The flag has been burned.

After losing to the Kansas City Chiefs, the Lions would return home to play a red fucking hot Tampa Bay Buccaneers team. I wasn't feeling good about this game. I was worried we would be 4-3 going to the bye week. But what I would witness would watch me beyond any levels. Given the Lions had a seriously busted defense.

Lions go blacked out before the bye week. They get the ball first to start the game. Goff takes a shot to St. Brown and... it's incomplete. Alright so St. Brown didn't work. How about a 30 yard pass to Gibbs? There we go! A couple more chips down the field and after an Illegal Contact call on Tampa, St. Brown actually connects with the ball and gets a 27 yard touchdown! And the score is for real this time. No fucking illegal motion bullshit call. Tampa gets the ball now and Kameron Johnson returns the ball all the way to the fucking Lions 47. BUT... a penalty on Tampa for holding puts them back at their own 15. That helps. What also helps is Tampa going 3 and out. Jack Campbell sacks Baker Mayfield for a loss of 1, and then after a 3 yard pass to Sterling Shepard, Tampa punts the ball back to Detroit. And right off the bat Goff throws a MISSILE to St. Brown for 24 yards! Good shit! We are quickly looking to score again!... lol no we're not. After Goff is sacked, he loses the ball and it's picked up by Tampa. Well shit. Tampa does absolutely fuck all on offense though. Especially when getting a False Start call. So Tampa punts again and once again Detroit's offense is looking strong. 16 yard pass to St. Brown. Gibbs with a 10 yard run, Goff with a 24 fucking yard pass to Gibbs. But now... it's 4th and 2 after a 7 yard pass to Raymond. Kick a field goal? Dude Detroit needs 2 yards. Of course they'll... not... convert... and... it's a turnover on downs. TeSlaa let me down. Can Baker bake? Well if he did... he set it on fire. XD! Despite a 23 yard pass interference call on Detroit. They once again punt. Goff starts with a 15 yard pass to Monty. But then Monty loses 2 on the run, and then Penei Sewell gets a false start call. St. Brown does get 12 yards to make it 3rd and 5. And then they lose those 12 yards they just got when Goff gets sacked and Detroit has to punt. Man that first touchdown feels like it was a shit long time ago. Tampa Bay doesn't go 3 and out but they do punt again. Did I say Tampa Bay was red fucking hot? You know it's funny... during the stream I said the Lions need like a big 80 yard run. And what does Detroit do this drive? Oh... Gibbs does what Gibbs do and get a fucking SEVENTY-EIGHT YARD RUSHING TOUCHDOWN! Holy shit the Lions scored? I didn't know they could do that! XD!

Can Tampa respond? Well I think Tampa's momentum kind of dies when unfortunately Mike Evans gets injured. Just after he came back. And it didn't look good. Sounds like his year may be done. All the best to him and hope he recovers well. Anyways, Derrick Barnes sacks Mayfield for a loss of 6 and Tampa punts the ball! And then they get the ball not too long after when Detroit goes 3 and out. Shit I didn't think this would be a defensive shootout. I thought this game would be more high scoring. So Mayfield has the ball in his hands... for like... 3 seconds when Amik Robertson knocks the ball out of Shepard's hands and who else than Aiden fucking Hutchinson recovering the ball! So Detroit in good field position... can't really do much on offense. But they are in field goal range and we know Jake Bates can kick! It's a 54 yarder. It's not too bad for him. He can make it... right? Uh... yeah... uh... no. So Tampa starting at their own 45 gets good field. Mayfield starts with a short 3 yard pass to Cade Otton... AKA... COtton ball. So it's 2nd and 7 and... wait... hang on... we have breaking news here. It wasn't a catch. turns out, Arthur Maulet actually intercepted the ball! Alrighty then! I guess they determined that Otton didn't have clear control of the ball and it was more held on to by Maulet. So Detroit is on offense and you have to be fucking kidding me. After Goff is sacked for a loss of 9, Goff throws a pick. Wow so Tampa and Detroit just traded picks. Alrighty. With 21 seconds left in the half, Baker Mayfield actually fucking does something and Chase McLaughlin nails a 53 yard field goal to get on the board at the end of the half. But... Lions are up 14-3. Buuuuuuttttt... Tampa does get the ball to start the 2nd half. And they must've had a discussion in the locker room. And after the Bucs go for it on 4th down, Tez Johnson then gets a 22 yard touchdown and the Bucs decide to go for 2 which... fails horribly. So Lions still up by 5. But I would like for us to score again. I feel like our offense has been slow. Thankfully it seems to pick up here! With a 14 yard pass to Brock Wright, Gibbs with a 15 yard run, A fucking TWENTY-EIGHT yard pass to Gibbs! And then Gibbs with a 5 yard touchdown run! 21 to 9! I do like that! Tampa's offense goes right back to how it was and goes 3 and out. Detroit goes for it on 4th and 1 and gets it. But doesn't get much afterwards and after a 3rd and 6 incompletion looking for St. Brown, Lions would punt the ball away.

With 13 minutes left in the game, Tampa has to play desperate mode. Mayfield throws a 20 yard bomb to Otton. And then it's slow chips after. Tampa converts a 4th and 4 at their own 37. Detroit would challenge the 1st down call and if I recall, I believe the 1st down call stood. But then the refs looked at it AGAIN and it turns out... Otton was short. I mean it originally looked like it. And it's Detroit ball with very VERY good field! Despite Gibbs running for nothing, Goff being sacked for no loss, and Goff throwing incomplete looking for Jamo. At least Bates nails a 58 yarder. Despite it being scary close. The game isn't necessarily over for Tampa. But a score for them is pivotal. Albeit they're not moving fast. They are moving down the field. They do convert a 4th and 4 to get to the Lions 22... oh boy... But very quickly the Bucs have 4th and 5. Mayfield's pass to Shepard is... incomplete! But... FUCK ME. Maulet with a pass interference call. The drive only survives for the Bucs because of the penalty. A quick 2 yard pass and then 2 straight incompletions. So once again... Bucs are on 4th down. They need 8 yards. Does Egbuka connect with the ball? Absolutely not. No penalties... Detroit ball. I don't think Detroit worries about scoring. They just want to focus on making Tampa use their timeouts. Once they use all 3, Detroit punts the ball. Now Tampa has no timeouts and just over 4 minutes and a dream. Mayfield throws a 30 yard bomb to Egbuka. And then throws an incompletion looking for Otton.... and then Mayfield is sacked for a loss of 11... and then thows incomplete looking for Kameron Johnson. So now it's fucking 4th and 21. Mayfield completes to Ryan Miller. But is well short of the 1st down by 10 fucking years. And that essentially ends the game. Detroit just burns clock, punts the ball, and Teddy Bridgewater kneels down to end the game. Was it pretty for Detroit? No. It wasn't. But holy shit what a performance by the backup defense! Completely shutting down this Tampa Bay team! Sure Tampa was beat up themselves. But even then. Holding Tampa to only 9 points is huge! And Detroit sits at 5 and 2 at the bye! Not too shabby! And come week 9, Detroit will host the Vikings.

And we all know Detroit owns Minnesota!