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MRI will determine extent of Emeka Egbuka's absence, if any

Buccaneers star rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka exited Sunday's win over the 49ers with a hamstring injury. Whether he'll miss the Week 7 Monday night showdown with the Lions remains to be seen.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the injury currently isn't believed to be serious. However, the full details will be determined via an MRI. Based on the results of the imaging, Emeka could miss time.

The Bucs already are without receiver Mike Evans and receiver Chris Godwin. Evans remains out with a hamstring injury, and Godwin missed Sunday's game with a fibula issue.

Ebguka had only two catches for 24 yards on Sunday. For the season, he has 27 catches for 469 yards and five touchdowns.

Patrick Mahomes throws 300th touchdown, Chiefs lead 6-3

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes has once again made history.

With his 6-yard scoring strike to Xavier Worhty in the first quarter of Sunday's matchup against the Lions, Mahomes has now thrown 300 touchdown passes — accomplishing the feat in the fewest games in league history.

Mahomes is now the 17th quarterback to throw for 300 touchdowns. He is the fastest to do so, having done it in 139 games. Aaron Rodgers was previously the fastest to 300 touchdowns in 147 games.

But Harrison Butker missed the extra point, keeping the score at 6-3, Kansas City.

The Chiefs faced just one third down on the eight-play, 70-yard drive — which the club did not get on Mahomes’ 5-yard scramble to the Detroit 6. But that did set up fourth-and-3, which was a situation where head coach Andy Reid felt comfortable going for it.

That’s when Mahomes connected with Worthy for the receiver’s first touchdown of the season. Worthy broke loose on the right side and was wide open to catch Mahomes’ 300th touchdown.

Lions' fantastic trick play is taken off the board because Jared Goff's illegal motion

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff almost had a touchdown catch to begin Sunday night's game. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann),
Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff almost had a touchdown catch to begin Sunday night's game. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann),
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The Detroit Lions still have their tricks. They just didn't follow all the rules. 

The Lions ran a fun play on fourth-and-goal Sunday night to open the game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Quarterback Jared Goff lined up under center, then went in motion. It was a direct snap to running back David Montgomery, but he wasn't running. He turned and threw to Goff, who made a nice catch after initially bobbling it, and got in the end zone behind Amon-Ra St. Brown's block. 

And then the fun ended. After discussing the play officials called the Lions for an illegal motion penalty. It was explained on the NBC broadcast that after Goff went under center, he had to take a step back and pause before going in motion. He didn't do that, and the penalty flag was thrown. 

It was a bummer because it was a fun play. The Lions are used to getting creative. Montgomery has two career touchdown passes, including one last week. Goff has one career touchdown catch, which he made last season. This time the Lions overlooked a detail and it cost them. It looked like the Lions would still go for it on fourth-and-goal after the illegal motion penalty, but they took a delay of game and then settled for the field goal. 

The penalty wiped out a pretty cool play. The Lions will have plenty of other chances to top it. Running trick plays is part of their culture, and they seem to keep trying to top themselves. 

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