David Montgomery rushed for a career-high 151 yards and scored two touchdowns and the Detroit Lions piled up seven sacks whereas notching a 38-30 victory over the host Baltimore Ravens on Monday evening.
Jahmyr Gibbs ran for 67 yards and two touchdowns and Detroit (2-1) racked up 224 speeding yards whereas successful its second straight sport. Jared Goff accomplished 20 of 28 passes for 202 yards, together with a landing move to Amon-Ra St. Brown.
The Lions had prolonged landing drives of 98 and 96 yards. Al-Quadin Muhammad paced the Detroit protection with 2.5 sacks, and Aidan Hutchinson and Jack Campbell every had a sack and compelled fumble.
Lamar Jackson linked on 21 of 27 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns for Baltimore (1-2). Derrick Henry rushed for 50 yards and a landing but in addition fumbled for the third time this season. Mark Andrews had six receptions for 91 yards and two touchdowns, and Rashod Bateman additionally had a scoring catch.
Baltimore took its solely lead at 21-14 when Jackson hit Andrews on a 14-yard landing move with 8:51 left within the third quarter.
The Lions answered on Goff’s 18-yard to Brown (seven receptions, 77 yards) to tie it with 5:13 left within the third, then took the lead with a seven-play, 96-yard drive on their subsequent possession.
Montgomery broke unfastened for a 72-yard achieve to the Ravens 13-yard line. The landing got here on the primary play of the fourth quarter as Goff handed the ball off to St. Brown, who pitched it to Gibbs and the latter simply scored on a 4-yard run.
The Ravens moved inside 28-24 on Tyler Loop’s 41-yard area aim with 9:40 remaining.
Baltimore later had the ball at its personal 21, however Henry fumbled on the primary play. Hutchinson punched it out of Henry’s grasp, and D.J. Reed recovered because the Lions took over on the Baltimore 16.
The drive stalled and Jake Bates kicked a 45-yard area aim to present Detroit a 31-24 lead with 6:35 left.
The Lions confronted a fourth-and-2 simply after the two-minute warning, and Goff accomplished a 20-yard move to Brown to the Baltimore 31. On the subsequent play, Montgomery headed proper and scored on a 31-yard run to make it 38-24 with 1:42 to play.
Jackson hit Andrews on a 27-yard scoring move with 29 seconds left, however the Ravens could not recuperate the following onside kick.
–Area Stage Media
