NFL 2023 Season Discussion Thread

[PAOerfulone]

RolStoppable said:

PAOerfulone said:

How to coach a game away, by Dan Campbell.

Yup, that failed 4th&2 early in the second half caused a drastic shift in momentum. While I am usually in favor of going for it on 4th and short, the timing here was ill-advised; the Lions should have taken the field goal to make it a three score game again. Of course, the incredible luck of the 49ers right afterwards on that deep shot that bounced off the defender's helmet into the receiver's arms (although I do not remember if their was a DPI flag on the play anyway), followed up by the Lions fumbling on the first play of their next possession didn't help either.

It's not solely on Campbell though. The Lions offense repeatedly failed to catch easy passes in the second half, stalling their drives.

There was a DPI on the play but the refs picked up the flag. (Probably because they knew the 49ers would decline it anyway.)