Detroit Lions

Lions answer, tie it on quick-strike drive

The Lions offense awoke — and quickly — after the Rams took a 20-13 lead. Matthew Stafford led a five-play, 80-yard drive and capped it with a 5-yard run by Kevin Smith to tie the game at 20 with 7:19 left.
Stafford was 3-for-3 on the drive, with all of the passes going to tight end Brandon Pettigrew, who caught passes of 20, 18 and 24 yards to set up Smith’s tying run. Pettigrew had a couple of drops earlier, but came up big on that drive. He now has five catches for 77 yards.

Rod Beard
Rod joined The Detroit News in 2001 and has covered a variety of high school, college and professional sports.

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