Derick Hall Threw Jared Goff Down With a One-Handed Sack vs. Lions

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The Detroit Lions played their best half of football of the 2024 NFL season during their Week 4 Monday Night Football matchup against the Seattle Seahawks. The Lions scored touchdowns on three out of five first-half possessions and took a 21-7 lead into halftime.
Despite that, the Seahawks provided some of the most impressive highlights of the game up to that point. From Kenneth Walker's acrobatics to DK Metcalf's various highlight reel catches to Derick Hall throwing Jared Goff down like a rag doll, the Seahawks won the coolness competition.
Just take a look at what Hall did to Goff late in the second quarter.
Derrick Hall was not called for a horse collar on this play… thoughts ⁉️ pic.twitter.com/wpT2HfHXJ2
— SM Highlights (@SMHighlights1) October 1, 2024
Lions fans did not like this play because Hall grabbed Goff in between the shoulder pads, but since the quarterback was in the pocket, it was as legal as it was cool. Hall was being blocked and reached out and grabbed Goff and just threw him down with one hand.

Stephen Douglas is a Senior Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in journalism and media since 2008, and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports. Stephen spent more than a decade with The Big Lead and has previously written for Uproxx and The Sporting News. He has three children, two degrees and one now unverified Twitter account.
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