Chargers’ Lance Shines In Preseason Opener As Nfl Honors Shooting Victims

On his 3rd squad successful his 5th season, Trey Lance played for illustration a No 3 wide pick.

Lance threw for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns, and nan Los Angeles Chargers hit nan Detroit Lions 34-7 successful nan Hall of Fame crippled that kicked disconnected nan NFL’s preseason Thursday night.

The crippled opened pinch a infinitesimal of soundlessness for nan 4 group killed earlier this week by a shooter who was targeting convention office successful New York.

The gunman besides wounded a convention worker successful nan shooting Monday night. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told NBC he visited nan worker for an hr connected Wednesday and said nan man was improving.

There was accrued information astir Tom Benson Stadium and nan Pro Football Hall of Fame village.

Jared Goff, Amon-Ra St Brown, Jahmyr Gibbs, David Montgomery, Penei Sewell and nan remainder of Detroit’s star-studded discourtesy didn’t spot immoderate action against Los Angeles.

Coach Dan Campbell’s Lions, who went one-and-done successful nan playoffs past play aft winning a franchise-record 15 games, besides sat their apical 2 draught picks.

Justin Herbert was among galore of nan Chargers starters rested by coach Jim Harbaugh, who led nan squad to a six-win turnaround and a playoff berth successful his first season. Rookie moving backmost Omarion Hampton, a first-round pick, carried doubly for 9 yards.

The Chargers recovered a fumble connected nan opening kickoff astatine nan Lions 28 and converted nan short section into a 7-0 lead.

Lance made a cleanable touch walk connected fourth-and-2 to Will Dissly, who caught a 5-yard touchdown complete a defender’s outstretched hand.

After undrafted rookie cornerback Nikko Reed stepped successful beforehand of Kyle Allen’s sideline walk and returned it 60 yards to nan Lions 6, Kimani Vidal ran successful from nan 2 to make it 14-0.

Allen threw different prime connected nan adjacent possession to Tony Jefferson aft driving nan Lions to nan Chargers 23.

Craig Reynolds’ thee-yard TD tally trim Detroit’s shortage successful half.

But Lance fired a 19-yard walk to Tucker Fisk to nan Lions 19 and connected pinch KeAndre Lambert-Smith connected a 15-yard TD walk for a 21-7 halftime lead.

Fans guidelines for a infinitesimal of soundlessness for nan lives mislaid successful New York City astatine nan caller gunman onslaught earlier nan Pro Football Hall of Fame NFL preseason crippled connected Thursday. Photograph: David Richard/AP

Lance has started conscionable 5 games successful 4 NFL seasons aft playing successful only 19 games astatine North Dakota State. He spent conscionable 2 seasons pinch nan 49ers, who selected Brock Purdy pinch nan past prime nan aforesaid twelvemonth they traded 3 first-round picks and a third-rounder to move up to get Lance.

After 2 years pinch Dallas, Lance joined nan Chargers to compete pinch seasoned Taylor Heinicke for nan backup job. He completed 13 of 20 passes earlier giving measurement to rookie DJ Uiagalelei.

Allen and Hendon Hooker are battling for nan Lions’ backup occupation down Goff. Allen was 9 of 14 pinch 2 picks. Hooker, a third-round prime successful 2023, has thrown 9 passes successful his first 2 seasons.

Detroit’s sloppy typical teams turned it complete again successful nan 3rd quarter. Jakobie Keeney-James dropped a punt wrong nan 10 and nan Chargers recovered astatine nan 5. But Los Angeles had to settee for Cameron Dicker’s 23-yard section goal.

The Chargers capped nan scoring connected Vidal’s two-yard TD tally precocious successful nan 4th quarter.

Lions prima separator rusher Aidan Hutchinson told NBC successful nan 2nd half he can’t hold for Week 1 against nan Green Bay Packers astatine Lambeau Field.

Hutchinson had 7 and a half sacks successful 5 games past play earlier he went down pinch a limb injury.

Before nan game, Hutchinson spent clip signing autographs for Lions fans who made nan trip.

Dicker, who was 39 of 42 connected section goals past twelvemonth and 9 of 11 from 50 yards aliases beyond, deed nan near upright connected a 50-yard try. He made his adjacent 2 section goals.

Cornerback Eric Allen, protect extremity Jared Allen, tight extremity Antonio Gates and wide receiver Sterling Sharpe will beryllium inducted into nan Pro Football Hall of Fame connected Saturday.