..with the ending of that weird, wild, Detroit "victory" over the Atlanta Falcons this morning, won by a Matt Prater field goal after a trial run he missed that was erased by his own team's delay of game. So, NOT a penalty that Atlanta was allowed to refuse, and backing up five yards Prater made the second attempt.
BEFORE that, we had the debacle of the Lions (for some insipid reason) running down the middle for virtually no gain when they had no timeouts, and then spiking the ball. We had the idiots on the Atlanta sideline calling timeouts when the Lions needed them after a running play, the Falcons players committing stupid penalties that gave the Lions necessary yardage, and just the complete collapse of the birds that led 21-0 at halftime, dominating the Lions and then going dormant in the second half.
Add the Lion kicking woes this season and the terrible turf conditions in Wembley Stadium, and you had to wonder why the Lions were playing for a 40+ yard field goal to win in the first place... Just a ridiculous ending to an otherwise interesting game.
Detroit 22 - Atlanta 21
No comments:
Post a Comment