lordstanley

The Lions' playoff chances aren't officially dead. I'm under no illusion - I know the chances are extremely low and that even if they were to get in they are a seriously flawed team. But hey, plenty of time to deal with offseason issues in the offseason. Until then, I might as well cheer for them to win on Thursday and Green Bay to lose on Thursday and have it come down to the final weekend. Stranger things have happened, they really have.

Exactly, you must be correct. The pool report doesn't make sense in that respect. To me the only thing that could have taken time was to see whether Goff had crossed the goal line before the clock hit 0 (he hadn't). Because if he had scored with one second to go instead of after time had expired, then probably (unless there's a 10 second runoff?) an accepted penalty would have meant one more play from around the 15 yard line. But the pool report doesn't mention that. And the explanation on the TeSlaa call that "the offending player picked one of the defenders creating an opportunity..." is b.s. The opportunity was created by the one defender lined up with ASB abandoning ASB to go with TeSlaa instead.

Goff said it was a bad call and I agree. But perhaps a more experienced receiver than rookie TeSlaa would have, once bumped by the one Steeler defender, quickly turned his face towards Goff as if he was expecting a pass, maybe even thrown his hands up. He does that and I don't think the flag is thrown. Looking at the replay, it looks like ASB saw the flag - with the flag being out of sight of the TV viewer - a second or two after catching the ball, just as he was beginning his TD celebration. So I wish CBS hadn't teased us by waiting 12 seconds to tell us there was a flag.

I still don’t get it.

Did the Seahawks deserve to lose? Did the Bears deserve to lose? Just as much as the Lions did.

OPI on Teslaa on the 1st down TD reception? Can’t remember if it was Teslaa or someone else.

Let’s not forget they had 1st and goal at the 1 with 30 seconds to go with a timeout. All the Lions had to do was not get a penalty on the 1st down TD, even an incompletion would have been fine.

12 yard line. No need to have rushed that.

Late flag! Whew.

Wow! Let’s do it! Down 5 and getting the ball back with 2 minutes to go.

Dumb timeout. You only save 15 seconds on the clock.

29-24 Pittsburgh, 4:11 to go.

Absolutely no run defense.

Pittsburgh up 12. Perfectly set up for the Lions to score to make it a one-score game with a few minutes but then fail to make a stop to get the ball back.

Lions @ Vikings could have massive last-place implications.

Bad field position again.

What interesting way will the NFL come up with during the break to say the runner was down before the fumble after all. I’m not taking anything for granted.

Metcalf wll get suspended …shortly after he catches the game winning TD late in the 4th quarter.

That drive was the first time in 3 seasons I'll use SOL. Three times it went to 3rd and 10 or longer and a stop would have put the Lions in great position to take a two-score lead into the half. You make a half-assed timeout call which was the worst of both worlds - either call it with 58 seconds to go if you're confident of getting a stop, or let the clock run down to 20 seconds like the Steelers were prepared to do. A completion down the middle would have run the clock down further but too many men stopped the clock. Then Rodgers was just looking FG position and you interfere just poorly enough to get flagged but not well enough to stop the guy.

TeSlaa’s got hands.

Take your time.

Yes, the same people who still believe in Santa.

Shouldn’t go for it with the way the offensive line was being pushed around.

Firsker, our hero.

Seider wins it!