At the end of an absurd display of penalties and official reviews and questionable calls and mistakes and muffs and turnovers and field goals – the Lions turned to something that was both pure and simple.
Chuck it deep to Calvin Johnson.
Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford rolled to his right on a bootleg in overtime against the Chicago Bears, with a chance to end the misery and suffering of those who had stayed in Ford Field.
“I saw him do the crow hop, so I knew it was coming,” Johnson said.
Stafford let it fly, like the good old days, which he simply hasn’t done enough this season.