St. Brown celebrates a record. But in the end it gets shaky – the loser embarrasses himself and justifies himself.
The Detroit Lions and football star Amon-Ra St. Brown celebrated their tenth win in a row in the NFL. The German-American’s team managed a narrow 23:20 against the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving thanks to a strong first half. In the US professional league, Detroit now has eleven wins and one defeat and is still considered a clear contender for the title.
St. Brown caught five of seven passes for 73 yards – the best among wide receivers on the team from the Motor City. Sam LaPorta scored both touchdowns for Detroit, the 25-year-old St. Brown came up empty in the end zone in the second game in a row. Previously, he had scored at least one touchdown in every mission for over two months.
NFL: Lions almost squander a big lead
The Lions led 16-0 at halftime and stifled the Bears’ offense. After the break, however, the guests started a spectacular comeback, but in a dramatic final drive they missed the equalizer or even the victory.
Embarrassing: The Bears ran the last play without taking a timeout, even though there would still have been a timeout. Background: The team wanted to try to get into the field goal range – and failed tremendously in this attempt. Because quarterback Caleb Williams’ pass didn’t reach his teammate.
Bitter consequence: time was running out and Detroit finally got the lucky victory.
Chicago head coach Matt Eberflus defended his decision not to call a timeout afterwards: “I like what we did there. Once it goes under twelve seconds, you have no option but to throw the ball into the end zone.”
The veteran emphasized that his strategy was to keep the ball within the boundaries of the field and then call a timeout to get into field goal range.
The Bears’ timeout lapse in the final seconds
Williams, on the other hand, said: “I had to adjust everything because I saw the clock running down. I knew that if we caught the ball in bounds, we wouldn’t have time to make a field goal.”
With Sports Information Service (SID)
