Lions win; Dylan Larkin latest; Michigan wins; Pistons 5-1 | Sportsworks Nov. 1, 2026

Howdy, partner, and welcome to the Old West Trail Stop, known as SportsWorks Sunday Night. I'm your wagon master, Woody Woodruff, and sticking with our Western motif, we've got John Neal and Jeff Rieger riding drag. We'll get to these two in a minute, but we're not going to drag our feet with the top story of the night, and that is the Detroit Lions. Detroit taking on the 6-0 Minnesota Vikings, the final undefeated team in the league, and this was a critical matchup because the Lions could not afford to lose ground in the division. So with that much at stake, Detroit would have to start fast, right? Let's go back to Ford Field where Detroit fell behind 7-3 in the second quarter and things weren't looking good when Brian Branch and DJ Wanam collided while trying to tackle Justin Jefferson on this play. Both players shaken up and Wanam wasn't able to leave the field under his own power. Both players left the game and did not return. No word yet on the severity of those injuries but the defense stepped up all day long and late in the half the Vikings looking for more points but DJ Reed came up with a huge interception that ended Minnesota's drive and led to a field goal for Detroit. Who trailed by just one at the half. Third quarter, the Lions offense started to get going. Check out this play. Amon Ross St. Brown lined up 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage. And Jared Goff hit him in stride as he picked up a huge first down to keep the Lions drive going. On the next play, the toss to Jameer Gibbs, who couldn't do a thing in the first half, but he went off in the second, Gibbs taking this one the distance and getting a little help at the end from his quarterback. Just like that, the Lions had the lead, but the excitement was short-lived. Early in the fourth quarter, Jack Campbell making a tackle on TJ Hawkinson, and he went down with a very scary injury. He was down motionless on the field and was immobilized by the medical staff and placed on a cart. He was taken to the hospital, where the team says he is resting And we'll remain there for continued evaluation. ...evaluation and monitoring. Clearly, his teammates were shaken up by what happened, but they had to continue to play. The Vikings were at the Lions 25, going for it on fourth down. They brought pressure, and Kyler Murray's pass fell incomplete, giving the Lions the ball back. However, with under nine minutes left, Minnesota cashed in. Murray... Firing one to Hockenson and the former Lions tight end gave the Vikings a 15-12 lead. But Detroit was not done. They answered with one heck of a drive. Nearly all of it consisted of Gibbs and Sione Vaki. First, Gibbs reversing field and picking up 17 yards on this play. Then it was Vaki's turn. He had 65 yards on 11 carries, including 12 right here to pick up a key first down. Four plays later, it's Goff with play action and he lofts one to a wide open Jamison Williams for a 7-yard touchdown. That put the Lions back in front 19-15, and the defense was not going to let the Vikings get back in it. On third and four, they forced Murray to throw one deep and incomplete. Then Minnesota decided to punt, and the Lions offense never gave it back. On third and one, under two minutes to play, Jared Goff takes it himself and picks up the first down to clinch it. It was a wild game, but Detroit came out on top. They win their third in a row, 19-15 the final. Jennifer Hammond has the wrap from Ford Field. It's absolutely a mixed bag of emotions in that locker room following this win today. Certainly on one hand, they're glad that they beat the Minnesota Vikings, but all of their thoughts are with their captain and warrior, Jack Campbell, who went out early in the fourth quarter. And somehow it felt like that moment helped push this team over the top. It was all for him, all for the other guys who they got hurt. But particularly in his situation, you know, definitely, you know, when you see your brother go down like that. You know this. A fire, lightning gets lit in your ass, it's time to go, really. And, man, everything, you know, we did out there was for him. It just motivated us a lot more. You know, we got a third down, fourth down stop after that. The crowd was into it. Offense went to go score after that. So, you know, we just, I guess we just turned it up a notch for our brother. You know, he go out there, he put it on the line every single play for us. That's why he got the C on his chest. And, you know, like I said, we're praying for them, hoping everything will go okay and get better. Detroit knew what they were up against with the Vikings' top-rated defense. But they also knew they could handle it, using grit and resilience to land that counterpunch. We knew we were going to need to outlast them. We were going to need to hang in there, play outstanding defense, special teams, and let them bring it to the offense. And then when it was time to... Trying to seal this out, the offense was going to need to be able to do it, and we really did. And I was so proud of the guys across the board. I mean, that's a tough, gritty win against a really good opponent. Our whole thing was just playing our standard of defense this week. Obviously, Coach challenged us to be the better defense out there, and that's what we're focused on. And I believe we did that. We broke their offense down in four quarters. We've just been trying to play to our standard, and that's what it's going to look like if we do that. And just when they needed it most, the offensive line imposed their will on the Minnesota front, igniting a run game that had just 66 yards in the first half to finish with 230 yards rushing. We were running it okay in the first half. We just weren't getting those chunks that we were in the second half. And then I think Drew and our whole offense kind of felt, you know, something, the dam broke at some point in that second half where it was like, oh, we can just keep leaning on this run and good things are going to happen. Vocky ran his tail off, and when he's able to do that, it just gives Gibbs that much more of a breath on the sideline to come back and do his thing at his full capacity. Thank you. Yeah, the O-line loved it. They loved the challenge of, like, we're going to keep leaning on you guys, and I thought they played great. Me and Vocky, we didn't have to do much to stay in our tracks. It was at least five every time, and we just had to do the rest. It seemed like you were really running with purpose and mission. I know you always do, but just knowing what Jack had gone through, how much did that play into it? Yeah, I wanted to get the win for him. I told him I got him. We came in together, and it was a hard thing to see. A lot of thoughts are with Jack Campbell following his injury, but there were three other guys, two contributors, that weren't able to finish the game because they got hurt. A lot of work to be done before the Lions head down to Miami to face the Dolphins next Sunday. At Ford Field, Jennifer Hammond, Fox Sports. Thanks a lot, Hammer. That brings us to the roundtable for our official introductions. Jeff Rieger is an outlaw who has somehow avoided capture. You can hear him on 97.1 The Ticket. And John Neal is a brigand for hire who does all kinds of work for the Detroit News. It's amazing what's going on here. You know what? I think it's a good thing. Let's talk about what we saw today, guys, with the Lions. Jack Campbell, we'll start there. The neck injury. Goff described it as scary. And, guys, it was when you saw it. No, I mean, it's... It's the thing you fear most at an NFL game and we go in there, we all know it's such a violent game. They certainly know it's a violent game. And yet we're all guilty of sort of Forgetting that at times and then you see a moment like that and that stadium is just in a hush and all those players are on a knee and you see some tears and you just see just how fragile everything is because everybody's risking everything on every play. And so when you see that and then to still not know where things stand, you just hope for the best for Jack, for his family, hope for good news tomorrow, he's going to stay in the hospital overnight. But it's really jarring, and you were there. It's just really jarring. You know, that moment happens, you know, it's a 10-minute wait, and then he gets carted off up the tunnel. And literally, the cart is no more halfway up the tunnel, and the Hells Bells, AC/DC tolls, and it's fourth down. And it's one of the biggest plays of the game, and it's just right back to work. And I don't know how those guys do it. I really don't. I really don't either because to refocus like that, after something like that where you saw the visible emotion on a lot of guys' faces, Trevor Nowoski was balling, Aidan Hutchinson was very vocal afterwards saying, hey, we gotta do this for 46, and then all of a sudden it's fourth down. Very tough. It was a huge play like John mentioned, but not to mention Aiden Hutchinson after the game, he's like, we're taught everything. We're not taught how to deal with that. It is wild, and he said it's just a weird scenario where you see your brother go down and everybody says, all right, best of luck, as he's carted off, and everybody's hoping for the best. And then next thing you know, it is one of the biggest plays, because if the Vikings pick that up, then maybe they go in for a touchdown, and we're looking at a whole different football game. Meanwhile, you're wondering and worrying about Jack Campbell, who nobody knows the prognosis of. Of course, the Lions had an update tonight. He is resting and will remain in hospital. Hospital for evaluation and continued monitoring and what does your gut tell you in this whole scenario? I mean, it's hard to think about how long he might be out or whether this is a quick deal he can come back or something that needs to come down. We don't know anything and we don't want to speculate certainly. You hope to hear usually the word is something about his feeling in all his extremities. We just don't know anything but you hope whatever that is, it's a transient temporary thing And he will be. Back to himself. What does this victory say about Detroit's character? Yeah, it's everything. I mean, that's, and again, like, just. Aside from just that jarring moment, to face that defense, it is every bit as advertised. It's a nightmare to deal with that Vikings defense and it looked like it in the first half. It was like, my gosh, it's four sacks to come through that and then in the second half sort of assert their will in the end, you saw it with the run game. That's really impressive and I think Birchie pointed out too. We talk about this team, has to overcome the defense, the offense has to win these games, score 31 every game. This is two games in a row now where they've won a game with less than 20 points, and that hasn't happened in virtually 11 years. I mean, that says something about this group as a whole. Jeff, talk about Gibbs and how he was a monster in that second half, and also got help from Sione Vaki. You know, to help with the run game. And I thought that was key today. It was great to see, wasn't it? Not to mention, I mean, how many calls have I taken on radio? I can't believe Brad Holmes hasn't got a competent backup. They're going to wear Gibbs out. They're going to run him into the ground. And listen, today you saw the Vaki experience. And you mentioned the one drive when you were relaying over the game or replaying the game there. And the Lions go down by three. It's the fourth quarter. Seven plays over four. Four minutes, 69 yards, funny number there, and five rushing plays of the seven plays. And there were holes, massive holes, just wide open. And if you talk to Gibbs, he's like, our offensive line opened up so many holes. And then you look at Brian Flores on the other side, and he's going to be pulling his freaking hair out because this high vaunted, amazing defense just got ran all over. Had to be a little emasculating to tell you the truth. They rushed for 230 yards. It's the first time in over three years that a Brian Flores defense has given up that many rushing yards. And the Lions at the half just flipped the script. They made adjustments. They brought the tight ends back. And they just ran the ball down the throat of the Minnesota Vikings. And they sent the message without a doubt today. John, what about the play design from Petzing today? That was awesome, right? You saw a lot of good stuff. I mean, I saw dual receivers going in on the same similar pattern and breaking off. It was good. I mean, it looked like we were in Winnipeg or something with the CFL game or whatever. Is that the Rough Riders, that third and eight play? And I asked Jared Goff, how long has that one been working on? Yeah, like three days. They put it in this week. I don't know if they have it anymore. You know what, I'm gonna call it Canadian tariff. Why not? I mean, it looked like Canadian football there. But no, it was, and look, what we saw last year against this team, and obviously the offensive line was in sort of shambles by the end of last season. But it wasn't anything close to this. What Drew Petzing was able to do today was just not something their coordinator last year was capable of doing. And we saw some creativity, yes, but we also saw some adjustments, certainly at halftime, that really paid off. How much credit goes to the Lions defense, especially at the start of the game, to really set the tone that way, Jeff? A ton. I mean, this is now three games, right? Arizona's everybody's like, yeah, it's Arizona. That doesn't count. We're not giving Kelvin Shepard any credit. They all count. I know. And then came the bye. Right. And then came, obviously, Jordan Love and Christian Watson and Matthew Golden and Josh Jacobs. And they held them to 17. And I'm like, okay, their offensive line stinks, though, so we're not going to give them any credit. Well, then came Kyler Murray. And, by the way, Justin Jefferson wouldn't talk to reporters after the game. He is so frustrated. It's almost like the Lions defense broke that Vikings offense, but it's now three games in a row. They get Miami next, and then after Miami, they go to Germany and they get Drake May who was in the Super Bowl last year. So they're definitely trending well, but very quickly, you mentioned Drew Petzing. I think we have a Ben Johnson issue. I wrote this down. I just wanted to bring this up. The Lions had a 16.2% explosive play rate. Which is pretty good apparently, the highest ever against Brian Flores. If Ben Johnson did that, that'd be on the front page of the news. Drew Petzing did it, I wonder if he's going to get credit for it. I don't know, I think the guy who's going to get a lot of credit is Kelvin Shepard, maybe get a letter grade of maybe B plus as he moves on. All right, guys, you know what, while there was concern for the condition of Lions linebacker Jack Campbell, there was also excitement after this sorely needed victory over the Vikings. And for a taste of that emotional release, let's pick up a fly on the wall and buzz into the Lions locker room. Games every week by the opponents, man, and we did exactly what we had to do. You guys just hung in there, that's a gritty win, man. Like, that's one of those deep playoff wins, man. Right? You get late in the season, you hit the playoffs. You got to have some D.U., man. Intestinal fortitude to win that. And you guys hung in there, and you hit some D.U. Boys, stick together. I know that's tough with Jack. Stick together. Lean on each other, all right? Good job. Win on three. One, two, three. Win. Man, I'd love to be in that situation just one time to see Dan Campbell. I mean, you can see how guys want to run through a wall for him after this kind of stuff. No, and look, this was a huge win. I mean, all those things you said are right. It's a massive win in the division. You're 2-0 in the division now. You lose that, everything changes dramatically. You're three games back with losing the tiebreaker. Now you're right in the thick of it. Presumably the rest of the way. They're just going to have some injuries to deal with. All right, let's shift from the NFL to the NHL, where the Red Wings have been in the headlines. Unfortunately, it's not because the squad has won five of the last eight. It's the Dylan Larkin trade request and Larkin's suspension from the team after he said that he would not play for the Red Wings until this situation is resolved. But now that Larkin is gone, head coach Todd McClelland feels that the rest of the team can concentrate on this season. And they've had to deal with a lot already. Like before the season even started, they were... And sometimes all this nonsense brings a group together, and they stick together. There is no little click here or click there. There's way more accepting of roles and playing to them. So that's been really good for us. All right, back to the roundtable where Dylan Larkin continues to lose salary for his absence. His four-day total is well over $160,000 and counting. What's your feeling on this situation, Jeff? And can it unlock the on-ice? Product. He just lost another 100. There's another There's another 200. No, I think there's two things going on right here, obviously. There's a team that I do believe are probably playing without distraction. Now they lost a heartbreaker yesterday to the Blues. They're up 4-2. They ended up losing 5-4 in regulation. But they seem like a competent team, much more competent than I thought they would be. And I would assume by some of the comments by Mo Sider and some of the other guys, I think they like Larkin, but I also think they're happy that they're not going to be asked about Larkin anymore. So I think the distractions are out the window. But now the Larkin thing, everybody hates Dylan Larkin. But I'm not quite sure why, if you know the Red Wings are not being run correctly, and you know the Red Wings are not being run correctly, and every fan realizes the dysfunction that's going on with this team right now. I'm not quite sure why people are upset at Dylan Larkin for wanting to leave the Red Wings and not spend the prime of his career in Detroit, where he did give it his all. Now, is some his fault? Absolutely. Is he responsible for some of the swoons? Sure, but I don't blame him at all. So we just now wait to see if he gets traded. Look at Dylan Larkin and say, hey, this is all his fault because, John, he asked for a trade request and only gave three teams at the start. I understand, though. For sure. And he also signed an eight-year contract that is not even half over yet. So that's where the anger comes from. The anger obviously comes from you're a Detroit Red Wing and you don't want to be a Detroit Red Wings, so you shouldn't expect Detroit Red Wings fans to understand that and care about your feelings. But, like, you could see, I mean, he... In his defense, he asked for this trade almost six months ago, and through not his own doing necessarily all the trade limits- The Wings are slow playing this. Well, they're slow playing, I mean, they didn't have a GM for this half the summer. And they were trying to reconcile too. Sean Corcoran, yeah, I mean, Sean Corcoran admitted when he took the job officially in the interim role in mid-September, he was still hoping to patch things up and make this work. It's not gonna work, obviously. I mean, you could see on this road, That last road trip in Edmonton, I mean, even though he scores the game-winning or the tying goal at the end of regulation, I mean, he just looked like he didn't want to be there anymore. Even McClellan said that. And Corcoran said, yeah, you could see something was different. I mean, some of it probably maybe was Connor Hellebuck, who didn't play the good soldier and show up for camp. Dylan Larkin's looking around and saying, why am I still here? Maybe he was trying to do a little of that himself. And that happened last week, and now this suspension begins, and he's AWOL. But I don't know that it's going to change unless the Red Wings decide to accept less. Right, and they didn't sound ready to do that, and I don't blame him. Go ahead, Jack. Well, Elliot Friedman, and again, he's the Adam Schefter of the NHL. However, if you ask Woj, all these guys have been wrong the entire time, so don't listen to any of them. They're just trying to entertain you. But Elliot Friedman reports that the Wild are a big team interested in Larkin. They're willing to give up Daniella Uroff, who's a 22-year-old forward that has tremendous upside, a veteran roster player, and what Elliot Friedman calls them, Costco of first-round picks. Like three first-round picks, I think. So it sounds pretty good, but it doesn't seem like the Wings are ready to make that deal because A, Horkoff wants to knock this out of the park, or B, they want to torture Dylan Larkin, or C, they just simply think they can get more eventually. And that's the correct way to go about it. You don't want three first-round picks from a team that thinks it's a Stanley Cup contender that's going to be picks in the late 20s or whatever. This is not necessarily a team that's ready to win now, but it's also not a team that needs to just start over with three first-round picks and maybe possibly a middle six center. Playing in the toughest division in hockey. I think the hope is that... Now you're going to add another team to it, because there are a couple of teams out there that a deal would be done yesterday. Philadelphia is interested, Washington's interested. And right now, if you need your top line center, okay, there you go. He's doing well. Time for the first time out of the night, but don't worry. He's playing well. John and Jeff will be back, and the first thing we'll do is dive into the college football pool. MSU with the week off, but the Michigan game are in what they call in action, and we'll explore the matchup with Rutgers when we come right back. Welcome back to SportsWorks Sunday night. Michigan State had this weekend off. However, it was a happy Halloween for the Michigan Wolverines as the Maize and Blue survived a scare in Piscataway against an injury-depleted Rutgers Scarlet Knights squad. Let's start our college football rewind. In the first quarter, the Wolverines driving for the end zone but facing a third and four from the Rutgers six-yard line. The go-to guy. Big step forward this one, without a doubt. Uh... Shoot, over 80%, completion percentage, about .266 throwing. His legs came up with some big runs for us, a couple touchdowns, 50-something yards in rushing. Took care of the football, no turnovers. They had a bunch of first downs, possessed the ball for nearly 40 minutes. So, yeah, he was instrumental in all that good stuff happening. That's one of his strengths is he's unfalterable. You know, he, everything. Everything... He never panics, he's very calm, collected, no matter what situation, and that's a great quality to have in a quarterback. All right, back to the round table. This was a 14-point spread. Are you shocked that it was this close, Jeff Rieger? No, not at all. Yeah, you are. I took Rutgers all day, baby. When you go to Piscataway taking on a two-win team. First place in college football. That's right. I've seen the commercial. Yeah, a two-win team, backup quarterback, backup running back. You barely win the football game. I remember when Michigan used to cover against Rutgers in Piscataway. But, no, listen. They're broken, but they beat a two-win Rutgers team. I think we all think the same thing. I think Tommy Carr looked good at times yesterday. You showed a couple of the highlights there. He eluded danger. I thought he got his team out of some big-time jams with his legs. He actually threw a touchdown pass. It was good to see. But I can't shake the feeling that this team is broken. And I do like Witt saying... I think we took some strides after beating Rutgers. So, all in all, I'm not going to change my mind. Witt is not the right guy for this job. Jason Beck is not the right guy for this job. But a win is a win, and bring on Sparty, I guess. You know what, John? Look, you just heard what he said. Better effort from Tommy Carr. Who gets credit? Carr, the coaching staff, both? Who? Carr gets credit. I mean, I thought that was a pretty – he was a gamer, and we've seen that now three weeks in a row from him. He also had the flu all week, supposedly, or whatever. However, but... But yeah, I mean, you see even some of those highlights, I'm just, I'm baffled. The offensive line is still, looks like a disaster. So what are you looking at heading into Michigan State this weekend? And I don't know that Kyle Whittingham and his staff truly understand what's coming with that game. I mean, his quote, what was his quote? It's our second most important rivalry. Yeah, yeah. That sounds, he's locked it up on the bulletin board. That's our second most important. I mean, like, look. Pat Fitzgerald understands what's at stake and what his fan base wants to hear. And we're going to hear it tomorrow when he talks to the media. Kyle Winningham is saying all the wrong things. He's done that kind of all season, really. And yeah, you wonder. I mean, it's in Ann Arbor. It's, you know, who knows what the injuries that Michigan State's been dealing with. They're coming off a bye. And who are they going to have a quarterback? I don't have any idea. It's not on there either. But. In terms of intangibles, yeah, you got to think Michigan State's got a couple on their side. All right, guys, let's keep the ball moving and check in with the Detroit Pistons. Detroit with a 5-1 record heading into the Monday night matchup with the Charlotte Hornets. And this success is coming without the services of Jalen Duren. But Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff is enjoying how Paul Reed is picking up the slack. He impacts the game in so many ways, like he's just a spark all the time on both ends of the floor. You know, he's active. He's hard to guard. He's hard to box out. You know, he's great in pick and roll coverages. He rebounds the ball. Like, I mean, you know, he's he's given us what he's got. He's playing to his strengths. And it's been a huge part of, you know, these early wins is the way that he's been able to play and come in while J.D. has been out. J.B. Bickerstaff talking about Paul Reed right there. But, guys, there's more unsung heroes on this team. Let's start with Duncan Robinson right now. I mean, he's second on Detroit in points with 16.8, second on Detroit in minutes with 29.7. He's right behind Cade. He's been outstanding. He looks different, too. It's almost like the offseason. He's more physical. I think he's more aggressive. And he won the Pistons the first couple of games, I feel. And then he wasn't as hot against the Knicks and other games. And then he's come back roaring. And this team last year, we all said the same thing. They can't shoot threes. And they're really going to be in trouble. Everybody wanted Michael Porter Jr., remember, at the trade deadline? This team can shoot better threes. Now, will it continue? We're going to find out. But, like, you mentioned Paul Reed. Paul Reed's shooting six. 71% from three. I want to see you do that, Jalen Duren. But Duncan Robinson's been awesome. And then, by the way, the last game, I thought Ron Holland was fantastic. We started to wonder, is Ron Holland an NBA player? 18 points in 22 minutes. That was cool to see. That's the next guy I want to talk about. Sorry to steal your thunder. Is that 18 minutes a game maybe the sweet spot for him? To perform a little bit better? The problem J.B. has is he's got a bench that he's 11 deep, and it's hard to find minutes for all of them. But they all, in different ways on different nights, earn those minutes. And so he's gonna ride that. It's the strength of this team in the regular season. We saw it last year. I think we're gonna see it again this year. I wouldn't be surprised if they're close to that number one seed again because they have Depth that other teams just don't have. Are some of these efforts making us forget guys like Tobias Harris? I mean, John Collins is a completely different player than Tobias Harris. And it's sort of been hit or miss at times with him in this first. He's still feeling his way with this lineup. But yeah, this team is better equipped to win with the shooting and the spacing around Cade. But the depth has not gone away and it's really actually gotten better. Detroit now 5-1 going into the Hornets on Monday. Obviously another game that Detroit will be competitive in, Jeff. Yeah, these regular season games, you know the Pistons are taking them so seriously. It's almost like taking them more seriously than the opposition. We saw it last year. We're seeing it again this year, and now we just wait and see for the postseason. But there are a couple of questions. Was it a mistake to get rid of Beef Stew? Have you seen what he's doing about this? Val Paul says no. I don't know. He's killing it. The other thing to look at, I've been watching this, is this too early? Utah Jazz are off to a really bad start. They're now thinking about maybe trading Lauri Markkanen. The Markkanen dream. That will be a storyline we talk about all winter, though, because they've kept their flexibility to make that big deal whenever it comes along. All I know for sure is the Pistons 5-1 first in the Central. That ought to be the last word as we say so long to John Neal and Jeff Rieger. Don't forget, Jeff can be heard on 97.1 The Ticket, and John can be read in the Detroit News. We'll have the latest leg of the NASCAR playoffs, and we'll also go around the NFL for Week 8 when we come right back. You're watching SportsWorks right here on Fox 2. Advertising. To NASCAR and the Xfinity 500 from Martinsville Speedway. Kyle Larson leads the chase for the championship with just two races remaining in the season. Denny Hamlin started on the pole, but he wouldn't stay there. Six laps left in stage one. William Byron overtakes Ryan Priest for the top spot. Byron takes the lead on the final lap of stage one to win that first stage. Second stage, eight laps left. Ryan Blaney pops his hood, loses control, and then spins out. The caution comes out. The stage was called. Byron wins stage two. Final lap of the race. Byron in control, and he took the checkered flag to win the Xfinity 500. Byron swept all three stages and led for a career-high 362 laps. We're seeing winning NFL teams starting to separate themselves, but the problem is you never know which team will do it consistently, and that's the reason to examine what took place in week eight of the NFL. Ravens and Bills, Lamar Jackson back and getting the start. His first play of the game, the pass was incomplete, but worse, Jackson injures his thumb. He's out for the game after one play. Take another look. Jackson is expected to head back on the injured list. Now, later on in the fourth quarter, Josh Allen finds DJ Moore for his 259th passing TD, passing Jim Kelly for the most in Bills history. Buffalo wins 36-10 and improves to 6-1. Titans and Bengals, you like offense? We got a game for you. Under two minutes left in the game. In the game, Cincy down 36-29. Joe Burrow connects with Tee Higgins for the 18-yard touchdown. Joey B tying the game at 36. We head to overtime. Bengals get the ball. Burrow scrambling. He's going to run it. How about six total touchdowns, five passing TDs for Joe Burrow. Cincinnati up 43-36. Titans get the ball. They need a first to extend the game. Cam Ward's pass is incomplete, however. Bengals win it 43-36 in overtime. Falcons and Buccaneers, what a rainy mess. Here's all you need to know. The Bucs won a game without completing a pass. Yes, you heard that right. Baker Mayfield 0-3, but former Lion and current Bucs linebacker Alex Anzalone with two interceptions as Tampa Bay won it 16-0. Chiefs and Broncos, another game down to the wire. Denver down 24-21. Jonah Coleman runs it in for the touchdown. Broncos up 28-24 late. Four seconds remaining, last chance for Kansas City, But Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes is sacked by Malcolm Roach. Broncos win it 28-24. Denver leapfrogging the Chiefs for first place in the AFC West. Now stay right there. When we come back, we'll recap the Lions' win and bring you one-on-one interviews with both Derek Barnes and Jamison Williams. It's all next on your home for Lions football. That's pizza. At the start of the day, the Lions were going hunting, and the Minnesota Vikings were in the crosshairs. But could the Lions track the undefeated Vikings down and deliver a kill shot, or would Minnesota stand tall? And tonight's Lions look back. Let's pick it up in the second quarter with Detroit up 3-0 and Minnesota driving. Fox 2 sports director and Lions radio play-by-play voice Dan Miller on the call. Jones, the single back. Murray's going to throw it to the left side. It is up, and is it caught? It is. Justin Jefferson. Had to spin around, grab it with his left hand, haul it into his body, and he did. And that's touchdown for the Vikings. Seven men up there. Goff's got it. Back and looking. Stepping into a throw. James Coprich coming out of his break, and it's intercepted by Minnesota. On second down, Murray wants to throw. With time. Now he's getting hit. Now he's going down. Back inside the 15-yard line. Skyler Gil Howard got him. Murray takes, fakes the give, boots to the right, looks downfield, throws complete to Jefferson. Jefferson shakes a man at the 15th. Got a collision down there between a couple of Lions. Brian Branch and DJ Wanham, and Wanham is slow to get up. He took the worst of that. So that's a costly collision for the Lions there between two of their defensive starters, Wanham and Branch. Murray takes, fakes the give, rolls to his right, being chased, throws downfield, it is, is it picked off by DJ Reed across the 45 to the 50, right sideline to the 40, into Viking territory and down to the 31 yard line, a diving snag by DJ Reed. Detroit down one, this field goal could change that, kick is up and it is off the upright and no good. Going to work out of the gun, takes the snap, fakes the end around, wants to throw, looking, looking, pressure comes, going to get hit, going to go down, sack back at the 27-yard line, seven men across the front, they bring the house, Murray being chased, going to get hit, going down again! Back at the 24-yard line. Jimmy Roeder got him. Amon-Ra St. Brown is lined up 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage all the way to the right side. Goff is going to work out of the gun. He throws to St. On the run, inside the 40, inside the 35, and down to the 30-yard line. Oh, my goodness. What a play. Have you seen anything like that? It's Canadian football adjacent. Goff takes the snap, tosses it back. That is Gibbs weaving through traffic. 25-yard line. To the left at the 20. Outside the numbers at the 15. Down to the 10. Down to the 5. Still playing. End zone. Touchdown Detroit Lions. Oh, baby, what a run. Gibbs from 30 yards out, and the Lions are back on top. Murray's got it back, looking, throwing, middle, caught, short of the first down by Hawkinson. Jack Campbell being attended to by a large number of medical personnel. They have already brought the card out. They have already brought the backboard out. So they are taking every precaution with the Lions' outstanding linebacker, Jack Campbell. He leans in on fourth down, there's the snap, Murray back, Murray looking, gonna get hit as he throws, it is up and it is incomplete, DJ Reed knocked it away from the intended receiver Jordan Addison, it is gonna be Lions football, they'll take over on downs, there it is, Murray wants to throw, end zone, Hawkinson touchdown. There he takes the snap, gives it to Gibbs, running right, stacked up, nowhere to go. Now he doubles back, coming around the left side. There he goes, 35, there he goes, 40, to the sideline, and out near midfield. Lions win second and five. Goff takes, gives to Gibbs, runs to a tackle, there he goes to the 40-yard line, there he is down to the 35, and dives down. Woo! Second down and one. Goff takes, pitches it back to Gibbs. Through traffic, first down, inside the 10, spinning to the 8, and diving down to the 7-yard line. Goff takes, makes the give, sets in the pocket, floats end zone. Jamo caught, touchdown Detroit Lions! They got the lead back! What a drive by that football team! There's the snap, Murray back on third down, looking, pressure comes, Murray off his back foot, throws deep downfield, wants Addison, it is incomplete. No flags, fourth down. Goff will move in behind center. Jared takes a snap, keeps it himself, fights for it. He got the first down. Ball game, baby. Ball game. They can kneel it out from here. A huge victory for the Detroit Lions, handing the Vikings their first loss of the year. You pump those arms, Jared. He's telling that crowd, let's go. Let's go. Great job by Dan Miller, the Lions with a 19-15 win, but of course the players were concerned about the condition of Lions linebacker Jack Campbell. Jennifer Hammond caught up with an emotional Derek Barnes right after the game. Obviously, we know this is a violent game. Injury is part of it. Just kind of take me through the emotions of seeing your captain, your leader, Jack, go down like that and be carted off the field, Derek. Yeah, I think, you know, first thing that popped up in my head is family. Um... No, he got a child at home, he got a wife. I know they're worried, because I was worried, but I can only imagine how they feel. Thank you. You know, in those type of moments, you know, you forget football. It's about the person. Football was the last thing on my mind when that happened. It was all about Jack. Thank you very much. I'm going to be there to support him. Like I said, you take all the... I take the football and all that. I love it. It's just about him and, you know, and about his family. And, you know, however I can be there for him, I will be. Oftentimes when there's a significant injury like that that stops play for so long, it's really hard to get back into it. You guys had just a spark, something lit under you. How much of that was for Jack? And what was the difference after that? It was a mess. It was all for him, all for the other guys who they got hurt. But particularly in his situation, you know, definitely, you know, when you see your brother go down like that, you know, there's a fire lighting gets lit in your eye. It's time to go, really. And, man, everything, you know, we did out there was for him and for the other guys, too. We're just, you know, obviously, you know, you're still in the game. You got to go do what you need to do for him, and then you get to the locker room, and, you know, me and Malcolm were just talking. He just hit us, and, you know, I couldn't really control my emotions because I just know what he's going through, and, you know, I don't know what he's going through. And, you know, I... I wish he never had to go through that, like I said, but we don't know anything yet and like I said, you know, I got faith that he'll be fine. With all the talk about the defense on the Vikings sideline going into this one, did you guys have a point to prove? Yeah, of course. Yeah, I think that, you know, we just... I'm sorry, there's a lot of emotions going on right now, but I just think that we said we wanted to do, and I think that we came out and achieved that. Like I said, it's always been about us, not about them or what they do or other teams. It's about what we're capable of doing as a team and as a defensive unit. All right, that's the view from the defensive side of the football, but what about the offensive output? Lots of guys chipped in, but Jamison Williams made some huge contributions. We'll hear from him when SportsWorks Sunday Night rolls on. Making an impact over the last few games, and tonight Jamison Williams continued to do so. His seven-yard touchdown catch, giving the Lions the separation needed for the 19-15 win. A performance that also has him in the offensive spotlight with our Jennifer Hammond. It's always two halves to the game, so if you start slow, you can finish fast. You can start fast and finish fast. It's either way, but we made our corrections. We came out and did our thing, scored touchdowns, and came out on top. Did you feel they were frustrated defensively in that second half? Uh... I'm not sure. I was more focused on us and trying to win the game. Hey, man. Like you said earlier, like I said, the running game was moving. You know, shout out to Jamir and Vaki and all the O-line line that contributed today, quarterback, coaches, everybody. We played a good game today. You know, it was a gritty, gritty game. Bye. Bye. You know, it was just awesome that we won. J-Mo, typically when a player suffers a significant injury like that, it kind of jars guys a little bit, but it seemed to do quite the opposite to you guys. How much did it just fuel both sides of the ball to just go out there and take this game? Um, um, You know, that was pretty hurtful to us. You know, he's a captain of this team. He's a big leader to this team. We're praying for him a lot, it just motivated us a lot more. We got a third down, fourth down stop after that. The crowd was into it, offense went to go score after that. So I guess we just turned it up a notch for our brother. He go out there, he put it on the line every single play for us. That's why he got the C on his chest. Like I said, we're praying for him, hoping everything go okay and get better. Was that your dad you took the ball to? Yeah, my dad. I was trying to give it to my mom, though, but I said, my dad, he going to give it to her. He going to give it to her. He's your greatest marketing guy, right? He wants more touchdowns for you. For sure. For sure. Just in the grand scheme of things, how huge was this win, not only for the first time to beat the Vikings, but in the scheme of the division? It was a good game, big game for us. You know, they was undefeated, and we had a hard task coming into this game. We just wanted to win. I think we wanted it more than you've seen on the scoreboard at the end of the game. So, you know, we just did execute it to the most of our ability. We had fun while doing it, and, you know, we won. This season, we've been looking back at the Lions' 1991 season, and the boys and girls at the Lions' One Pride Productions are giving us more of one of the special stories from that season, former Lions special teams coach Frank Gantz. He has nothing to fight back with, nothing. Get your hands through. I'll tell you, our best coach was, man, Coach Frank Gantz. He was probably, I think, the most important figure. If you ask any guy, any guy that comes back, you bring up Coach Frank Gantz's name and watch the response you get. He was the best coach I ever had. He was our special teams coach. And the special team coach, you know, they meet with everybody, a military vet, a war hero. The stories he would tell us, man, you would just be capped. I'm motivated by that. Anytime I talk to guys, you talk to Chris Spielman, any of those guys, you say certain words, they know who they're coming from. I'll say this about Frank. He is the biggest influence on me as a football player next to my dad of what it means to play and give your effort and what you give will grow, what you keep, you lose. I got that from him. We're playing too. We're playing too. Wayne... Vaunce gave Frank a lot of leeway on how he ran special teams, how he ran his meetings. Now this has never been the case anywhere else I've ever been. Every player had to be in his meetings, whether you were on special teams or not. He passed on wisdom and he was the one that set the standard for the whole team and made sure that that standard was never lowered by your standard of your preparation, your standard of your effort. You honestly don't know when the big plays are going to occur, but the main thing is there's a deep-seated belief of all those 11 men that go on the field that the 10 other guys are going to play to their highest possible level, and you as an individual are going to play to your highest level. Frank's funeral, I was honored and asked to speak, and it was something to be able to represent his beliefs and his thoughts and what he meant to so many people. He's a great coach. The 91 season, one of the bright spots in the Detroit Lions franchise history. When we come back, we'll all get to celebrate the NFL play of the day. What could it be? We'll reveal all after this short pause. Time now for the NFL play of the day. And for that slice of excellence, we go to the Big Apple. We're the Jets. We're looking to get the better of the Raiders. But leave it to Las Vegas to roll the dice and come up with a winner. Woo, Jets QB Geno Smith throwing this pick to Raiders safety Jeremy Chin, and that was the final key to victory for the Raiders. They go on to win it. 38-33 was the final. And finally, a note from baseball. Congratulations to Tigers catcher Dylan Dingler on winning a gold glove for the second straight season. It is well-deserved. That brings our Sunday fun day to a close. I'm Woody Woodruff. Thanks for stopping by. Join us again on Fox 2 News Morning at 4 a.m. with weather and traffic on the twos. The floor is next right here on Fox 2.