Sunday Afternoon Playoff thread
Cincinatti goes to Indy at 1:05 EST today to kick things off, then
the Lions visit the Cowboys at 4:40.
As a Lions fan, I don't like our chances. The boys are rolling right now.
My prediction is the Colts and Cowboys move on. Hope I'm wrong on the second one.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone! School doesn't start up again for Mich until Wednesday, so I am sipping on some Sam Adams seasonal beers. Cheers!
January 4th, 2015 at 8:37 PM ^
Good point. My bad anyway..heat of the moment and whatnot. Still pretty pissed.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:56 PM ^
he likes to go against the grain at all costs.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:49 PM ^
January 4th, 2015 at 7:51 PM ^
January 4th, 2015 at 7:54 PM ^
The Lions defense did not get a stop and the offense sputtered all half.
3 pts in a half isn't good enough to win road playoff games.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:58 PM ^
on that drive that got ended by an imaginary player not running into our wr at the 30ish yard line with 6 minutes left in the game.
January 4th, 2015 at 8:05 PM ^
or Prater missed the field goal. The Lions may have scored a TD too. We'll never what would have happened. The Lions have plenty of time to overcome that call and didn't.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:46 PM ^
@prepseer @Richard94643264 @CoachJim4UM Yes I can!
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) January 5, 2015
January 4th, 2015 at 7:45 PM ^
5 consecutive calls against Detroit to close the game. Congratulations Goodell you schmuck.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:53 PM ^
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January 4th, 2015 at 8:38 PM ^
January 4th, 2015 at 7:46 PM ^
but always bs
January 4th, 2015 at 7:46 PM ^
Was that Chris Christie cheering for the Cowboys?
January 4th, 2015 at 7:47 PM ^
January 4th, 2015 at 7:48 PM ^
January 4th, 2015 at 7:46 PM ^
Yay NFL...YAY Jerry Jones.
Woo woo they wanted the Cowboys to win and did whatever it took to make it happen.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:46 PM ^
That flag that was picked up was pure BS. Guess TV ratings mean something.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:47 PM ^
Congrats, NFL. You got what you wanted.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:47 PM ^
January 4th, 2015 at 7:48 PM ^
NFL = joke if you're not a favorite.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:49 PM ^
Yeah the refs lost the game, not the fact the Lions offense did nothing in the second half.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:56 PM ^
the Lions did little offensively to win it in the 2nd half. But that doesn't in any way excuse the way the game was officiated. That picked-up flag on what would have been a PI penalty in any other game in any other venue at any level was one of the worst robberies I've ever seen.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:49 PM ^
jumping up and down in Jerry Jones box like a teenager. I guess because there ain't nothing going on sprts-wise in Jersey. Or Texas simply has more electoral votes than Michigan.
[hopefully, sufficiently apolitical]
January 4th, 2015 at 7:54 PM ^
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January 4th, 2015 at 8:02 PM ^
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January 4th, 2015 at 11:17 PM ^
I guess I needed a s/ after all.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:49 PM ^
Did anyone believe Stafford would take us to a score on that last drive?
January 4th, 2015 at 7:52 PM ^
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January 4th, 2015 at 7:54 PM ^
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January 4th, 2015 at 7:53 PM ^
nfl refs must die
kill kill kill kill
mm pillowy soft home-made gnocchi
kill kill kill!
January 4th, 2015 at 7:54 PM ^
The sad part is that this was the most complete Lions team I have seen in years defense and offense.
January 4th, 2015 at 8:00 PM ^
Playcalling, offensive line play, and Stafford inconsistency were all significant factors in what was rather a pedestrian offense consideirng the money invested. Joe Lombardi has to go as do. Bonamego, the special teams coach, also has to go. Two biggest reasons why the Lions didn't win the division in my opinion.
The sad thing is next year looks to be a gloomy one without Austin and potentially Suh. Caldwell has to find top quality DC and OC's if they Lions are to progress.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:56 PM ^
Here's the illegal contact on Calvin that FOX didn't replay. pic.twitter.com/zSQaNjY50t
— Isaac (@WorldofIsaac) January 5, 2015
January 4th, 2015 at 7:56 PM ^
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January 4th, 2015 at 8:07 PM ^
The offense sucks (6 points after 1st two drives), so let's put those 4th down chips on the offense instead of the defense.
Now I would have gone for it, but punting was a reasonable decision. No reason to call the coach that won the most games since 1991 a vagina.
Unfortunately, after the delay of game penalty, the ensuing punt went 10 yards for a net of 5. In hindsight, had we gone for it and not made it, we would have sacrificed only 5 yards.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:57 PM ^
I'm a centrist repub (agnostic, social liberal, fiscal conservative) who donates quite a bit to the elephants.
No fucking way am I giving to Christie after seeing him blow Jerrah.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:58 PM ^
1 - 11. The Detroit Lions playoff record in my lifetime.
January 4th, 2015 at 7:58 PM ^
January 4th, 2015 at 8:22 PM ^
January 4th, 2015 at 7:59 PM ^
it sucks corrupt officials and blatant cheating cost them the game. I'm done watching the NFL for the year.
January 4th, 2015 at 8:08 PM ^
January 4th, 2015 at 8:12 PM ^
Heck, I'm just surprised the league waited until the 4th quarter to put the fix in. Figured they could have started early.
That said, the Lions did this to themselves. There was no aggressiveness in the playcalling in that second half, and you can't expect your defense to shut down Dallas for the whole game. The Cowboys look immensely overrated right now, but the Lions didn't help themselves.