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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
The Lions lost that game all on their own, but it would suck to be a Lions fan and have to deal with watching that.
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Trust me, it sucks to be a Lions fan anyway, despite having watched that.
The call/no-call thing is infuriating, but it's besides the point. The Lions made too many mistakes down the stretch. Bad penalties, and, in particular, that 3rd and short where Stafford went up the seam to Tate.... that was the wrong call. Toss it into the flats or hand it to Joique and get the 1st. There is no need to go for the kill shot like that. You needed to run the clock and get any kind of score.
I've been frustrated with playcalling like that all year. The Lions are talented team and will beat a lot of NFL teams just from that, but they are still not playing winning football. They don't have their minds "in the moment" for the big moments of games quite often. Before Sunday, I completely expected them to lose this game, but man am I disappointed because of the way it ended up playing out. They played such a great first half and just lost their minds in the 2nd. But as I've seen on twitter a lot, Lions gonna Lion. And they did. Same old Lions. Well, maybe not exactly the same. The disappointment is the same.
Hopefully next year they can learn from this and take the next step. First play of the off-season, gotta sign Suh. Try to get Fairley back too... when he went down, that d-line lost a lot of bite, believe it or not. It was just ferocious early in the season. In the end, it was effective, and Ansah grew a lot, but with Fairley in, it's a different beast.