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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Detroit should have gone of the 4th and 1 with timeouts plus 27 seconds on the clock. 20 seconds with 3 timeouts to get a field goal to win was too much for Buffalo.
When you're playing a good offence like Buffalo you can't be kicking game tying field goals with 5-6 plays left for you to lose.
Really KC was luck Los Angeles didn't tie the Sunday game...but in that case the field goal didn't beat them.
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They had already botched the clock so badly by that 4th and 1, they weren't really in a position to try for the TD. Even had they converted, unless by some miracle they got out of bounds on that play, it's on the 30 or so, 25 seconds, 1 timeout. But that's where being down 3 versus 4 matters, down 4 they would have been aggressive from the start for the TD. Down 3 you can "settle" for OT, even though that's cowardly as ####. And for the Lions this was their chance to really get into the playoff mix, a win today with their fairly soft remaining schedule and they could really have a shot in the weak NFC. Campbell's in game management has been suspect for a while now.