“Those are plays I make and I take pride in making those plays consistently. I’ve done it before and the next time it happens, my feet will be good and I’m making that tackle.”
Safety play was an unusual weakness for the Vikings on Sunday.
The Lions took a 14-10 lead on a 35-yard touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown with 8:39 left in the half.
The Vikings showed their “all-up” look with seven defenders at the line of scrimmage. Six rushed. The Lions had a great seven-man protection that included receiver Tim Patrick.
St. Brown was lined up slot right. Josh Metellus was across from him, 5 yards downfield. St. Brown ran a go route. Goff pump-faked to his left, getting Bynum to freeze in the middle of the field. Metellus let St. Brown blow past him while still looking back at Goff. Cornerback Byron Murphy Jr. was covering tight end Sam LaPorta wide right. When LaPorta stopped his route at 7 yards, Murphy took off after St. Brown but couldn’t get to him in time.
“Every defense has a beater the offense can get to if they block it well, which they did,” Bynum said. “They got what they were looking for so it was really a good play, a scheme thing that they exploited us with.”
