Panthers assistant watches his son catch Packers’ Hail Mary miracle

“We rehearse that play in practice every week, and it never works”, linebacker Clay Matthews said. “That’s the part that sucks”. One of those angry turned out to be the wife of the quarterback. “We’ve got one more play”.

But, in a loss like the Lions suffered Thursday, the good plays quickly become forgotten, which is why Tapp wanted to make sure Taylor was handling his media responsibilities OK. With Johnson on the bench and two defenders milling about in the open field, this was a hybrid to defend against both a long bomb and a potential lateral play like the one that came before it.

At full speed, it looked like a clear call as Taylor’s hand connected with Rodgers’ face mask. He caught the ball.

Three weeks ago, Dumervil took a costly, 15-yard facemask penalty on a weird final play of the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, a play that set up kicker Jason Myers’ 53-yard, game-winning field goal on an untimed final down.

“He got just enough to draw the flag”.

“We weren’t in a position to get our hands on it”, Caldwell lamented.

It was a gut punch for the players and the fans. I don’t really flop any calls.

“As the play was developing, and I saw Aaron got outside, I thought to myself, wow, if [Richard] can get it up there, he’s going to get it”, Rodgers Sr. said. But the Detroit facemask penalty extended the game and the Packers pulled off the miracle. You can’t leave anything to the referees, ” Tapp said. “Shame to us on that one”. However, Devin Taylor quickly swallowed up Aaron Rodgers, pulling him to the ground and ending the game. The Lions will head to St. Louis to see the Rams (1:00 PM ET on FOX), while the Packers will host the Cowboys (4:25 PM ET on FOX).

A quick synopsis- after a Lions punt, the Packers had the ball with 23 seconds to go from their own 21. Running back James Starks fumbled at the Lions five-yard-line but the ball bounced forward and wide receiver Randall Cobb landed on it in the end zone.

The Packers didn’t get the ball back until 23 seconds remained.

All of a sudden, the Lions lead had shrunk to six points.

The Rodgers family has a flare for the dramatic – and no, we’re not talking about Aaron Rodgers.

The Packers’ decimated offensive line, which started the game without right tackle Bryan Bulaga and right guard T.J. Lang, lost center Corey Linsley to a reinjured ankle in the first half and left tackle David Bakhtiari briefly in the fourth quarter because of a reinjured knee. A personal foul facemask penalty is not one of those that will go to the booth.

“No lead is safe in this league particularly with a guy like that on the other end”, said Lions coach Jim Caldwell.