OT: New Way to Lose for Lions
Tate scores go ahead TD with 0:08s to go, but is ruled down just shy of goal ine. Because it was reviewed with less than 0:10s remaining in the game, a 10s runoff is in effect, ending the game. Unbelievable. How many different ways can this team lose a game?
September 24th, 2017 at 11:34 PM ^
... because it would have been fourth down, and a spike would have given Atlanta the ball on downs if any time remained.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:34 PM ^
And people wonder why I hate the NFL.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:35 PM ^
Crooked Roger pulling another fast one. Sad!
September 24th, 2017 at 4:48 PM ^
Is Trump WD?
September 24th, 2017 at 5:20 PM ^
But WD loves Trump
September 24th, 2017 at 6:23 PM ^
That awkward moment when I didn't vote for him.
My first election and I voted for Harbaugh or a Harbaugh in every single box but 6
— † Wolverine Devotee (@UMichWD) November 8, 2016
September 24th, 2017 at 8:24 PM ^
in the election, I'm disappointed in you at making the mockery of the election.
September 24th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^
Well hey, they say vote...they never say you have to vote for the two primary candidates, right?
But, no politics...so nevermind.
September 24th, 2017 at 9:10 PM ^
I'm pretty sure the two money party candidates made a mockery of the election, and whichever of those two dolts won would make a mockery of the presidency.
September 24th, 2017 at 10:23 PM ^
WD that's a politics warning. You don't get another.
September 25th, 2017 at 2:46 AM ^
Give the kid a break smh...
September 24th, 2017 at 5:50 PM ^
His DonBoner is nearly as big as his HarBoner.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:36 PM ^
Absolute horse shit.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:37 PM ^
His back knee didn't hit, it was close but it didn't hit unit he fell in the enzone.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:38 PM ^
Double post because I am so upset.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:37 PM ^
Between the officials blowing multiple calls on the final drive, and the players disrespecting the flag, and the organizations as a whole disrespecting the flag, I have decided to not watch anymore NFL football, for a long time I would watch every game I could, probably 5 a week, but not anymore. They have gone off the edge.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:39 PM ^
You'll be back next week. Probably even Monday night.
September 24th, 2017 at 6:56 PM ^
I'm thinking sooner. Raiders-Redskins is a vintage match up!
September 24th, 2017 at 5:16 PM ^
I'm all for free speech (which i believe is what the anthem thing is), but it's starting to piss me off. At least Kaepernick, whether you agree with him or not had a cause. Now it's just become a homogenous middle finger to...who now? Trump i guess? Is it still about police brutality because there's certainly no discernable message out there. It's just like it's the new anti-salute to our nouveau tribalism and it's becoming a mockery of itself.
I think what really set me off was seeing Villanueva standing out there completely alone for the anthem. Not a single teammate had his back.
September 24th, 2017 at 5:19 PM ^
You aren't really all for free speech then?
September 24th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
I'm all for free speech but it doesn't mean it doesn't piss me off.
In other words, they have the right to say what they want but I have every right to call it stupid.
September 24th, 2017 at 5:35 PM ^
Why does it piss you off? Why do you care? This seems so strange to me. They're doing something as a statement that doesn't affect anyone else in the least.
September 24th, 2017 at 11:05 PM ^
Kneeling is a sign of respect-
some might say a deeper sign of respect than standing. It's just different. An individual should have the right- if not the moral obligation- to express one's opinion and calling attention to ways the flag/anthem/military/government/country (which have been conflated in a dubious way) do not yet live up to their stated ideals or potential.
September 25th, 2017 at 12:22 AM ^
That's why John Snow wouldn't bend his knee.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^
What a dumb ass rule. Basically you are deciding the game instead of the players. It's not Detroit's fault you reviewed it Detroit should get the ball and the clock starts on the whistle.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:51 PM ^
If clock starts on the whistle then the refs decided the game in favor of Detroit. Think about this logically people ! smh
September 24th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
Which is why you agree with it.
September 24th, 2017 at 5:01 PM ^
Not necessarily, Atlanta can still come up with a stop and win the game but now you don't let the players decide the game but refs
September 24th, 2017 at 5:05 PM ^
if the refs call him down the first time, the clock runs and we scramble to get off a final play. Instead, the refs make the wrong call (at least according to them), so they have to review their decision and steal our time. If you're arguing he was down then the refs fucked us by getting it wrong and penalizing us with a run off. I'm not sure if he was down or not but either way the Lions got screwed by the refs.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:39 PM ^
Total screw job. At the very least it was not close enough to overturn
September 24th, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^
That was awful. What kind of a rule is that. It was not a penalty to run the clock off. Lions got hosed. I can't blame them for this one. They played well.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^
This type of loss has become some new traditon.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
SOR
Same old Refs
September 24th, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^
It was funny watching NE win the way they did and then watching the lions lose the way they did. Somethings never change.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
10 second runoff needs to be changed. Not the lions fault. Not this time. And I'm the biggest lions doubter there is.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:42 PM ^
I'm a self-admitted lions hater but whatever that rule was, it was not football. That is why I fucking hate the NFL.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:42 PM ^
I am fuming. First, he was never even down. Right when it looks like a knee would go down normally, he lurches his body up when it’s a centimeter or so off the ground.
Second, he never even had control of the ball when the phantom “down” would have happened. He finally had it at the goal line. Obviously, this doesn’t even matter because he was never down in my mind.
Third, that absolute trash rule that will surely be changed after the season. If he were called short by the refs at first, we would have had another chance. It was only the refs calling a TD that took that opportunity away and then the rule taking the game away.
Such. Fucking. Garbage.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
Rule, only the NFL would have a bullshit rule like that. Can you imagine if that's how a Super Bowl ended? A team at the 1 yard line and then a 10 second run off? Total horse shit
September 24th, 2017 at 4:52 PM ^
there's no way they reverse that call so the runoff is moot. That wasn't conclusive to overturn. It was closer to confirm than to stands FFS.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:42 PM ^
Was he even down? And if he was, was he touched?
I had the game on the 2nd TV, I was rewatching Michigan on the big screen. #Priorities.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:47 PM ^
Looked like the touch ocurred before he gained possession
September 24th, 2017 at 7:02 PM ^
he means defensive holding
September 24th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
Wait, what? I literally got a notification that the game was over and the lions won. Nice job, CBS sports app.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
Lions fan and he was clearly down and touched. Some delusional fans on this topic.
Runoff rule sucks.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:56 PM ^
Ignorant people like you refusing to actually look at the available information really irritate me.
September 24th, 2017 at 5:08 PM ^
Left knee was down and the ball is a few inches short. Get over it, the lions had their chances and they couldn’t capitalize. Stop grasping for the refs to help you out. Golden Tate was down no touchdown and the runoff rule has been in effect for a while. Throw the ball in the endzone next time or run the ball like good teams do.
September 24th, 2017 at 5:35 PM ^
Grasping for the refs to help out? Are you fucking drunk? The refs getting the call wrong is exactly what cost the Lions a chance to win.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2017/9/24/16358424/video-lions-robbed-of…
Pride of Detroit has video up.
Basically they decided that Tate instantly completed the process of the catch despite that not being the usual rule when you're going to the ground because his shin is down when he starts to catch the ball at the half yard line.
Second: obvious uncalled PI.
September 24th, 2017 at 5:05 PM ^
we need instant replay for the instant replay
September 24th, 2017 at 10:36 PM ^
This is an interesting point.
If he had caught the ball at the end line or on the sideline, he would have been ruled out of bounds at the completion of the catch; yet at the goal line, he was considered down before the completion of the catch.