Burning questions: A classic Thanksgiving Day finish in a game that wasn’t a classic, a timely play by Darius Slay, strategy calls and more in a 16-13 victory for the Lions over the Minnesota Vikings that put them in first place alone in the NFC North:
Question: Same question again – how did they pull that one out?
Answer: Same answer as three weeks ago when they beat the Vikings in overtime – because.
Because they didn’t quit. Because they made the plays they had to make. Because they didn’t make the game-changing mistake – the way Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford did with an interception that wound up costing the game.