Matt Prater missed a 43-yard
field goal attempt with 4 seconds to go, then got another chance because of a
delay-of-game penalty. He nailed that one from 48 yards, giving the Detroit
Lions (6-2) a second straight reply victory, 22-21 over the Atlanta Falcons
(2-6). Detroit
Lions cornerback Cassius
Vaughn said that I knew Prater was going to make it because I played two
years with him before. "When he missed the first one I was like, `That was
just the practice swing.' The second one was cake.
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This season Prater's winning
kick was the first made field goal from between 40 and 49 yards for Detroit
I was just like waiting to
see what happened. Is he getting another kick or what? It was fire when he made
it.
Matthew Stafford led the
way for Detroit Stafford 120 touchdown passes, a Lions record, two more
than Hall of Famer Bobby Layne.
But it was Falcons
quarterback Matt Ryan that looked like he would be the star in the
first half, completing 14 of 17 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns. Clock
management problems, a penalty and a dropped pass doomed the Falcons at the end.
.
In the second half Ryan
finished with 228 yards and threw an interception.
The Falcons had the ball and
control of the game at the two-minute caution, but couldn't run off much time
after a holding penalty and Julio Jones' drop. Atlanta
Stafford hit Golden
Tate for 32 yards with the ball on the Detroit Stafford
later threw to Ross for another first down.
Ross said that we don't give
up, we keep fighting and we believe in what we can do. We keep pushing. we keep
driving, keep fighting, we don't stop.
As the clock wound down, it
came down to Prater, something Detroit
From outside the 40 and
inside the 50, Detroit
The win was Detroit
For the Falcons, the blown
halftime lead was tied for the biggest in Atlanta
Ryan said, this is as tough a
loss to take as any that I've ever been a part of. We had a lot of chances to
win that ballgame. It's just that we didn't make plays when we needed to.
Both teams have a bye next
week, giving each time to get healthy. The Lions hope star receiver Calvin
Johnson will be back to face Miami
In the third quarter Prater
kicked a 22-yard field goal, and Tate made it 21-10 with a 59-yard reception
from Stafford .
In the fourth quarter, Prater
kicked a 20-yarder and Stafford later hit
Riddick for 5 yards and another touchdown to make it 21-19. Detroit
went for 2, but Stafford 's pass eluded Tate.
Ryan completed 5 of 6 passes
on the opening drive for 64 yards, culminating in a 7-yard touchdown pass to
running back Devonta Freeman.
Later in the first quarter,
Ryan hit Bear Pascoe from the 1 and it was 14-0. The touchdown came
one play after a 20-yard pass interference call when Darius
Slay impeded Roddy White in the end zone.
Steven Jackson also
scored for Atlanta
Falcons cornerback Desmond
Trufant said ,it felt good in the first half, we were hitting and stopping them.
I don't know what happened in the second half.
Sunday was the second of
three regular-season NFL games this year at Wembley, the home of England Miami beat Oakland 38-14 on Sept. 28, and Dallas
will face Jacksonville
The game started at 1:30 p.m.
in the British capital, which is 9:30 a.m. on the East Coast and 6:30 a.m. on
the West Coast.
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