After falling short in the season opener against the Green Bay Packers, the Detroit Lions were determined to bounce back with a winning effort in their Week 2 meeting with the Chicago Bears. The Lions came through with an overwhelming performance at home as they delivered a 52-21 triumph over the visitors.
The Lions were motivated to pour it on former offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and the Bears as the offense was firing in a devastating manner from the first possession. Quarterback Jared Goff was unstoppable as the led the Lions offense in its mission to hand the Bears their second-consecutive loss. He completed 23 of 28 passes for 334 yards and he threw five TD passes and against the beleaguered Chicago defense.
Detroit head coach Dan Campbell seemed to take a lot of joy out of