Detroit Lions Edge 49ers in Thrilling MNF Shootout

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00:00Monday night football finale not just for week 17 but the entirety of the 2024 NFL regular season

00:07on the second to last day of 2024. But did it have meaning on a Monday night in Santa Clara

00:14in an NFC championship game rematch from just a season ago between the Lions and the 49ers?

00:21Detroit blew a 17 point lead in last year's NFC title matchup where they looked to exact some

00:27revenge against this version of a San Francisco team that was already eliminated from playoff

00:33contention. And the game did not really have any postseason implications for the Detroit Lions.

00:39It all comes down to week 18 in game 272, that regular season finale between the Lions and the

00:46Vikings to decide the NFC North and the number one overall seed in that conference. But don't

00:53tell that to the actual game that we saw last night in Santa Clara. An absolute shootout with

00:59two teams exchanging offensive blow after offensive blow. But ultimately if you're going to get

01:06involved in a shootout in a high scoring affair even with a depleted defense for Detroit, the

01:12Lions are going to win as they did last night 40 to 34 on the road in Northern California. Detroit

01:19covers as a three and a half point road favorite. Joe, a lofty total of 50 and a hook goes away,

01:26way over 74 combined points between the two sides on a Monday night football finale to week number

01:3217. A tale of two halves really for the Detroit Lions and for the 49ers last night.

01:42Whatever that was in the first half we got from the Niners clearly disappeared, namely the running

01:47game. They had a lot of success early in this game. Then once the Detroit Lions decided all right

01:55Brock Purdy you're going to have to beat us, that was the problem. The running game disappeared and

02:00then they just kind of teed off on Brock Purdy in that second half. But listen, it was still

02:06close even in the third. They missed a couple of field goals by Jake Moody that could have brought

02:12this game a little bit closer. They had their shot the 49ers, they were clearly playing

02:19with some motivation there. There was nobody throwing in a towel but ultimately the better

02:25team and the more talented team ended up winning out in the second half. I mean four unanswered

02:30scores Ben will put anybody away and that's especially against Detroit.