We still don’t know exactly what caused the communication breakdown for the Detroit Lions at the end of the first half that cost them a chance at a short field goal, and we likely never will. But on Thursday, Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp took some of the blame upon his own shoulders.
“Situations like that, there’s a lot that go into it,” Fipp said. “They’re all critical, they come at critical moments in the game, that one certainly was for us, and the only thing I will say is any time I’m a part of something.