CHICAGO — Jared Goff threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns, and the Detroit Lions remained on top of the NFC with their franchise-record 13th win, 34-17 over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Jameson Williams had a career-high 143 yards receiving on five catches, including an 82-yard touchdown in the second quarter. Caleb Williams threw for 334 yards and two …
DETROIT — Jared Goff stood on the sideline wearing a baseball cap in the fourth quarter while his teammates finished off another rout. Goff threw two of his four touchdown passes to Amon-Ra St. Brown, David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs combined for three rushing TDs and the Detroit Lions beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 52-6 on Sunday. “It’s a good problem …
ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions got their groove back offensively going into their bye week. “That’s why you can’t worry about this and that, you can’t start panicking.” Goff’s poor play raised some concerns after the first two games when he had more interceptions than touchdown passes just months after signing a $212 million, four-year contract extension. Williams, …
DETROIT — Jared Goff is good enough for Detroit, as his coach recently reminded him. Goff threw his second touchdown pass with 6:22 left and the Lions beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 in the divisional round on Sunday, lifting Detroit into the NFC championship for the first time in 32 years and just the second time in franchise history. …
ATHENS, Ga. — Three Georgia players ended up at the same Big Ten school, at least partly the result of a long relationship between that school’s head coach and a Georgia assistant. WR Jermaine Burton : Burton was Alabama’s leading receiver last year with 40 catches for 677 yards and seven touchdowns, an improvement over his sophomore season at Georgia. …
