Quote:What did Marvin Jones do wrong?

 


Like Skeet Broball mentioned,  Marvin Jones didn't get out of bounds after a reception.   There was about 11 seconds remaining in the game.   Jones was tackled at around the Colts 25 yard line.  He clearly should have headed to the sideline after he caught the ball.   There was a clear path.  The Lions had to use the team's final time out.   Though a 43 yard FG in good conditions is a kick you are expected to make,  it's far from a sure thing.  Even for a kicker on Matt Prater's level.  Case in point,  Prater missed a PAT several minutes earlier.  Not having that final timeout limited the Lions options on the next play.  The end result was an incompletion,  before Prater's eventual game winning FG.  


The good news from the mistake by Marvin Jones, like Eric Ebron's mistake,  and much like the taunting penalty by another veteran,  DeAndre Levy, earlier in the 4th QTR,  is they can learn from their mistakes following a win. 

 

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