NFL Playoffs: Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys - odds, stats, preview and prediction

[jmt57]

Halftime Stats

Lions 17, Cowboys 7​

First Downs: Lions 13 (68%), Cowboys 6 (32%)

Total Plays: Lions 38 (59%), Cowboys 26 (41%)

Time of Possession: Lions 17:57 (60%), Cowboys 12:03 (40%)

Total Yards: Lions 257 (62%), Cowboys 156 (38%)


Perhaps most surprising is that the Lions are running the ball better than the Cowboys:

Rushing Yards: Lions 69, Cowboys 30
Yards per Rush: Lions 5.3, Cowboys 4.3
Rushing 1st Downs: Lions 4, Cowboys 1


Take away one play (the 76-yard pass to Terrence Williams) and the domination by detroit becomes more profound.

 

[Joker]

Stafford Springs bubbling to the surface

 

[jmt57]

Don't remember Pereira disagreeing with refs this year, now 3rd time he has done so , favoring Dallas

He never disagreed when he was the NFL VP of officiating and represented the league.

That's no longer the case now that he is no longer an NFL employee.

 

[PatriotSeven]

Lions came to play. Can't put that pick on Stafford.

 

[Betterthanmost]

Playoffs tells you just how much you know about football. It is a different season indeed. Cowboys vaunted OL is doing squat.

 

[obgod3]

Wow just wow

 

[Archeryaddict12]

Do announcers love jinxing kickers?

 

[FrodoBagginz]

And so the Cowboys choke begins.

 

[Joker]

well, looks like whatever inspirational speech the Dallas HC came up with at halftime was a real Knute Rockne special....did anyone bother telling Dallas that mistakes are magnified 10x in the playoffs?

 

[TomPatriot]

Cowpoke, CowChoke!

 

[PScottman]

Joe!!!! No!!!!!! The greatest QB of the eighties/early nineties with the biggest choke artist EVER is NOT a comparison to be made...even in a dang pizza commercial!

 

[Archeryaddict12]

Joe!!!! No!!!!!! The greatest QB of the eighties/early nineties with the biggest choke artist EVER is NOT a comparison to be made...even in a dang pizza commercial!

Montana has said Brady is more like him, not manning

 

[FrodoBagginz]

 

[Mark12]

The Cowboys staying true to *recent* tradition and pulling an epic choke-job.

I love it because I'm currently living in Texas for college and Cowboy fans are annoying!

 

[PScottman]

An Anaconda game...every time the Cowboys think they can get a breath, the Lions just squeeze a little tighter. This isn't even much of a contest.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Uh oh, no cowboys means seattle for sure in the super bowl

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

What a flip, Dallas was looking at a quick score and put it to a one score game! instead they are now down by three scores and 8 minutes left in the third quarter.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

An Anaconda game...every time the Cowboys think they can get a breath, the Lions just squeeze a little tighter. This isn't even much of a contest.

How big of a choke is it? They are likely to lose to 0-17 Stafford and a Jim Caldwell coached team.....

 

[FrodoBagginz]

Uh oh, no cowboys means seattle for sure in the super bowl

Not like the Cowboys would have any chance against the Seahawks anyway.

 

[Its_The_Patriots]

Cowboys need to get 7 on this drive.