The impact of the Lions fail controversial two-point play

[Hawkeye0202]

One lucky play has changed the dynamics of our postseason. Without it, we lose, with little or no chance to win the division and no home playoff games. But here we are, divisional champs and two wins away from the NFCCG.

 

[Reality]

It would have been interesting had the right player been reported or announced by the officials.

Since the Cowboys did not know #68 was running a route, it was an easy catch since there was no reason to cover him.

If the Lions had not tried to confuse the defense and followed procedures, they could have actually won the game had they converted it.

 

[vicjagger]

There is no such thing as luck. It's an imaginary construct.

 

[adamknite]

It would have been interesting had the right player been reported or announced by the officials.

Since the Cowboys did not know #68 was running a route, it was an easy catch since there was no reason to cover him.

If the Lions had not tried to confuse the defense and followed procedures, they could have actually won the game had they converted it.

It's kind of amazing how many people are overlooking that fact. If no penalty had been called, like so many people are saying should have happened, the Cowboys were deceived by the refs giving them false information.... Think about that...

 

[Hawkeye0202]

If the Lions had not tried to confuse the defense and followed procedures, they could have actually won the game had they converted i

Yep and we are likely 5th seed with a game ONE THE ROAD against the Bucs, instead of at home playing maybe a lesser opponent in the Packers.

 

[Techsass]

There is no such thing as luck. It's an imaginary construct.

I get your point, but I've had too many times where I've made it through a situation by sheer luck.

 

[Reality]

It's kind of amazing how many people are overlooking that fact. If no penalty had been called, like so many people are saying should have happened, the Cowboys were deceived by the refs giving them false information.... Think about that...

Yeah, I tried pointing that out immediately after the game, but most non-Cowboys fans and even some Cowboys fans fail to understand that the reason the play actually worked was that the Cowboys had no idea #68 was eligible to run a route and much less catch a pass.

If they had known, they would have tried to cover him. The play may have worked or they may have scored a different way, but we have no idea because they intentionally confused the referee while trying to confuse the defense.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

I get your point, but I've had too many instances where I've made it through a situation by sheer luck.

Agree.......we won that game by luck 100% IMO.

 

[plymkr]

It’s funny how the article, or anyone else in the media, doesn’t mention the missed call on the tripping that would have iced the game.

 

[Reality]

There is no such thing as luck. It's an imaginary construct.

While I agree with you and regularly say the same thing as "luck" is merely a justification of good or bad things happening after the fact, in this case I took it as the OP meaning "beneficial" and you can apply that to the thrown flag negating the conversion or the Lions intentionally confusing everyone with their reporting process.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

It’s funny how the article, or anyone else in the media, doesn’t mention the missed call on the tripping that would have iced the game.

Agree but I'm pretty sure every coach can find one or two missed calls, they happen all the time but to do something as dumb as Campbell did will go in the books.

 

[Sarge]

The Lions and the Lions HC have no one to blame but themselves.

 

[Reality]

It’s funny how the article, or anyone else in the media, doesn’t mention the missed call on the tripping that would have iced the game.

Yeah, it's unfortunate but all too common for people to ignore everything except the end of games.

The best coach I ever had used to say, "You don't lose a game at the end. You can lose the lead at the end of the game, but you lost the game earlier."

 

[Hawkeye0202]

The Lions and the Lions HC have no one to blame but themselves.

True and we are two home wins from the NFCCG.........

 

[viman96]

IMO Dallas still would have won the NFCE if they lost to the Lions. Eagles still lose the last 2 games and Cowboys win the tie breaker (better division record), and end up the 3rd seed.

 

[Yobwocs]

National media and non Cowboys fans only watches the last drive of any game. I swear. They do that with every single game, including that first playoff game we played vs SF.... all they ever discuss is Dak's failure to spike the ball and ignoring everything that came before. It's easy to look at one play and derive conclusions.

But the fact of the matter is that the Cowboys defense was superior. Anyone with eyeballs saw that. Now the Lions had 3 drives ended by Aidan Hutchinson and that's cool, but where they had one player doing everything.... we had multiple players make plays and make them look inept in the passing game. We held them to below their normal totals passing. They might've had the superior running game tho.

And let's just conveniently forget that if not for some stupid Touchback rule, Detroit likely never even gets a game winning drive.. That rule is the dumbest rule in all of football - it's just where you get lucky the ball goes out of bounds, you want it to go out of the bounds at the 2 instead of behind the pylon.

At home with a lead we are the best team in the league. 14-3 and I highly doubt Detroit can orchestrate a comeback. And the stupid tripping call they didn't show the replay of on TV so none of the idiot anti Cowboys guys know about that play. Yet any thinking viewer and football minded analyst even Rodgers saw that there wasn't any tripping.

So sick and tired of hearing this. This is just stuff Packers and Niners fans are using to degrade our 12 win season.

 

[DripTooHard]

It's kind of amazing how many people are overlooking that fact. If no penalty had been called, like so many people are saying should have happened, the Cowboys were deceived by the refs giving them false information.... Think about that...

Yeah but that has become acceptable by media folks and Cowboy haters, which is a large chunk of the population.

 

[DuncanIso]

It would have been interesting had the right player been reported or announced by the officials.

Since the Cowboys did not know #68 was running a route, it was an easy catch since there was no reason to cover him.

If the Lions had not tried to confuse the defense and followed procedures, they could have actually won the game had they converted it.

Teams defend formations.

Not players.

 

[DuncanIso]

Yeah but that has become acceptable by media folks and Cowboy haters, which is a large chunk of the population.

Man…everyone knows the refs messed it up.

 

[Sarge]

I hope we can meet them again in the playoffs so we can wipe the floor with them.