It was an amazing NFL game this weekend, Cleveland against Detroit: two of the worst teams in the league playing the most exciting game of the year. In the end, the Lions’ young quarterback Matthew Stafford pulled out the victory with a final touchdown pass, his fifth of the game, with 0:00 on the clock. Lions 38, Browns 37.
But there was this, after the game, in which one notices a metaphor that seems to have gotten a little out of control. “Terrific game,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell explained to Sports Illustrated‘s Peter King . “Fantastic game. Matt [Stafford] is such a good kid, so good for that franchise. That kind of a game can be a game-changer—not just today, but for the Lions’ franchise.”
Yep, that kind of game is a game-changer, all right—and not just for today!
November 24th, 2009 | 12:15 pm
The more fundamental logic error that Goodell commits is that he assumes the Lions won. No one won that game. The Browns lost it. They’re amazing. The clock runs out in the fourth quarter and the score is 37-31 Browns, but never say never. They will find a way! Not since Bill Buckner . . .