{"id":33563,"date":"2025-09-23T23:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T23:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33563"},"modified":"2025-09-23T23:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T23:04:45","slug":"breaking-lions-reassert-themselves-as-legitimate-super-bowl-contenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33563","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Lions Reassert Themselves as Legitimate Super Bowl Contenders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Monday night under the bright lights, the Detroit Lions delivered the kind of performance that turns heads across the NFL.<\/p>\n

Two weeks removed from their lackluster performance against Green Bay in the season opener, Dan Campbell\u2019s squad marched into Baltimore and left with a statement victory, outmuscling Lamar Jackson and the Ravens, 38\u201330.<\/p>\n

With the win, Detroit reasserted itself as a legitimate Super Bowl contender early in the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

The Ravens came in boasting one of the league\u2019s most dynamic rosters, led by Jackson, the two-time MVP who has historically thrived against defenses vulnerable to mobile quarterbacks (i.e. the Lions).<\/p>\n

He was efficient as a passer, completing 21-of-27 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns. However, the Lions accomplished what few teams have managed in Jackson\u2019s career \u2013 they kept him in check as a runner and sacked him seven times.<\/p>\n

In fact, it was the first time since 2019 that Jackson had been brought down five or more times in a single contest.<\/p>\n

Detroit\u2019s defensive front, anchored by Pro Bowl EDGE Aidan Hutchinson, won the line-of-scrimmage battle.<\/p>\n

Hutchinson himself delivered the game\u2019s biggest defensive moment in the fourth quarter, stripping Derrick Henry in Baltimore territory. The ball was scooped up by cornerback D.J. Reed, and a few plays later Jake Bates drilled a 45-yard field goal to extend Detroit\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hardest workers are our best players,\u201d Campbell said in reference to Hutchinson\u2019s forced fumble. \u201cIt\u2019s not lip service, it\u2019s not fake: Our best players are our hardest workers. Go out and watch them practice, and it\u2019s like that every day. And so, that\u2019s the standard, that\u2019s the standard. So, if you\u2019re not up to that standard, with the effort matching what our best players do, then you\u2019re not going to be around here very long.\u201d<\/p>\n

Detroit\u2019s offense also continued to thrive Monday night.<\/p>\n

Offensive coordinator John Morton leaned on creativity and balance as part of his gameplan, dialing up a flea-flicker, an option play between a receiver and a back and a power running game that bulldozed through Baltimore\u2019s front seven.<\/p>\n

Detroit finished with over 200 yards on the ground, highlighted by a monstrous performance from David Montgomery.<\/p>\n

Montgomery led the way with a game-high 151 yards and two touchdowns on just 12 carries, including the game-sealing 31-yard score with under two minutes to play.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Montgomery\u2019s backfield counterpart, Jahmyr Gibbs, contributed another 67 yards and a pair of scores himself in the triumph for Detroit on Monday night.<\/p>\n

The defining moment of the night, though, came through the air.<\/p>\n

On fourth-and-2 with 1:56 to play and Detroit leading, 31-24, the ever aggressive Campbell kept the offense on the field and dialed up a pass play in which Amon-Ra St. Brown beat his defender, Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey, for a pivotal first-down conversion. It took a perfect toss from Goff, and the veteran quarterback delivered, coming through with the biggest throw of the night.<\/p>\n

The completion set up Montgomery\u2019s clinching score.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got a tremendous amount of trust in those guys, and that\u2019s been built up now on five years,\u201d Campbell said in reference to the fourth-down play executed by Goff and St. Brown. \u201cAnd that offensive line, the way they were playing, we just felt like that was the right call. And man, it\u2019s those guys, it\u2019s the players, man. They\u2019re the ones who make this stuff come to light. And they\u2019ve earned that trust.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd once again, man, they step up and make huge plays at critical times. And it\u2019s unbelievable, it really is. It\u2019s a thing of beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Goff, it was another efficient outing in a hot stretch that has seen the Lions rack up over 900 total yards and 90 points the past two games.<\/p>\n

It marks just the second time since 1950 that Detroit has produced 900-plus net yards and north of 90 points over any two-game span.<\/p>\n

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The @Lions<\/a> have topped 900 total net yards and 90 points over their last two games.<\/p>\n

The only other time they've produced 900+ net yards and 90+ points over any two-game span was in 1950.#OnePride<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/B0669lYOxF<\/a><\/p>\n

— Detroit Lions PR (@LionsPR) September 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n