THAT THROW.
>> Mike: ETHAN EVANS WORKED HARD ON EXTRA HANG TIME THIS YEAR.
BEAUTIFUL TACKLE AT THE 33 YARD LINE.
THE ROOKIE, JORDAN WHITTINGTON, MADE A TERRIFIC SPECIAL TEAMS
PLAY. EARNED THE JOB AS A GUNNER. ROOKIE FROM TEXAS, GOT IT DONE.
HERE WE GO AS JARED GOFF TRY TO GET A FIELD GOAL TO TIE OR A
TOUCHDOWN TO TAKE THE LEAD. >> Cris: 36, HE'LL PICK
UP FIVE, AND WE GET TO THE IN HOUSTON, THE BEARS AND TEXAS.
A LOT TO DECIDE HERE, TWO MINUTES TO GO.
SECOND AND FIVE. AND LaPORTA IT THE 46.
IT'S A HIT. AND THAT WILL TAKE HIM INTO
FIELD GOAL RANGE. >> Cris: NO DOUBT.
HELMET-TO-HELMET SHOT. THE YOUNG ROOKIE, CAMERON
KITCHENS. >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL,
UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS, DEFENSE, NUMBER 26.
15-YARD PENALTY. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.
>> Mike: THE BALL TO THE 31 YARD LINE. .
>> Cris: MIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STRATEGY WAS FOR THIS GAME,
BUT I WOULD BRING AMON-RA BACK. GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO WORK
TOGETHER. THEY'RE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE
FIELD NOW AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
>> Mike: NUMBER 53. RAMS HAVE ALL THREE TIME OUTS.
LIONS HAVE TWO. GIBBS, TO THE 21.
HE ROLLS UP ON ST. BROWN. CLOCK CONTINUES TO GO.
1:40 REMAINING IN REGULATION. >> Cris: NOW YOU HAVE TO START
THINKING ABOUT THE RAMS AND WHETHER OR NOT SEAN'S GOING TO
START CALLING SOME TIME OUTS. DETROIT VERY WISELY JUST GOING
BACK TO THE HUDDLE. THEY WANT TO BURN WHAT THEY CAN,
ACTUALLY NOT PICKING UP A FIRST DOWN THERE WILL HELP.
>> Mike: TWO TIME OUTS. EVERYTHING AVAILABLE TO BEN
JOHNSON, THE PLAY CALLER. WILLIAMS IN MOTION.
INCOMPLETE. HE WAS TRYING TO GET TO THAT
OPEN SPOT, AND GOFF LOFTED IT. IT'S THIRD DOWN.
REMEMBER, THE LIONS HAVE A ROOKIE KICKER IN HIS FIRST GAME.
>> Cris: GIBBS OUT THERE, GOT BUMPED AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
LOST HIS FOOTING FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
>> Mike: JAKE BATES, MAKING HIS NFL DEBUT.
STRUGGLED IN KICKING IN THE REGULAR SEASON.
GOOD IN THE POST SEASON. MICHAEL BADGLEY GOT INJURED
DURING CAMP. BATES GOT THE JOB.
THIRD AND TWO, THEY'LL TRY TO GET IT ON THE GROUND.
GOT IT, FIRST DOWN. HE WENT OUT OF BOUNDS, THE
CLOCK'S DOWN TO A MINUTE LEFT. DETROIT AT THE 20 YARD LEAN.
>> Cris: THAT WAS A GREAT EFFORT BY GIBBS, WASN'T IT?
I WASN'T SURE HE WAS GOING TO GET THERE OR NOT.
WE KNOW ABOUT THE SPEED. GREAT EFFORT BY KERL, BUT NOT
ENOUGH. >> Mike: WHAT ARE THEY
REVIEWING? IF HIS ARM IS IN BOUNDS PERHAPS?
>> Cris: THEN HE WOULD BE DOWN U AND THE CLOCK WOULD KEEP
RUNNING, RIGHT? >> Mike: FOREARM DOWN.
THE ELBOW, TERRY McAULEY, OUR RULES ANALYST, TERRY?
>> IT DOES APPEAR HIS FOREARM GOES DOWN BEFORE HE GOES OUT OF
BOUNDS. IT WILL CHANGE IT TO A RUNNING
CLOCK. IT WILL BE A TEN SECOND RUNOFF
UNLESS ONE OF THE TEAMS USES THEIR TIME OUT.
>> Cris: ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE IT TOO EASY FOR THEM TO SCORE A
TOUCHDOWN ON YOU? KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
ARE YOU HELPING? HURTING?
IT'S A TOUGH CALL. I DO THINK THEY HAVE TO PUT THE
PRESSURE BACK ON THIS LIONS' OFFENSE.
>> Referee: AFTER REVIEW, IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS A CATCH
BECAUSE THE RUNNER WAS DOWN IN BOUNDS.
THE CLOCK WILL BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.
>> Mike: LET'S SEE IF THIS IS DONE SLOWLY AND CLEARLY
COMMUNICATED TO BOTH TEAMS AS TO THE NO TIME OUT TAKEN AND THE
STATUS OF THE CLOCK, WHICH WOULD START ONCE'S READY FOR PLAY.
>> Referee: THE CALL ENDED AT 1:02.
THERE WILL BE A TEN-SECOND RUNOFF.
PLEASE SET THE CLOCK TO 52 SECONDS.
PLEASE SET THE PLAY CLOCK TO 30 SECONDS.
BOTH CLOCKS TO START ON MY READY-TO-PLAY SIGNAL.
THANK YOU. >> Mike: THAT RULE, THE
TEN-SECOND RUN OFF COST THE LIONS A GAME ONCE IN THIS
BUILDING. SO THEY'RE VERY WELL AWARE OF
THAT. >> Cris: AND DETROIT HAS A
COUPLE OF TIME OUTS AS WELL. SO PLENTY OF TIME FOR THEM TO DO
ANYTHING THEY WANT. >> Mike: IT IS FIRST AND TEN
FROM THE 20. AND THE BALL IS IN HARM'S WAY
WITH QUINTON LAKE RIGHT THERE, SECOND AND TEN.
>> Cris: THAT WAS A HECK OF AN EFFORT BY ST. BROWN TO JUST
KNOCK THAT BALL DOWN. I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE
AN OPPORTUNITY. HE SLIPS, THERE'S NO CHANCE TO
CATCH IT. WATCH THE DOUBLE EFFORT HERE TO
GET HIS HAND ON IT AND MAKE SURE LAKE DID NOT PICK THAT OFF.
THAT WAS CLOSE. >> Mike: WILLIAMS AND LaPORTA AT
THE BOTTOM. IT'S WILLIAMS AT THE 14, TAKEN
DOWN BY LAKE. MARKED AT THE 15.
29 SECONDS. CLOCK CONTINUES TO GO.
DAN CAMPBELL'S DOWN THERE, NOW 23 SECONDS REMAINING.
INTERESTING USE OF TIME OUTS AND DECISIONS HERE.
HOW MANY SHOTS DO YOU HAVE AT THE END ZONE?
WILL IT BE ON THE FOOT OF JAKE BATES TO TIE THE GAME?
>> Cris: SO NOW, IF THEY DON'T PICK UP THIS FIRST DOWN, NOW
YOU'LL SEE THE RAMS TAKE THE TIME OUT, SO THEY'LL HAVE
SOMETHING LEFT ON THE CLOCK TO WORK WITH FOR THE FIELD GOAL.
>>Mike: AND THEY'VE GOT JOSHUA KARTY, THE KICKER FROM STANFORD.
A LOT GOING ON BOTH WAYS HERE IN THIS BUILDING.
THAT'S BATES, THE LIONS' KICKER. THEY'VE BOTH MADE 60s IN A PAST
LIFE. >> Cris: I THOUGHT YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT THE LIONS, MY BAD. >> Mike: YOU WERE ALREADY AHEAD
ON THE RAMS GETTING IT BACK. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE WHAT THE
LIONS TRY TO DO HERE. THEY CAN GET A FIRST DOWN INSIDE
OF THE FIFTH. IN MOTION.
GOFF, BACK INCOMPLETE AGAIN. SO NOW, WITH 20 SECONDS LEFT, IT
IS UP TO JAKE BATES. TO TRY TO TIE THE GAME.
SO BATES DIDN'T KICK FIELD GOALS AND EXTRA POINTS IN COLLEGE.
A YEAR AT ARKANSAS, COUPLE YEARS IN TEXAS STATE.
HE WAS THE KICKOFF SPECIALIST. AND THEN A GUY WHO PLAYED MOSTLY
SOCCER AT ARKANSAS. GOT TO THE UFL, THE SPRING
LEAGUE, AND HERE IN THIS BUILDING, PLAYED FOR THE
MICHIGAN PANTHERS AND WAS VERY GOOD.
HERE HE IS TO TIE THE GAME FROM 32 YARDS.
AND HE DOES. 20-20 WITH 17 SECONDS REMAINING.
BATES GETS HIS FIRST PRESSURE KICK.
YOU ASKED FOR THE KICK IN THIS BUILDING, CRIS?
>> Cris: I GUESS. >> Mike: IT WAS TO WIN THE GAME,
TOO. IT WAS THE SECOND-LONGEST IN
PRO-FOOTBALL HISTORY. JUSTIN TUCKER IN THIS BUILDING
KICKED A WALKOFF 66 YARDER FOR THE RAVENS IN 2021.
AND THERE HE IS TONIGHT. A LOT SHORTER, BUT JUST AS
IMPORTANT. >> Cris: YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT WAS SO INTERESTING, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING WITH DAN
CAMPBELL ABOUT BATES. AND HE WAS GOING, IT JUST
DOESN'T BOTHER HIM. LIKE, IF HE MISSES THE KICK, IT
DOESN'T BOTHER HIM. IS HE A PERFECT KICKER?
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH SOME GROWING PAINS?
YEAH. THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM.
HERE HE IS IN THE FIRST GAME, THE GUY WHO REALLY DOESN'T LOOK
UPSET WHEN HE MISSED THE KICK JUST CALMLY KNOCKS IT THROUGH
WITH ALL THE PRESSURE IN THE WORLD AND EVERYBODY IN THE
COUNTRY WATCHING. >> Mike: SO THEY'VE TIED IT AT
20. 17 SECONDS LEFT.
THEY'LL COME OUT TO THE 30. >> Melissa: I TALKED TO JAKE
BEFORE THE GAME. HE'S VERY FOCUSSED, ALL BUSINESS
AHEAD OF HIS NFL DEBUT. I ASKED IF HE WAS GOING TO HAVE
FLASHBACKS TO THAT 64-YARD FIELD GOAL, AND HE LAUGHED AND SAID
NOT REALLY. I THINK I'LL JUST STAY IN THE
MOMENT. >> Mike: HALF THE DISTANCE, 32
YARDS. ALL EVEN AT 20.
AND MATTHEW STAFFORD, WHO CAN GET YARDS, SOME LATE-GAME
HEROICS IN THIS BUILDING DURING HIS LIFETIME.
CAN HE GET IT DOWNFIELD TO GIVE THEIR ROOKIE KICKER, JOSHUA
CARNEY, A CHANCE TO WIN THE GAME.
PRESSURE, THROWING DOWNFIELD, IT'S INTERCEPTED.
DAVIS COULDN'T BRING IT IN! WHOA!
DAVIS DOWN, AND THE ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF OUT TO LOOK AT
HIM QUICKLY. THE RAMS TRAINERS MAKING SURE
HE'S OKAY. >> Cris: THAT IS A GAME-CHANGING
PLAY. >> Mike: YEP.
NO DOUBT. THAT GIVES THEM THE BALL AT THE
45 YARD LINE, AND MAYBE 20 YARDS AWAY
>> A GAME-WINNING FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT.
>> Cris: THAT'S RIGHT. >> Mike: BECAUSE OF THE JR. IN
THE LAST TWO MINUTES, THE LIONS HAD A TIME OUT, THAT WILL COST
THEM THEIR LAST ONE. AND, NOW, CRIS, TWO ROOKIE
CORNERS, THE GUYS THEY DRAFTED, ON THE FIELD IN THIS KEY SPOT.
>> Cris: YEAH, AND THIS IS ALWAYS AN INTERESTING QUESTION,
RIGHT? I MEAN, DO YOU THROW UP THE HAIL
MARY? AND TELL YOUR GUYS, LOOK, WORST
CASE SCENARIO, MAKE THE TACKLE ON THIS THING DOWN THERE, BUT,
IF YOU CATCH IT, LINE UP, CALL TIME OUT, KICK THE FIELD GOAL.
THIS IS THE TIME YOU HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO TAKE
A SHOT. THE OTHER THING THAT'S ALWAYS
POSSIBLE HERE THOSE SORT OF CATCH AND RUN PLAYS WHERE THEY
PUSH OFF THE BALL AND SOMEBODY RUNS IN BEHIND, AND YOU RUN AS
FAR AS YOU CAN TO HAVE SOME SHOT AT KICKING A LONG FIELD GOAL.
>> Mike: BECAUSE, IF YOU CAN GET 30 YARDS TO THE 40, YOU'RE GOING
TO TAKE A SWING AT IT WITH KARTY. .
>> Cris: SO SOMETIMES HAIL MARY, SOMETIMES DEEP CROSSING ROUT,
WHERE THE ALTERNATIVE MAY BE, LET'S PUT PRESSURE ON THEM.
LET'S NOT LET STAFFORD STAND BACK THERE AND PICK US APART.
>> Mike: 11 SECONDS REMAINING. KYREN WILLIAMS OUT THERE.
STAFFORD, HE ALMOST LOST THE BALL.
HUTCHINSON BRINGS HIM DOWN. DIDN'T PLAY THEIR GUYS IN
PRESEASON. >> Mike: THIS IS A COOL PICTURE,
THESE ARE THE TWO GUYS, TRADED FOR EACH OTHER, NUMBER ONE PICKS
ON EACH OTHER'S SIDE. >> Referee: ALL RIGHT,
GENTLEMEN, THIS IS OVERTIME. WE'RE GOING TO PLAY ONE OVERTIME
PERIOD UP TO A MAXIMUM OF TEN MINUTES.
EACH TEAM WILL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSSESS THE BALL
UNLESS THE OPENING DRIVE ENDS IN A TOUCHDOWN, A SAFETY OR A TEAM
THAT WOULD POSSESS THE BALL FOR THE ENTIRE TEN-MINUTE PERIOD.
THIRD QUARTER TIMING RULES WILL BE IN EFFECT.
EACH TEAM WILL GET TWO TIME OUTS, AND ALL REPLAYS WILL BE
FROM UPSTAIRS. LOS ANGELES, YOU'RE THE VISITOR,
THIS IS THE COIN I'M GOING TO FLIP.
THIS SIDE IS HEADS. WHAT IS YOUR CALL?
HEADS IS THE CALL. IT IS THE TAILS.
DETROIT HAS WON THE TOSS, AND THEY WILL RECEIVE ON THIS END.
>> Mike: THOSE TWO GUYS STANDING OUT THERE IN A PLACE THAT'S
MEANT A LOT TO BOTH OF THEM. LIONS GET IT FIRST.
OVERTIME AFTER THESE MESSAGES >> Mike: OUR SNF STORY LINES,
MATTHEW STAFFORD, BIG NUMBERS, HAD ONE KEY PICK DOWN IN THE RED
ZONE, BUT HE HAS RECONNECTED WITH COOPER KUPP, LOOKING
HEALTHY, LOOKING GOOD, TYING A CAREER HIGH WITH 14 GRABS.
ALL IMPORTANT WITH PUKA NACUA OUT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, JARED GOFF AND THE OFFENSE STYMIED A LITTLE
BIT, BUT HE DID HAVE THE ONE TOUCHDOWN, JAMESON WILLIAMS, TWO
YEARS IN THE GAME IN HIS CAREER, AND THIS IS THE BEST NIGHT OF HIS YOUNG NFL RUN.
LIONS GET IT TO START OVERTIME. 13 OVERTIMES IN THE NFL LAST
REGULAR SEASON. NONE OF THEM ENDED IN A TIE.
>> Cris: MIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO HERE?
JAMESON WILLIAMS IS HAVING A GREAT NIGHT.
HE ALREADY HAS A TOUCHDOWN AGAINST TRE'DAVIOUS WHITE.
I WOULD MAKE REALLY BAD DOUBLE MOVE AND HAVE HIM SPRINTING DOWN
THE FIELD AND STOP, A LITTLE BIT OF A COMEBACK ROUT.
I THINK YOU WOULD SEE WHITE GIVE HIM A TON OF ROOM, AND IT WOULD
BE AN EASY THROW. PROBABLY WHY THEY DON'T HAVE HIM
IN THE GAME NOW. >> Mike: MONTGOMERY, AT THE
BACK. FIRST DOWN AT THE 42.
STARTED A LITTLE MISDIRECTION TO BEGIN THIS OVERTIME DRIVE.
TOUCHDOWN, AND THEY WIN THE GAME.
>> Cris: YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEN JOHNSON, OVERTIME.
YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE HYPED UP.
YOUNG PLAYERS ON DEFENSE. AND YOU GO REVERSE RIGHT OFF THE
BAT. GET THEM TO SLOW DOWN.
>> Mike: COMING OUT WITH THEIR BIG PEOPLE, THREE TIGHT ENDS.
MONTGOMERY! INTO THE SECONDARY!
MONTGOMERY TO THE 37 YARD LINE! BIG RUN OF 21 FOR DAVIS.
>> Cris: WHEN THE GAME'S ON THE LINE, LET'S MAKE SURE WE GO
RIGHT AT HIM, SECURE THE DOUBLE-TEAM.
THERE HE GOES. AND DAVID MONTGOMERY COMES UP
BIG WHEN IT MATTERS MOST. I LOVE WATCHING HIM PLAY.
I THINK HE'S ONE OF THE REALLY GOOD PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE.
>> Mike: 21. IT IS MONTGOMERY, WILL NOT BE
DENIED! GAIN OF NINE TO THE 28.
>> Cris: GREAT COMBINATION OF SPEED AND POWER.
HE'S GOING TO GET RIGHT THERE AND BREAK A TACKLE FROM THE BIG
GUY. KOBIE TURNER.
AND THEN JUST STAYED WITH IT. I MEAN, THESE DETROIT LIONS,
THEY TALK ABOUT GRIT, BUT THEY PLAY WITH GRIT.
>> Mike: THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF "SINCE" IN THIS GAME.
THE LIONS HAVEN'T WON AN OVERTIME GAME SINCE 2016 AT
MINNESOTA. GOFF, SWINGING, JAHMYR GIBBS,
INSIDE THE 20, TO THE 19 YARD LINE.
A TOUCHDOWN WINS THE GAME, AND THE RAMS WILL NEVER TOUCH IT.
>> Cris: YOU START THINKING ABOUT IT, RIGHT?
YOU START THINKING HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED BEFORE YOU GO LINE UP
AND KICK IT. YOU START THINKING ABOUT WHICH
SIDE DO YOU WANT YOUR KICKER TO BE ABLE TO KICK IT FROM, IT'S
COMING SO EASILY NOW. I DON'T THINK YOU TAKE BIG
CHANCES. YOU PLAY UNTIL YOU GET THE THIRD
DOWN. >> Mike: TO THE 15 YARD LINE.
>> Cris: OBVIOUSLY, YOU GOT TO HAVE A TOUCHDOWN HERE, GOING ALL
THE WAY DOWN. >> Mike: SECOND AND SEVEN, HERE,
AS GIBBS COMES OUT. HE POINTED OUT, THE STRENGTH OF
YOUR TEAM, YOU'RE A POWER TEAM. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A REVERSE IN
THERE, USE THAT OFFENSIVE LINE HERE AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME.
>> Cris: THEY TYPICALLY, WHEN THEY REALLY NEED IT, THEY GO
RIGHT. >> Mike: MONTGOMERY CLOSE TO THE
FIRST DOWN. MIGHT BE JUST SHY OF IT.
NEEDED TO GET TO THE EIGHT. THE THIRD DOWN HERE.
THEY HAPPEN NOT TO GET THE THIRD DOWN, IT WILL BE INTERESTING,
DOES DAN CAMPBELL GO FOR IT IN FOURTH DOWN IN OVERTIME HERE?
>> Cris: YES. >> Mike: GETTING THE PUSH.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT. GAME ONE OF THE SEASON.
TIRED BODIES. ONE FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
NINE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. MONTGOMERY FIRST DOWN.
THE FIVE, THE FOUR, THE THREE, THE TWO, THE ONE YARD LINE.
I WONDER IF THEY THINK ABOUT A TIME OUT HERE TO GIVE THE
DEFENSE A CHANCE TO CATCH THEIR BREATH.
>> Cris: I MEAN, IT IS JUST UTTER EXHAUSTION, AND WHEN
YOU'RE GETTING PUSHED BACKWARDS LIKE THAT, THERE'S NO REASON TO
DO ANYTHING BUT. THEY'RE ALL JUST GOING TO SLAM
DOWN INSIDE AND TRY TO PUSH RAMS' DEFENSE IN.
>> Mike: TIME OUT RAMS. JUST TO GIVE HIS GUYS A SHOT.
>> Referee: TIME OUT, LOS ANGELES.
THEIR FIRST. >> Mike: EXHAUSTION ON THE RAMS
SIDE. WE TALK ABOUT A SEASON OF
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE LIONS. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY
GOOD. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF
YOUR HOME GAME. PLAYOFF CALIBER IN THE RAMS,
BUT, IF YOU THINK YOU ARE THAT GOOD, YOU TAKE THE BALL, YOU GO
BEHIND YOUR STRENGTH, YOU GO DOWN THE FIELD.
AS HE TURNS A YARD AWAY FROM WIN NUMBER ONE OF THE SEASON.
>> Cris: THEY ARE NOT TAKING MONTGOMERY OUT OF THIS GAME.
>> Mike: FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE ONE.
MONTGOMERY!