Detroit Lions Secure Dramatic Win with Game-Winning Field Goal

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00:00The Texans, the only team with a winning record in the AFC South at home, hosting perhaps

00:08the best team in the National Football League, that the Detroit Lions.

00:12Detroit entered yesterday, DRS, four and a half point road favorite in H-Town with a

00:17seven and one record and a cover in all seven victories.

00:21Well, they got an eighth win with a dramatic second half comeback and a 52 yard game winning

00:27field goal from Jake Bates, the UFL legend, but they did not cover for the first time

00:32in any of their eight wins this season.

00:35Regardless, the Lions will take it, make it seven straight wins as Detroit blanks Houston

00:42in the second, down 23 to seven at the break.

00:46The Lions rally all the way back to improve to eight and one, 26-23 in Houston last night.

00:53Incredible.

00:54Take a look at Jared Goff on the season, up for the MVP, why?

00:57Because he doesn't throw in completions and he doesn't turn the football over.

01:00He was 15 of 30 last night with five interceptions and they won a football game against a quality

01:05opponent.

01:06That is absolutely astounding.

01:08And sometimes it does come down to special teams.

01:09Any high school coach used to tell you, special teams, 33% of the games, they got to practice

01:14those extra hard.

01:15Just making your field goals and making your long distance field goals makes a difference

01:18and you're right about it.

01:19Those field goals at the end of the game, I mean, slicing one inside the right upright,

01:23slicing one inside the left upright.

01:24It all matters.

01:25It is a game of inches and the inches were one here on the Detroit Lions.

01:29Makes it so impressive.

01:30As we open the show in the seven and seven, it wasn't as if we expected, hey, 26-23.

01:34Yeah, Goff was 19 of 23, 260 yards, two touchdown passes, no interceptions and a great game.

01:40He was a flawed quarterback last night, but the team never gave up and continued the fight.

01:44That's what was so impressive because 23 points by Houston at the half, they were on their

01:48way to 30 plus points with an injured offense saying like, this isn't the Detroit Lions

01:52team that I know, but the defense absolutely rose to the occasion in the second half.

01:56You made clutch plays when you needed to on offense and more importantly, your field goal

02:00kicker was down for it last night, man, knocking through 58 yard kicks for victories.

02:06That's pretty impressive.

02:07The Detroit Lions, who for me, Ben, in the NFC, I have over a dozen futures wagers on

02:11them to win the NFC.

02:13That was a massive step because home field advantage means a lot.

02:15Now also Ben, quickly on this, you look at their scheduling, I believe it was four out

02:19of the last five games were on the road.

02:21Now four out of the next five are home.

02:24This is an important stretch over the Detroit Lions to increase that lead in the NFC North

02:28and the NFC overall number one seed.