Detroit Lions fall short in a wild finish against the Dallas Cowboys | 2023 Week 17 Game Highlights

The Detroit Lions lose 20-19 to the Dallas Cowboys in a special Saturday edition of Monday Night Football during Week 17 of the 2023 season.

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Dallas Texas at the end of December and we are about 20 mil West in Arlington home of the Dallas Cowboys taking on the Detroit Lions here tonight there’s Dak he and the offense have been deadly here at home where they are 7 and0 this season and a big reason why is number 11

On their defense tough to stop they put him all over the place Micah Parsons primed for a good one tonight same can be said for Alan Ross St Brown what a year he’s had knocking on the door of a new career high for catches in a season

It’s an honor to follow that week in and week out whether it’s on a Monday night or live on a Saturday we are in Arlington Texas where the Cowboys have not lost this season and they have just shredded the opposition on their home turf Mike McCarthy has taken his team to

The playoffs for the third straight year they’ve stamped their ticket right now the number five seed in season number four and in season number three what a turnaround it’s been for the Lions under that man who grew up in Texas Dan Campbell about as authentic a

Head coach as there is in the NFL Michael Parson’s getting set to go we’ll see him early Dallas won the toss they defer so the Lions have it to start the night that is touch back number 91 for Brandon Aubrey third down and 10 and that’s

Raymond for a first down good throw and catch khif Raymond catch number 33 on the year they needed 10 got 11 and a strong throw from Jared gof well good concept to that side of the field they run two Slants essentially you’re going to see Jordan lwis number two he’s playing soft

Coverage however and so khif Raymond you know he’s able to get right in there and that sweet spot and Jared G hits him so that’s a nice third down conversion to start this game they fake the handoff G has got St Brown and Aman ra is down out of bounds

Near the 40 and he stares down donon Bland after that 23 yd catch and run well this is what the Detroit Lions do so well the playaction game in the back field and then you’ve got raw St Brown he gets donon Bland turned around a little bit and he’s capable of doing

That with the speed that he has but these inside breaking routes that is where Jared G really excels throwing the football Montgomery gets it has a little bit of space and takes it inside the 35 for seven well you mention this offensive line Joe they are one of the best in

Football and there’s really not a weak weakness on that group they do hand to Montgomery and he picks it up good Patience by David Montgomery he hesitated let that hole open up and gets 11 on Third and three yeah typically when you have to stop like Montgomery did it in the hole it

It’s hard then to pick up this yardage but you’re going to see Jonah Jackson he’s the one who’s able to get on Deone Clark and he’s he’s essentially the one that allows him then to pick up the first first down so decline not a good snap but a good hold by Jack

Fox and the first points of the night belong to Badgley and the Lions anchored by botes in the middle here’s Pard nothing Aiden Hutchinson crashed down to make that stop a loss of [Applause] one on third down Prescott trying to come on underneath and he’s P intercepted by

Melifonwu the early take away by the Lions on defense and back-to- back games with an interception for iffy [Applause] melifonwu he got the first of his young NFL career last week to seal the win over the Vikings first series and possession for the cowboys he’s got his

Second here is St brown with good blocking and a first down 14 yd catch and RW on a well set up play for the Lions and another first down for Detroit and Al monr St Brown his name means the god of sun and air and through the air

This guy has been phenomenal each of the last two games and he’s explosive once he gets the ball here is a little end around for Williams and he gets dumped by Jordan Lewis a gain of six as they try to use the speed which is off the charts for Jameson Williams a nice

Pickup on first down well that’s a great play by Jordan Lewis because there’s a lot of people out in front that are leading the way and Jordan Lewis this is where he really excels he’s able to get off the block and come up and make a

Play he made a lot of plays last week in that game against Miami you can see him right here number two the way he comes up because if he doesn’t make that that tackle there’s a chance Jameson Williams scores with the Cowboys their second possession they hand here to Pard and he

Gets wrapped up behind the line of scrimmage a loss of three and that play made by vildor I’ll save what I was going to ask you for a moment as vildor makes a play off his Corner Spot he sure does they they clog it up plays side but Kendall

Vildor he’s coming off the edge you can see he runs it down PA thinks he’s going to Traverse field and come back the other way and buildor right there to meet him we Cowboys have thrown it five times run it twice here’s throw number six and

Incomplete on a ball that was laid out for Jake Ferguson knocked away with a combination of Campbell and Joseph well that’s such a great job by Kirby Joseph coming over and the reason he was able to he’s disguising the look and he’s as he’s working to the middle of the field he

Never quite gets all the way to the middle number 31 and he’s able to then come all the way back because this ball was thrown perfectly by Dak Prescott that’s laid out there and Jake Ferguson he’s going to make that play here is a handoff to Montgomery and David Montgomery picks up

Five they do and they complete the rookie Sam leaport a gain of seven that’s his first catch in catch number 75 on the year and now the second rookie tight end in league history with 75 or more catches the record it’s Keith Jackson in 1988 with the Eagles at

81 and so he is closing in on that and he’s a good run Blocker on top of it first and 15 watch out and a quick Tackle by anzalone on Tony Pard who has seen no daylight yet in this game a gain of one second down and 14 Blitz from

Anzalone this one is incomplete with a tight end Ferguson the target up the middle and Brian Branch the outstanding rookie slot Defender was there for Detroit yeah he plays this perfectly because they’re trying to hit the seam and it looked like they had it they lay the ball out

It’s a good throw by Dak but he undercuts it and he was prepared for just able to get his hand on it but third down and 14 little toss to Pard and there’s nothing well played by the Lions defensively and fourth down is coming up

As we are coming up on the end of the first quarter picking and they took Mike Parsons had to settle for him here is St Brown able to find find a wide open hole in that defense a gain of 19 well that’s such a great route by

Alan ra St Brown the way he comes off the ball he gets the corner turned around and just an excellent job of of winning with speed now that’s Don Bland that you’re going against and you can create some of those types of Separation but don’t go to the well too

Many times did a good job raising him Prescott lamb ball comes out and this is going to be an interesting call this could be Detroit’s ball and they’re calling it a Touchback as vildor forced it out that’s a good call it’s inside the pylon when the ball

Came out yeah two things there you got to confirm the catch which it’s clearly a catch controlled more than two feet fumble into the endone is a fumble forward and out of bounds through the end zone the result of the play is a Touchback first down

Detroit and that’s one of the rules that they talked about talking about during the 2024 meetings will this get changed down the road well right now it’s a Touchback and it’s the Lions ball a fake Punt and now a throw downfield they convert the fake Punt and it’s dorsy with the

Catch and Dan Campbell rolls the dice a fake punt on his side of the 50 and a pass that was thrown by Jaylen Reeves Maus maen for the first down unbelievable not only inside the 50 but inside the 30 he calls the fake Punt and it’s executed

Perfectly wow Detroit Lions are the most aggressive team on fourth down and they have run a couple of successful fake punts this season and this is a 31 yd gain on the throw to dorsy hand off to St Brown and I guess Dan Campbell wasn’t crying about that missed opportunity in

The catch by his tight end leaport first down at the 30 Gibbs on the carry nice move in the hole and he’s got another first down for the Lions 11 yds for jir Gibbs yeah really good job up front by this offensive line and the movement than that they’re able

To get you’re going to see this inside Zone play that Gibbs I mean he’s got a good Lane and he hits it and this is this is the advantage that Detroit has ability to run the football on first down here he is again cuts back turns on the Jets and sets up

First and goal boy when he sees some daylight and he hits the gas pedal he can go 17 yds for Gibbs yeah he’s definitely the Home Run threat and you know he’s averaging almost six yards a carry coming into this game look at the movement Frank rag now he’s up the field

He Seals Everything off gives him a clean Lane right up the [Applause] gut Prescott is sacked Hutchinson gets home and makes a play and a big one at that a loss of eight well and a big one also because of who he’s going up against Tyron Smith who

Missed last week and this is a different offense when big number 77 is on the field but Aiden Hutchinson look at the move that he puts on Tyron Smith starts like he’s going to go speed rush outside comes underneath just an excellent job when this defense needed a play and is

Usually the case 97 Aiden Hutchinson’s typically the guy up successful as they’ve been and their relationship has come and gone it’s been beautiful it’s been Rocky as Jerry Jones says there are some beautiful scars as Raymond gives Detroit good starting field position with a minute 40 left after a

26 yard return 60 yds trying to get into the end zone as the pass is caught Reynolds actually Williams is able to stay up on his feet and in the end get six yards with Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson second down and four and a sack Hutchinson again his second of the night

And that should just about do it for the first half of football here in Arlington well you can’t argue with the way that this defense has played they would be pitching a shut out if they hadn’t to giv up the big play to CD lamb when they

Could have made a sack but they’ve done their part 73 game at the half talked about the matchups tomorrow with so much on the line Cowboys will start this second half with the football toss to Pard nothing met in the backfield cam Sutton Aiden Hutchinson well this defense has been good this

Year against the run and they’ve been out standing here tonight the Cowboys in the first half had just 22 yards rushing there’s been nowhere for Tony Pard to run you can see the job that they do man there’s a lot happening at the line of scrimmage Prescott airs in Out

Pass is incomplete and great coverage on CD lamb by the rookie branch and a good piece of work by Aaron Glenn’s defense to start this second half yeah that was a really nice play by Brian Branch because CI lamb at the top of this route you’re can to see the push

As he drops his hips there’s normally that’s when you create the separation but Brian Branch he’s just sitting on the route he’s got a little help with the safety but he’s not so much worried about lamb running pass him they try it again and Montgomery able to break loose Montgomery out of

Bounds inside Dallas territory in a carry of 21 well they have created some running lanes and when they have they’ve been able to hit it and Jameson Williams number nine out there on the right side wide receiver you know he gets involved and he helps out as he’s helping block

Out there on Stefan Gilmore more that’s a good pickup Jameson Williams I mentioned earlier he has really come along this year it’s fourth down and two quick setup and throw and it’s lorta for the first down wrestled out of bounds by curse but not before he got

Four Sam leaport in motion they they know that they’ve got man coverage and they’re able to the Cowboys are trying to pass that off with jron curse [Applause] 18 they fake it to Montgomery it’s leaport again they’d love to get him going Sam gets seven on first down Maris

Bell on the tackle going at it they have been all night second and three full head of steam for Gibbs he’s got a first down and covers up knocked down at the 21 with a 9yd gain yeah you called it Joe that’s really good work by jir Gibbs

The rookie that you know he’s running tough and we mentioned the speed that he has at you know he runs a 4340 so he’s explosive but you’re going to see at the end of this play how he protects the football right when there’s about to be

Contact made you he gets both both hands on the ball secures it second and [Applause] 13 here’s a pass caught by Reynolds and he’s got a first down for Detroit [Applause] well that’s a great job by Jared GF we’ve seen that he’s been under pressure

And when he has time now he’s got to buy some time here as he shuffles to his left to get away from the rush and then he’s able to see the field he gets the ball to Reynolds a guy who he has chemistry with for many years going back to the

Rams Montgomery to the five Montgomery’s got it touchdown Detroit the veteran Center Frank ragn now with a good block and a three-y touchdown for montgomry his 12th touchdown carry of the Season yeah Frank ragno the Pro Bowl Center having a great year watch him 77

As he comes up and then picks off the linebacker the only guy who really has a chance to try to make a play he’s trying to fill the hole and it’s Maris Bell but ragno he he times it perfectly off the double team comes up gets him and allows for the touchdown du

Vaugh ends up losing a yard we go they stay with it and Pard is brought down by Barnes in the back field a loss of one got a wi here well Barnes reads it well because he trying to stay home as to whether or not Dak Prescott is going to keep this

Ball and he’s waiting to make sure that Pard has it he collapses and makes a nice play second down good protection downfield Williams got it Jameson Williams to the 15 Parsons had pressure GF hung in 63 yards to Jameson Williams well one thing that we know

That Jameson Williams can do is fly and he is putting it on display on this play because you got Don Bland who’s trying to keep up with him and it’s a matter of whether or not Jared G can get the ball out there far enough and he has to do it

With Micah Parson’s barreling down on him right in his face and he hangs in there and delivers a strike second down and 12 here’s St Brown hit in stride after making his break and that was a thing of beauty from gof and a completion of 10 yds

Third and short coming up a 30 yd try for Michael Badgley his third game active as kicker for the Lions for the lead Lions Back on [Applause] Top they hand here to Pard and Pard runs into the teeth of this much improved from a year ago lions run

Defense extra men on the rush and it’s Hutchinson spinning his way to Prescott oh man that takes all the decision out of it and Aiden Hutchinson the move that he makes off the line of [Applause] scrimmage Teran still you’re going to see this spin move that he has off that

Right side the spin right there and a direct shot then on Prescott they needed a play they as you mentioned they were well within the range for a field goal attempt boy he’s had a heck of a night I’ll say then he does the stanky leg for

You on Jimmy Johnson’s night third sack of the night for Hutchinson at the number one seed Goff over the middle pass is caught by leaport and leaport who had a wrap around his right ankle earlier in the game gets 15 yards yeah that shows his toughness Wen wasn’t real sure whether

Or not we’d see much more of him but G he’s got one-on-one he goes right to him it’s a nice completion underneath leaport drives through curse and got 10 that’ll be enough for a first down with a minute 30 and Counting left in the game here’s one for Lea again and a

Strong catch to the 40 and the lions are in business now boy they sure are and they’ve not give any help to right tackle pan SU he’s been one-on-one with Micah Parsons and Jared G has gotten the ball out but good job by these receivers giving him a place to go with the

Football they clocked the ball after the catch by leaport and now he’s got Aman R st Brown and in a blink the lions are at the 26 of the Cowboys s g leapa room to run still going and down near the 11 and the lions with under 30 to go are

Just over 10 yds away second down and 10 there’s St brown head of steam touchdown Detroit wow and they’re within a point and the call has already been made by Dan Campbell they are going for two in the [Applause] win wow here’s the end of [Applause]

It this play that they’re about to run they they’ve known all week Dan Skipper an extra offensive lineman comes in play action Endzone there it is unbelievable the two-point TR is good and it’s Taylor Decker part of the Old Guard that was saluted after the win

Last week and the lions are up by one what a moment for this franchise in what a moment for the eighth-year pro Taylor Decker this crowd is absolutely stunned now a flag comes in at the end and they on another the question is did Skipper an offensive lineman [Applause]

Report what else could touching by number 68 so the call is an illegal touch I think number 70 and number 68 came in and I’m not sure 68 reported as an eligible well 68 is Taylor Decker their left tackle Skipper came in he reported and 68 is there at left tackle

And he’s the one who ends up making the catch right but he’s on the end of the line and he’s been playing that ineligible position so if he’s going to be on the end of the line and be eligible he needed to report as well wow

So that will back it up and the lions will have to do it again well you see Dan talking to him and I can’t imagine you know I can’t imagine them having that play in and him not reporting because that would be stressed throughout the week I I that is

Hard to believe well let me ask you this now that it backs you up do you kick the extra point and tie the game they leave their offense out there to try to convert again yeah from the seven yd line I this is aggressive so Decker didn’t report he

Caught the two-point conversion they threw the flag at the end of it and now a flag on Parsons this one’s picked but Parsons came across there’s a flag on the play and hold all tickets yeah they they definitely got Micah Parsons in the neutral zone defense number 11 through D

The neutral on part to the snap so let’s do it again well how how many more plays does Ben Johnson have up his sleeve and Parson’s definitely in the neutral zone and the ball is sitting just inside the four and there has been no hesitation by Dan Campbell on what he’s

Doing even after the penalty no question in his mind here we go Goff gets rid of it incomplete and now the Cowboys maintain their lead James Mitchell the tight end couldn’t make the catch and the Cowboys finally able to Exhale what a finish