59 minutes and 8 seconds. If football games were exactly that long, Deebo Samuel could’ve proudly finished a day of work, knowing he’d just amassed the best statistical outing of his career without incident. But, instead, he sweated those final tick-tocks of the clock on the sideline, hoping and praying for the defense to pick up what he had dropped.
After his fumble gave the Lions one last desperate chance to tie it up, the cameraman made sure to find him repeatedly in between the action. He sat on the ground, knees pulled in close to his body, arms draped over them.