Jared Goff returned to SOFI Stadium yesterday with high hopes and great ambition. Make no mistake, he played a fine game. The Detroit Lions threw the entire playbook, including the kitchen sink, at the LA Rams yesterday at SOFI Stadium. Two fake punts and an onside kick, but it was not enough to overcome the combined forces of Stafford’s offense and Donald’s defense. The Lions produced the most entertaining four quarters of football from a team that hasn’t won a single game the entire season. Goff didn’t return to Los Angeles to give his replacement an easy time. The Lions put up a respectable and close fight. At times this was any team’s game. The Lions scored first and it was 10-0 by the time Matt Gay kicked a 33-yard field for The Rams to finally get on the board. Although Detroit led for much of the game, there was a lingering feeling that it was only a matter of time.
Lions fans were subjected to seeing their former QB become an unstoppable force when given the appropriate supporting cast. This wasn’t the Matthew Stafford who had been left exposed and unprotected by a Lions offensive line that repeatedly failed him and who since being drafted had been sacked 385 times. This was the Stafford Lions fans always wanted. Dozens of Lions fans roamed SOFI while still sporting their Stafford jerseys.
At the end of the 19-28 defeat, a circle formed on the fifty-yard line, blue and white jerseys blended together with Lions’ and Rams’ players holding hands and bowing to pray together. It was a symbolic end to a game of true strength and perseverance.
Detroit now, with a record of 0-7, has set the stage to start winning if they play with the perseverance and tenacity that they played with on Sunday. The Rams continue their journey into week 8 with a 6-1 record to meet the Texans in Houston on Sunday.
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