How close? This close

I can’t stop thinking about the dart Allen threw to Diggs.

Not the throw.

But how close THE BALL HAWK was to either batting it down or intercepting it.

So much of this game was decided by inches or milliseconds. In most cases, both.

Sucks Detroit lost. But it was oddly the best Lions loss I’ve seen in years. Maybe ever.

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Same…coverage was tighter than Christen Harper’s bikini…

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Oh my

Yup - fantastic game. This was the best game of this year.
Great defense…Allen and Diggs just played it perfect.
Truly great football by both teams.

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Well there is an article on MLive where Allen says he and the OC saw a tendency by Glenn so they put that play in to have in their back pocket

Glen. Got out coached AGAIN

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It took everything the Bills had to beat us. They felt relief, not joy, as the time expired.

The Lions are not an ‘easy out’ anymore. Your entire team is gonna need an ice bath after facing us.

A game of inches and milliseconds…Kirby almost had it.

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Thank you for capturing that. These boys are wrecked after spending the afternoon on the field with our Lions.

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I noticed that frame on the tv
I thought exactly the same thing

Lions defence … awesome today

If not for the bone headed penalty by Bryant, this probably would have ended with a win

I noticed they put a camera on Bryant after the game as well — he looked like he knew he made a major

But, great game by both teams
Lions are for real

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Not sure I buy this…Diggs was a non-factor until Jerry went down. He was being played very physical at the line and was not handling it well.

There may be tendencies but the injury was what turned the tide.

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yup - and we exploited them on several plays
…and vice versa

Getting beaten by “the play in teh back pocket”…with seconds left, and winning on a last second field goal…well, microwaved…
I’ll just agree to disagree.
We have very different definitions of what getting “outreached” means…AGAIN.
Goofy to not see multiple points of view. I dont mind if ours is different, thankfully.

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so close

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With James Houston IV blowing up today….
and….
Romeo Okwara returning to practice….

Austin Bryant might be in a tight spot…

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o brother where art thou GIF

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We do agree at times :grinning:

Everyone can point fingers yes was major mistake so was Swifts drop of likely a TD we can all list plays or players. I notice that many have not added Swifts drop. When they pick out plays they think hurt team.

I like Swift but that was a drop an he has slipped in his play . I do also understand he has been hurting an he could be kind of player has problem playing with pain. Its not wrong an there are many like that in league same as some of us on here are different.

He doesn’t get a pass when you want to point fingers of blame nor does any player its team game an Lion players I think have become that Team.

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This seemed apparent to me too.

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Yep. And Kerby probably get there against 20+ NFL QBs.

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For Will Harris to get his doors blown off by a WR? I’ve noticed that, too.

If Harris could’ve even kept something resembling coverage, that might have been the difference.

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You are missing the point I believe. Glenn has no creativity and really has shown (Minny game last Minny TD) that he can’t call good defensive plays in crunch time. Buffalo saw a tendency that Glenn does not deviate from and they put a play in to take full advantage of it knowing they may need that play just at the right time. Guess what? That time came and they got a 36 yard reception at a time the Lions defense should never be giving up that type of yardage at that point. I just watched the replay, we again are playing man to man coverage, WTF??? Why not a deep zone and make them take 10-15 yards chunks with only 23 seconds left?

Minny game same thing, he calls man to man coverage when holding them to a FG gets us in OT. Instead our man to man gets burned for a TD and we lose.

You may like Glenn and that is OK, but my opinion is he is NOT good at calling defensive plays for the situations that arise. The first 10 games have pretty much proven that.

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Am I misremembering?

It looked to me like Harris let Diggs streak by him, leaving a pretty wide-open passing lane. Kerby launched in at the last second to make it seem close, but that looked like ballhawking to me, not the design of the defense.

I’ve not seen the all-22 or anything. I’m seriously asking, am I missing something?

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No you are not missing anything. Harris did NOT have tight coverage and Kerby was late coming over.

Here is a screen shot, how is this tight coverage??

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