Lions suffer another maddening loss, this time to the Raiders. Debating the fourth-and-goal play call in Oakland, Nov. 3, 2019. Dave Birkett and Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press
I hated Darrell Bevell’s play call on the game-deciding play in Sunday’s loss to the Oakland Raiders.
Eight seconds left, fourth-and-goal from the 1, a got-to-have-it situation, as Matt Patricia likes to say. I want my best players on the field, and for the Lions that means Kenny Golladay and Marvin Jones, specifically.
But after watching the coaches film from that game, and going back and watching every goal-line offensive the Lions have played this year, I understand the call a little bit more from a football perspective.