A shocking and miracle ending occurred in Detroit on Thursday night as they saw their beloved Lions lose on a last second hail mary heave from Rodgers to Rodgers. The Lions who led 20-0 at one point in the game, gave up 14 points in 1:38 and saw their lead slim down to 20-14 in the fourth quarter. Detroit than grew their lead as a field goal with around 6 minutes to play put them up two scores, 23-14. A late touchdown drive with 3 minutes to play in the fourth brought the Packers to some hope as they made it 23-21 and had all their timeouts remaining. Lions got a first down and that eliminated all the Packers timeouts as they needed one more first down and then could proceed to the victory formation. However, the drive stalled and Detroit just ran off as much time as they could as they punted it back to Green Bay with 30 seconds left to play. The Packers needed to go 80 yards in 30 seconds or at least half the field to get them into field goal range with no timeouts. It all but seemingly was over for the Packers as they only moved the ball about 10 yards and only had time for one more play with 6 seconds left. The Packers tried the ole hook and ladder on the last play and it appeared the game was over as Rodgers was tackled with no time left. However as Rodgers went to the ground the officials threw a flag and it was a personal foul 15 yard penalty for a facemask on the Lions. This provided one more play for the Packers and a chance to throw up a hail mary and hope someone comes down with it. Sure enough, Rodgers threw the ball 70 yards into the end zone and somehow, someway, his tight end Richard Rodgers came down with it in the end zone and the Packers all stormed the field to celebrate the improbable victory. As bad as the loss itself is for the Lions, the loss also crushes their playoff hopes and ended their 4 game winning streak and now they sit at 4-8 and in last place in the division. One of the most incredible endings you will ever see.
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