{"id":1298,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1298","headline":"Lions edge Packers 20-17 on last-second field goal","dek":"Jahmyr Gibbs deliberately went down short of the goal line to drain the clock before Detroit's game-winning kick.","body":"The Detroit Lions beat the Green Bay Packers 20-17 on a field goal with one second left, surviving a game they nearly handed away more than once.\n\nLate in the fourth quarter, with under five minutes left and the score tied, Dan Campbell called for a fourth-and-one try from Detroit's own 23-yard line. Jahmyr Gibbs was stuffed in the backfield, turning the ball over on downs and setting up Green Bay with a short field. The Lions defense held and forced a 35-yard field goal attempt from Packers kicker Trey Smack, which Detroit blocked.\n\nDetroit then drove back down the field. With less than a minute remaining, Gibbs broke through to the 11-yard line, picked up the first down at the 5, then intentionally let himself fall at the 3 rather than score, since the Packers had no timeouts left. That let the Lions run the clock down to one second before kicking the winning field goal. Gibbs finished the drive with 37 of his 116 rushing yards on the day.\n\nMike Tomlin has since defended Campbell's aggressive fourth-down call as sound process even though it nearly backfired.","published_at":"2026-10-26T21:35:31.457639+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Awful Announcing","publisher":"Awful Announcing","title":"Mike Tomlin defends Dan Campbell’s controversial fourth-down decision","url":"https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/mike-tomlin-defends-dan-campbell-controversial-fourth-down-decision.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mitch Albom: Lions can't count on foes to repeat Packers mistakes","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mitch-albom-lions-cant-count-091111875.html"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"Detroit Holds Onto Valuable Win: 3 Takeaways From The Lions' Win Over The Packers","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/green-bay-packers-vs-detroit-lions-takeaways-week-7-october-25"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Lions lead Packers 10-7 at halftime","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lions-lead-packers-10-7-215705210.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Lions lead Packers 10-7 at halftime","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/lions-lead-packers-10-7-at-halftime"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Lions beat Packers 20-17 on last-play field goal","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/lions-beat-packers-20-17-on-last-play-field-goal"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Lions beat Packers 20-17 on last-play field goal","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lions-beat-packers-20-17-234658440.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Packers can't overcome missed opportunities and terrible officiating in loss to Lions","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/packers-cant-overcome-missed-opportunities-234352132.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"‘There’s no way’: Tom Brady does not hold back on referees on Fox broadcast","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/no-way-tom-brady-does-001609705.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Dan Campbell explains 4th-down decision that could’ve cost Lions game vs. Packers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dan-campbell-explains-4th-down-003257419.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Lions’ Dan Campbell’s 2 reasons for going for it with bold call vs. Packers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lions-dan-campbell-2-reasons-013927944.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Dan Campbell dismisses Lions' 4th-down gamble: 'Cost us nothing'","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dan-campbell-dismisses-lions-4th-090914159.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Dan Campbell dismisses Lions' 4th-down gamble: 'Cost us nothing'","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dan-campbell-dismisses-lions-4th-090914567.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Tomlin defends Dan Campbell's 4th-down decision in Lions' win over Packers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-tomlin-defends-dan-campbells-094613052.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"5 takeaways from Packers' 20-17 loss to Lions: Drops prove costly","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/5-takeaways-packers-20-17-131025927.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Tomlin defends Dan Campbell’s controversial fourth-down decision","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-tomlin-defends-dan-campbell-163053479.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Detroit Lions fans, media react to walk-off win vs. Packers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/detroit-lions-fans-media-react-193032856.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. 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