Pride of Detroit
The Detroit Lions had a ton of crazy plays from the 2024 season, but only one can be the best. Vote on the 2024 Detroit Lions Play of the Year.
There are not enough staff members on Pride of Detroit to nominate all of the worth candidates for the Detroit Lions’ 2024 Play of the Year. Some teams only get one or two unforgettable moments for a season. The Lions had upwards of 20, and it happened in all phases of the game: offense, defense, and special teams.
If you need a trip down memory lane, this highlight reel of the best plays from the Lions’ 2024 season offers 13 of Detroit’s most memorable moments.
But there can only be one winner for this award. Here are our nominees for 2024 Detroit Lions Play of the Year. Scroll down to the poll at the bottom of the post to determine the winner.
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Jeremy Reisman: David Montgomery bulldozes Devon Witherspoon
In a season filled with crazy trick plays and high-pressure moments, the play that will stick with me the longest is David Montgomery stealing the soul of Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon. What should have been a checkdown pass for 2 yards turned into a 40-yard explosive play I’ll never forget. He made just about every single player on the Seahawks defense miss a tackle on the way to one of the most impressive single efforts of any play in 2024.
Max Gerber: Dan Skipper’s TD vs. Bills
Who doesn’t love to see an offensive lineman get the ball? Especially when it’s fan-favorite Dan Skipper, who the crowd erupts for every time he reports as eligible. The man who looms over the rest of the offense, nearly seven-feet tall, laid out a quick block against a Buffalo defensive lineman and released to a shoddy out route. The cherry on top was when he lowered his shoulder and attempted to truck a defender just for the fun of it as he crossed into the end zone. A year after the Dallas debacle, Skipper finally got six.
Al Karsten: 4th-and-inches conversion vs. Packers
Moving past some of the genius and razzle dazzle of the hook-and-ladders, the tackle eligible pass, the reverses, flea flickers, and even the Stumbleroski—the Lions’ most impactful play of the season was a hand-off on their fifth fourth-down attempt of their Week 14 Thursday night bricktacular Jake Bates walk-off.
It was a tie ballgame with 43 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and the Lions had fourth-and-inches at the Packers 21-yard line. Dan Campbell elected to go for it and went off right tackle for 7 yards with David Montgomery. Campbell told everyone...
