NFL GDT: 2023 NFC Divisional Round: (3) Detroit Lions vs (4) Tampa Bay Buccaneers

[Master P]

Bucs had a pretty good season for a team that was only supposed to win 4-5 games.

Time to get Baker and Mike signed and upgrade that O-line for christ sake.

 

[dahrougem2]

People comparing Love's INT to that last Baker INT?

They aren't even in the same realm of comparable. Love's INT is one of the worst throws I have ever seen.

 

[CupofOil]

As a Lions and Oilers fan, I don't know what to do with my hands right now. Everything is almost too perfect the last month or so, kinda scares me a bit haha.

 

[kanuck87]

I think it was just a mutual acknowledgement that if the Lions had wanted they could have iced the game regardless of timeouts. They snapped first down at 1:33 and the Bucs had 1 timeout. So 2 plays with time running is 1:20 which means they only have to kill 13 seconds by slow kneeling or on 4th down by doing one of the silly long snap waste time running around kneeldown/throwaway things.

Either way Bucs don't have a chance of forcing anything that gives them a chance like if there was 1:50 or something and you might think you can get a missed/blocked FG and then the ball back with 10-15 seconds left for a chance at a hail mary and 2 pointer.

Once the Bucs didn't call TO on first down that was the unspoken agreement that they didn't have to worry about playing games. Technically the Bucs could have called a TO after the fast snap on second down, but that type of thing comes back to haunt you really, really bad because people are gonna take it out on you if you're ever kneeling in the future.

That's not a reason to quit on the game. 13 seconds is better than nothing. Maybe the Lions could have gotten the first down in the end to ice the game, but you have to make them get it.

You don't get many opportunities to get to this point. You make them play until they can run out the clock.