Jared Goff has historic game in Lions’ 42-29 win over Seahawks

Jared Goff threw a perfect game, setting an NFL record by completing all 18 of his passes to help the Detroit Lions beat the Seattle Seahawks 42-29 on Monday night.

Kurt Warner held the league’s previous mark for most passes without a break, going 10 of 10 for Arizona against Houston in 2005.

Goff also had a touchdown reception for the first time in his career, catching a pass from Amon-Ra St. Brown and throwing one of his two touchdown passes to the All-Professional receiver.

Goff and St. Brown are the eighth duo in league history to throw for and catch a touchdown from each other.

St. Brown threw a 7-yard pass to Goff on a trap play in the third quarter and caught an 8-yard touchdown from the quarterback in the fourth.

Goff, who totaled 292 yards, completed his first 14 passes in Detroit’s previous win at Arizona to establish a personal record that lasted just over a week. He also threw a pass over the middle to Jameson Williams, who ran away from the Seahawks for a 70-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

The Lions (3-1) asked Goff to throw from his end zone one more time and he was sacked for a safety with 2:01 remaining, cutting their lead to 13 points.

The Seahawks (3-1) simply couldn’t overcome an injury-depleted defense that couldn’t stop Detroit on the ground or through the air.

Seattle coach Mike Macdonald went for it on fourth-and-4 from the Detroit 39 early in the fourth and receiver Tyler Lockett nullified a first down with pass interference, getting called for running a play selection which released Jaxon Smith-Njigba for a sixteen. .

Macdonald did it again with the fourth goal from the Detroit 3 with 2:09 to play and Geno Smith threw a fourth consecutive failure.

The Lions took advantage and took a 15-point lead with 5:23 left when Goff threw a high pass to St. Brown, who jumped to catch it and put both feet in the end zone .

Jahmyr Gibbs had two touchdowns in the second quarter and finished with 78 rushing yards. David Montgomery started the scoring barrage with a 1-yard touchdown run, capping a 10-play, 93-yard drive that took more than 7 minutes late in the first quarter and had 80 yards from scrimmage.

Smith was 38 of 56 for 395 yards with a 9-yard touchdown pass to rookie tight end AJ Barner in the third quarter on a drive he extended with a sneak on fourth down. He threw an interception in the end zone to Kerby Joseph with a minute remaining, sealing Seattle’s first loss of the season.

DK Metcalf had seven catches for 104 yards and a costly fumble to Detroit’s 37 in the first quarter.

Kenneth Walker, who rushed for 80 yards on 12 carries, had a career-high three rushing touchdowns.

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