Another "L" for the Collection

This past week Detroit found themselves in a must win decision against the Dallas Cowboys. Both of these teams cam into the week with a 1-2 record and each had their own batch of troubles. Before this week, the cowboys passing offence had struggled. They were ranked 31 of 32 teams in passing yards per game over the first three games of the season.Detroit also had problems going into this game, but theirs seemed less prevalent and I felt that we were the better team. The game stayed close the entire time, both teams taking comfortable leads at one point. At halftime Dallas held at 13 to 10 lead. For the first time this season, Lions had a 1 o'clock game on Sunday afternoon. My football season routine was finally able to be put into action after 3 weeks of different timed games. My grandpa came over after church and him along with my dad watched the game, especially excited as half time came to an end. Second half started and Dallas came out hot. Zeke Elliot, who already had been having a very good game, decided to completely go off. He was running seamlessly through the defence line for an easy ten yards on almost every attempt. He was also making plays as a receiver making giant gains. Despite Dallas' strong performance, Detroit found a way to not let the game slip from them. They kept the game close and continued to score. Late in the game, the Lions had an opportunity to take the lead and win the game. Down 6, the Lions march down the field while running the clock fairly low to score a touchdown pass to Golden Tate. When Tate received the ball and had the lane open to run into the end zone, he hold the ball out toward the defender taunting him.

If you have seen enough Lions games, you'd know, Tate likes to have fun when he scores, weather it doing a funny or cool celebration after, or waving a finger to the defender telling him not to try, hes not fast enough to catch him. After the TD, and made extra point, Lions had the lead 24-23 with a little more than 2 minutes to play. All Detroit had to do was play solid defence and mainly keep the ball away from Elliot. First few plays, our defence looks good, keeping them to minimal gains. Suddenly one of our defensive linemen strips the ball from Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott and the ball rolls backwards. All Detroit had to do was grab the ball before anyone else and the game would be over. Sadly that didn't happen and the Cowboys recovered. Next play Dallas made a huge reception to none other than Zeke Elliot for a huge gain. After the fumble the offence went crazy, keeping the ball moving up the field. Finally with only 3 seconds on the clock, Dallas lines up for a field goal. If they make it they win, if they miss they lose. Of course, due to the shortness of the kick it went through and once again the Lions lose 24-26. Things are beginning to get frustrating now being 1-3, especially with the fact that two of the losses were very winnable games. Looking ahead though, Lions play Green Bay nest week, their first divisional game. If the Lions can win most of those divisional games this year, they can be put in a solid position to still win the play offs. Check out next weeks blog to see if Lions can start a turn around by beating the Packers or not.