Championship Weekend: Chiefs @ Ravens, Lions @ 49ers
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I really liked the Lions, so I'm fairly sad at this outcome. That is going to be brutal in Detroit for awhile.
They can't actually burn all the time with the 2 timeouts and like 50s on the clock without running plays
were there actually a bunch of head injuries on onside attempts the last several years that led to new rules? It’s not like guys are running into each other with a 40 yard head start.
But you’re already at like a 99.9% win probability. Odds of something bad going there are probably higher than something bad going on 4th down. Either way, obviously doesn’t matter now.
Eliminating the running head start was part of the rule changes for onside kicks.
People will spend all offseason killing Campbell but if Reynolds makes any of those three plays—the two drops and the block on the Montgomery run—they are tied or possibly ahead.
Of all the bad decisions the Lions made, that run attempt on 3rd and goal is just mindbogglingly stupid
The chances of recovering an onside kick are so incredibly low these days that you have to keep all three time outs for defense.
Game got too big for Campbell.
The chances of recovering an onside kick are so incredibly low these days that you have to keep all three time outs for defense.
Game got too big for Campbell.
I have a good friend who’s a huge lions fan and he is indeed going apeshit
he’s also just plain devastated
sure but part of the calculus of any “go for it” scenario has to be the players not executing properly so Campbell still deserves a ton of blame
on the road against an arguably (?) better team with an explosive offense, not taking the FG attempt and losing momentum was awful.
Congrats to the forum 49ers and Chief fans
And condolences to the Lion fans.
For the Raven fans I understand TRUE Detective next season will involve finding whoever kidnapped todaysoffensive game plan.
And condolences to the Lion fans.
For the Raven fans I understand TRUE Detective next season will involve finding whoever kidnapped todaysoffensive game plan.
I think the NFL will be the first major sports league to disappear (not any time soon). I think the Lions may actually never make a super bowl
Wonder how much Campbell is going to miss Johnson next year. That offense was quite good this year
Sorry Lions Fans, as a pre-2001 (since the 70’s) Patriots and RedSox fan, I remember painful losses like this, hang in there, there is hope in your future.
The near interception off the facemask followed immediately by the the fumble was a 14 point swing. That was when momentum shifted.
I don’t have a problem with Campbell going for 4th when he twice could have kicked FGs. The fumble and dropped Reynolds passes were awful for them. Running on the last drive was a poor decision, but the time out was the worst of them all. It reeked of a failure to understand the consequences of a likely outcome (i.e., not making the TD while the clock continued to run) and how (not) to react to that outcome (by calling a desperately needed time out).
I have assumed to this point that Campbell was consulting a football version of a blackjack cheat sheet when making 4th-down decisions. What transpired with that run call and timeout makes me wonder. I’d be interested in whether he addresses that sequence.
I have assumed to this point that Campbell was consulting a football version of a blackjack cheat sheet when making 4th-down decisions. What transpired with that run call and timeout makes me wonder. I’d be interested in whether he addresses that sequence.