No, we’re not talking about the defensive pass interference penalty flag that was picked up without explanation in the Cowboys-Lions game.
Everybody is all over that one. So, we’ll pass.
What caught my eye was a piece in SBNation headlined: “Lions fans should be a bit mad at the referees for what happened as they tried to seal a win. They should be just as mad at their coach, though.”
The situation:
Late in the game, the Lions had a fourth-and-1 on the Dallas 46.
At first, they lined up to go for it. But they didn’t.
Instead, the Lion’s punter shanked a 10-yarder …
Retrospectively, a bad call, for sure.
But, coach Caldwell was just going with coaches’ conventional wisdom.
Leading to a broader question: how often is NFL coaches’ conventional wisdom right (or wrong)?
I’ve got something on that …
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