When Stafford called heads and tails in overtime, Lions quarterback Jared Goff said confidently, “We’ll take the ball.”

Perhaps it was a harbinger of things to come, because that game-winning touchdown in overtime was a sight to behold for the Lions.

It started with a Kalif Raymond end around for 12 yards. Then a handoff to David Montgomery from the right side for 21 yards to the LA 37-yard line. Montgomery took another handoff, this time from the left tackle, and blasted it out for another nine yards.

A 10-yard pass to Jahmyr Gibbs put the Lions on 1st & 10 at the LA 28-yard line before the Rams defense even knew what hit them. A short Gibbs run of three yards was followed by Montgomery runs of six and eight yards respectively, setting up 1st & goal at the one-yard line. It took just one handoff to Montgomery to end it.

“Yeah, it was good. Just give it to D-Mo, man, a battering ram,” Goff said of the overtime drive. “Just give it to him and he did the rest, and it was fun. It was fun to see him — kind of get a second wind in that overtime, and our O-line the same way.

“I was joking with him when we called the play on the one-yard line, and we were like, ‘This is a score.’ There was no doubt about it – and he hit the ball in, it was awesome.”

Montgomery had a great training camp, finishing Sunday with 91 yards on 17 carries for an average of 5.4 yards per rush and the game-winning touchdown. It was a drive that showed what this offense can do when 11 players are on the same page and impose their will on the defense.