Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson dialed up Queen in his playbook in the first half of Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks.
“Flick of the Wrist”
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The Lions capitalized on Seahawks rookie CB Devon Witherspoon, who bit hard on the play-fake and was nowhere near Kalif Raymond when the Lions wideout hauled in the 36-yard touchdown.
“Don’t look back
Don’t look back
It’s a rip-off”
Witherspoon apparently didn’t study his Bruan May or Freddie Mercury in preparation for facing Jared Goff, Jahmyr Gibbs and the Detroit Lions.
“Baby you’ve been h-a-d”
look at the flick of the wrist#SEAvsDET
📺 FOX pic.twitter.com/tVCE3pIi9T— Detroit Lions (@Lions) September 17, 2023
Touchdown Lions! Detroit made the conversion and took a 14-7 lead with the masterful song and dance flea-flicker.