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Golden Tate on showboating: If something goes wrong, I'll feel like a (bleep)

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Golden Tate is one of the league's best showmen. There is a reason they call him Showtime Tate, after all.

But he knows he needs to pick his spots better, or disaster could strike, and was conciliatory for his antics during Detroit's 26-24 loss Sunday in Dallas against the Cowboys.

"I gotta fix it," Tate said. "At the end of the day, I'm having fun, but I got to put the team first. Because if I fumble that ball and it goes out the back of the end zone, or something happens and the ball goes out of bounds and we don't score, then I feel like a (expletive).