With the Lions sitting just outside of the red zone, Johnson had both Jared Goff and Jahmyr Gibbs pretend to stumble over in an effort to get the Bears’ defense looking in the backfield. The gambit worked to perfection, and Goff turned around and fired a touchdown pass to a wide-open Sam LaPorta:

Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions locked in from the start and delivered a bounce-back performance. It came with a few team records, too. Goff threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns, and the Detroit Lions remained on top of the NFC with their franchise-best 13th win,

There wasn’t much doubt on Sunday as the Detroit Lions easily handled the Chicago Bears 34-17 after jumping out to an early 20-0 lead. A loss by the Philadelphia Eagles in the final seconds of their game at Washington also put Detroit in sole possession of the NFC’s best record at 13-2.

En route to the Lions franchise-record 13th win against the Bears, Dan Campbell and Jared Goff tricked the Bears' defense with a stumble TD.

After the Lions blew out the Bears on Sunday, Jared Goff joined the elite company of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning after winning his 13th game

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.

Johnson, who is reportedly "intrigued" by the Bears head coaching job, called an extremely creative trick play that resulted in a touchdown during the Lions' Week 16 matchup in Chicago.  On the play,

With his Sunday performance, Goff secured the NFL record for most games with 300 yards and a 100 passer rating through nine seasons in the league, per Lions PR. Goff finished the game with a 137.0 passer rating and a 79.8 QBR.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 154 yards from scrimmage and touched the ball on 18 of the first 30 offensive snaps in the Lions' first game without David Montgomery

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff's best throws from his three touchdown against the Chicago Bears in Week 16 of the 2024 NFL season.

Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions borrowed from Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers to trick the Chicago Bears on Sunday.