MNF Recap: Lions and 49ers light up scoreboard in foreboding game for Lions defense
Punting and field goal attempts are always optional
It was the first island game to have almost no meaning to the playoff picture — good job schedule makers! — since Cincinnati-Dallas. That’s not Detroit’s fault, just a quirk of the tiebreaker picture against Minnesota in Week 18.
Through three quarters, what became apparent is that neither defense had more than a key stop here or there in them. There was not a single punt. There were trick plays galore, as Ben Johnson found another touchdown via hook and ladder:
The 49ers finally started to look like they were running out of gas in the second half, and it was Brock Purdy who faltered first. He threw a pick one drive, and left a sideline ball slightly too far inside while under pressure on the next drive, Jauan Jennings couldn’t haul it in:
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