But after the Lions suffered another gut-wrenching loss Thursday to the Green Bay Packers, Caldwell will have to account for the head-scratching way in which he deployed his personnel for Aaron Rodgers’ untimed Hail Mary and the resulting 27-23 defeat that rests squarely on his and his staff’s shoulders. But in practice, the lead was illusory because the two teams play each other at Lambeau Field in the last game of the regular season. Just goes to show how insanely strong the arms of most collegiate and pro quarterbacks are, and how hard they work on their throwing mechanics to be able to launch the pigskin into space. Over his last three games – all wins – Stafford has completed 65.8% of his passes for 861 yards, seven touchdowns and just one interception. That’s the problem: They haven’t been making those plays. The Lions took over at the 17-yard line of the Packers and wasted no time. One win, a division win….
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Brazil was broadcasting the Thursday night contest and obviously had the call for the Rodgers Hail Mary. “What a great game to be a part of”.
The Pittsburgh Steelers listed Ben Roethlisberger as probable on the injury report for Sunday night’s game against the Indianapolis Colts.
“This one obviously ranks up there as one of the greatest joys on the field that we’ve had together as a team and personally”. “You want to get in front of the guy’s numbers and you put your butt in front of him and you basically want to wall him off like it’s a jump ball”.
It comes down to a poor decision by Taylor, and poor coaching for whoever on the Lions taught him to tackle. We know this was going to be the trials of our schedule. “It’s not an easy pill to swallow”. It gives new life to a season that’s been in shambles lately during a stretch where the Packers lost four of five games coming into Week 13.
Detroit went ahead 17-0 after its first three drives and capped the opening possession of the third quarter with a field goal to go ahead 20-0.
In the USA college ranks, Boston College Eagles’ quarterback Doug Flutie found Gerard Phelan on the final play of a 1984 game against the University of Miami in 1984 for the winning score.
The penalty allowed the Jaguars to convert a third-and-15, and two plays later, they scored the go-ahead touchdown. Their first touchdown of the game came when Green Bay running back James Starks fumbled into the end zone, and receiver Randall Cobb fell on the ball for a TD. But something about the Packers’ culture seemed to change immediately after that game, the entire team’s spirit was lifted.
So we ask this question about the ending of the Packers’ 27-23 win against the Lions on Thursday night with a grain of salt involved and some perspective, but we ask it nonetheless because it was so egregious: Did Detroit play the worst Hail Mary defense of all time in Thursday’s frantic finish?
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And, because there’s nothing the Lions can do about it now, Caldwell’s message won’t change. Believing the call would be overturned, they crowed about how the Lions should have won the game. “We’re not taking any moral victories”.
