Jeremy Allen

You need 3 points anyway when you're down 17 points. The Lions take the 3 points here to make it 45-31. Get ready for the onside kick here.

Touchdown, Washington. Lions down 45-28 with 7:31 left in the game. Washington converted ANOTHER 4th-and-2 (third this half) en route to this TD.

After holding the Commanders scoreless in the third quarter, the Lions have 12 men on the field on a 4th & 2, giving Washington a first down inside of the 5 yard line. Two plays later, Brian Robinson gets another rushing TD to put them up 38-28 with 13:29 remaining in the game.

Ford Field is loud again.

The Lions got the stop + score they needed, forcing WAS into an opening drive punt to start the second half, then DET drove 91 yards down the field and punched it into the endzone with an 8-yard Jahmyr Gibbs TD. Lions trail 31-28 with 6:57 remaining.

Zach Ertz was under concussion screening earlier this quarter, but he just caught a TD pass to put the Commanders up 31-21 with 1:46 left in the half.

Jameson Williams with a 61-yard end around run that breathed life back into Ford Field. After back-to-back Commander TDs, Ford Field was as quiet as I've heard it all season, but the fans are showing life again. Lions down 24-21 with 4:01 left.

Jared Goff is being evaluated for concussion and Teddy Bridgewater is in the game.

Quan Martin with a huge 41-yard pick-6 after Goff sailed a pass on Tim Patrick. Commanders go ahead 24-14 with 5:25 left in the second.

Scary Terry McLaurin with a 59-yard catch-and-run TD to put the Commanders back on top, 17-14, with 6:23 left. McLaurin's got half a dozen 50-yard catches this season.

Lions march it right back down and, as Goff is about to get sacked, he finds LaPorta in the back of the end zone for a one-handed TD grab. That had all the drama you could ask for in a TD pass. Lions up 14-10 with 7:44 left.

The Commanders ran 7 plays inside of Detroit's 10 yard line, but Brian Robinson finally punched it in from a yard out to give WAS a 10-7 lead over Detroit. 10:55 left in the second quarter.

Amik Robertson is ruled out for the rest of the game after suffering that elbow injury in the first half. Amik took home a defensive MVP gameball from Dan Campbell during week 18 for his great defense on Justin Jefferson.

Gibbs is over halfway to 100 yards rushing...and we're still in the first quarter.

I definitely had the exact same reaction.

Kory Woods @KoryEWoods

Wait, what?

That's Vildor's second big pass breakup in as many games. (Remember he had a big breakup on a pass attempt to Justin Jefferson in Week 18.) This one forces a Washington FGA, which they converted. Lions up 7-3.

Jahmyr Gibbs is too good to be contained by the Commanders' poor run defense. Lions go up 7-0 after shaking off the rust on a poor opening offensive possession.