Time to Schein: Jason La Canfora talks Detroit Lions
ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions only had 10 men on the field during the Green Bay field goal attempt that could have won the game for the Packers on Sunday. It turns out it wasn"t an isolated incident.
The Lions also only had 10 men on the field for the Packers" earlier field goal attempt, a 44-yard make in the opening quarter. It was actually Lions coach Jim Caldwell who noted the team was short staffed on the first attempt when asked what had happened on the game-ending play.
"Actually twice it happened and both of those are my fault," Caldwell said in his Monday press conference, the day after the Lion"s win at Lambeau Field. "We just have to make sure we get it done. But we had it on the rush side, I didn"t want to call a timeout because the side we were rushing on, we had the number of people that we could have on that particular side. The backside didn"t hurt us as much."
Caldwell wasreferring to the team"s alignment along the line of scrimmage. On both kicks, Detroithad a maximum six defenders on the line.
This isn"t the first time Detroit has had issues with field-goal personnel this season.
Earlier in the year, against Denver, the team sent cornerback Darius Slay from the sideline late after noticing they had just 10 on the field. Caught up in the chaos, Slay lined up incorrectly and the Lions were flagged for an illegal formation. That gavethe Broncos a second chance to kick the field goal, which they converted.
Caldwell said the team is always making adjustments, but the two situations were not related.
"Anything where it"s an issue, we talk about it, we get it ratified, we get it adjusted and hopefully that sticks," he said. "Sometimes it doesn"t, but in this particular case, we haven"t had that issue with seven men on that side of the line of scrimmage."
Asked to clarify how the team ended up short on not one, but two field goals, Caldwell declined additional comment.
"It"s my fault," he said. "I have to do a better job. Next question."
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