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Jameson Williams burns Eagles defense on sensational TD, then costs Lions a point thanks to celebration penalty

The celebration cost the Lions 15 yards on a missed extra point.
The celebration cost the Lions 15 yards on a missed extra point.
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Welcome to the Jameson Williams experience. 

The Lions receiver burned the Philadelphia Eagles defense Sunday for Detroit's first touchdown of the night. He then cost Detroit a point thanks to a penalty on the ensuing celebration. 

Here's how it went down. 

The Eagles showed Williams soft coverage off the line of scrimmage on first-and-10 from near midfield. Williams sprinted across the middle and caught a play-action pass from Jared Goff. By the time cornerback Adoree' Jackson closed the gap, Williams was sprinting past him for a 40-yard touchdown. 

It was the type of game-breaking play that prompted the Lions to select Williams in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft. 

Then he did this. After running untouched into the end zone, Williams leapt and straddled the padding around the goal-post stanchion as if he were giving it a bear hug. 

It was a clear-cut unsportsmanlike conduct violation and one that immediately drew a flag for a 15-yard penalty. 

That penalty was enforced on the ensuing extra point on a windy night in Philadelphia where successful kicks were already harder to come by. Jake Bates pushed the extended extra point wide right, and instead of taking a 7-6 lead, the Lions tied the game at 6.

Williams is the type of tremendous NFL athlete who takes the top off opposing defenses and can make plays to win a game. He's also prone to unforced errors on and off the field that repeatedly cap his upside. 

Sunday's sequence was a prime example of the full Williams spectrum. 

Jameson Williams scores TD, but his unsportsmanlike penalty leads to missed PAT

There was finally a touchdown in Sunday night's matchup between the Lions and Eagles. But the player who crossed the goal line also had a bad penalty that likely kept another point off the board.

Jameson Williams showed off his speed to take a catch and run 40 yards for a touchdown, capping a three-play, 74-yard drive.

But when he scored, Williams jumped onto the stanchion, which is a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.

With very windy conditions at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday night, kicker Jake Bates missed the 48-yard extra point wide right, keeping the score tied at 6-6 midway through the second quarter.

The Lions had struggled for most of the night on offense, with quarterback Jared Goff 7-of-12 for 119 yards with one touchdown and one interception so far.

The team has just six first downs and is 0-of-4 on third down.

Jacoby Brissett on record-setting day: I'll take throwing for three yards if we win

Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett had a monster day on Sunday, but the final score of the game kept him from enjoying it as much as he might have liked.

Brissett set an NFL record by completing 47 passes in Arizona's 41-22 loss to the 49ers. Brissett compiled a career-high 452 yards on those completions, but said after the game that he would have been happier with modest numbers and a different result for the team.

"Man, I'll throw for three yards in a win right now," Brissett said, via the team's website.

Brissett has played well in his five starts since Kyler Murray's foot injury, but the Cardinals have lost four of the games. He said that the 3-7 Cardinals still "have the opportunity to wake up" and it will have to happen quickly if there's going to be more to show for this season than the addition of Brissett's name to the NFL record book.

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