Jim Caldwell explains why the Lions offense played its beat game of the year. Video by Dave Birkett/DFP
The first call offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter made was an all-slants route.
The Detroit Lions had a 10-point lead late in the first half, were getting the ball to start the third quarter, and on third-and-17, the last thing Cooter wanted was to give the reeling Philadelphia Eagles life.
But at the last second, Cooter changed his mind.
"He said, 'Ah, screw that, let's go be aggressive,' " Matthew Stafford said.