Lions exhaust Rams in overtime

The Detroit Lions got a field goal to force overtime and marched down the field for a touchdown in the extra period to down the Los Angeles Rams, 26-20, on Sunday Night Football.

The Lions devoured 1:54 on a nine-play drive before Jake Bates kicked a game-tying field goal with 17 seconds left.

The Rams’ final drive went nowhere and the teams went to OT.

Matthew Stafford called the toss but the Lions won it and took the football.

The eight-play, 70-yard drive ate up 4:41 before David Montgomery scored on a one-yard run.

In all the Lions ran 17 plays and gained 125 yards while scoring nine points on their final two drives to win the game.

The Rams had come back from being down 17-3 to take a 20-17 lea only to see the Lions score the game’s final nine points.