Lions collapse during near-upset of Cowboys

For all purposes, the game was over. Jason Hanson trotted onto the field with a 6-point lead. He came on to the field for a 35-yard kick, a gimmie in the eyes of the Lions all-time points leader... Hanson lines up, two big steps back, two left. The snap, down. The hold, down. Off his foot the kick looks good, until it falls to the right. The Ford Field faithful gasp in unison as Jason Hanson, the only bright spot in their long history of horror throws his head into his hands in disgust.

As Tony Romo returns to the field, almost every Lions fan knew it was coming. Romo went 6/6 on the eventually game winning drive, capped off with a TD pass to tight-end Jason Witten.

Any fan of the Lions has seen it many times over. In fact, this very collapse is the Lions season in a nutshell. They started off strong, with numerous near slips, until the fourth quarter-- when its all on the line. Under the pressure, the Lions collapsed with 5 straight loses balancing their record to a sub-par 6-7.

Once again Lions fans will watch the final 3 weeks of the regular season, and the months of the NFL playoffs that follow as onlookers, not as fans. Think about it this way, Detroiters: only a little more then a 100 days till baseball season!