If David Blough had any rookie nerves, they weren’t apparent in the first quarter of his first NFL start.
Blough got the start for the Detroit Lions against the Chicago Bears for the Lions’ traditional Thanksgiving Day game after Jeff Driskel wasn’t given the green light to play because of a hamstring injury.
Undrafted out of Purdue, Blough’s first completed pass was a thing of beauty: on third-and-10 from Detroit’s 25, he dropped back and found a wide-open Kenny Golladay on a deep pass. Golladay made the catch at the Chicago 35 and ran into the end zone untouched.