Sunday’s result between the Arizona Cardinals and the Detroit Lions is officially called a tie, 27-27 in overtime. Lions fans are swift to react to it as a loss—anything that sees a 18-point lead evaporate is easy to read as such. I prefer to regard the Sunday tilt as a Mexican standoff. Nobody can possibly win, but nobody’s getting out of this one without getting shot somewhere tender.
Rest assured, the particular conundrum wasn’t with the Cardinals, but with themselves. The Lions has split ranks and arranged revolvers at each renegade faction. Nobody was sure of anything anymore.