The Detroit Lions punched their ticket to the playoffs on Thursday night as only they can. Facing fourth-and-one from the Green Bay Packers’ 21-yard line in a tie game with 43 seconds remaining, the decision for most would have been obvious.
Kick the field goal and get ready to play defence to win the game against a team with no timeouts remaining.getting stuffed on fourth-and-one from the Lions own 30-yard line backfired, producing a turnover on downs that led directly to a Green Bay touchdown.Disaster narrowly averted and victory attained for a franchise-record 11th straight time as the Lions are heading to playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time in more than 30 years.
It was that way at the end of the game, just like it was when the Lions opted to go for it on fourth-and-goal from the three, while trailing by three in the third quarter , and when they failed to make to from their own 30. All night there were plays being made by players who's been learning the Lions playbook on the fly. Those included linebackers David Long, released from Miami's practice roster in November, who recovered a fumble for Detroit during the first half, and Ezekiel Turner, released from Seattle's practice roster in October, who made a critical tackle of Love on Green Bay's third-down play that forced them to a game tying field goal on what turned out to be their final possession.
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