The Cowboys and The Lions

     This week NFL teams Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions played each other and had a great game. The final score of the game was 31-30 with the Lions winning. There was about two minutes on the clock when the Detroit offense got the ball back and they needed to score a touchdown to win or at least tie. Matthew Stafford the Lion's quarterback lead their team down the field with a big help from one of their wide receivers Calvin Johnson. Calvin Johnson had a great game with 329 yards and one touchdown. He is a big part of the Lions offense and set up the game winning touchdown from the one yard line with about twenty seconds left in the game. However the actual touchdown was all Matthew Stafford. He was telling his team that he was going to spike the ball to stop the clock so that they could run a play. Everyone thought that was going to happen; his team thought that would happen, the defense thought that would happen, even the coaches, fans and announcers. But when Stafford got the ball in the next play he did not spike it but he just improvised and jumped over the line of scrimmage taking a chance and scored the game winning touchdown.
     Just because this last drive was in favor of the Lions does not mean that the
Cowboys did not play well. The Cowboys had scored 30 points too and did great defensively until the last drive. Sean Lee the Dallas Cowboy's inside linebacker had a great game. He had two interceptions this game, one with a 74 yard return almost scoring! He really has been a great leader on the Cowboy's defense this year and is a great athlete. On offense the Cowboy's did pretty well too. However one of the Cowboy's wide receivers Dez Bryant was getting a little frustrated with his teammates. Dez Bryant is a great athlete and is a very capable receiver but he averages at about only three receptions a game and still has a ton of touchdowns. He should not have gotten mad at his teammates and coaches but I do think he should get the ball more. He had only three catches in this game but still had 72 yards and two touchdowns. There were four passes intended to him but on the one he did not catch he was interfered with by the defense and could not have caught it. There was a penalty charged on the Lion's defense for this.
     I am a huge Cowboy's fan and I am upset with the outcome of the game. I do
think that they played well though. Do you think that they played well? I also do no think that Dez Bryant should have gotten mad at his teammates and coaches but I do think that he should get the ball more. What do you think of Bryant's response to not getting the ball? Do you think it was selfish? If he got the ball more he could be a huge help to the team.

Dallas Cowboy's Dez Bryant.