NFC playoffs: Cowboys rally past Lions 24-20, after flag for pass interference penalty is picked up

ARLINGTON, Tex. — The yellow flag floated to the turf, and the weight of two decades started to lift Sunday afternoon on the Detroit Lions’ sideline. Their fourth-quarter drive would continue. They could salt away the clock. They might add to their lead. They would hold off the Dallas Cowboys’ charge, and the Lions — no longer a sad sack to be bullied — would earn their woebegone franchise’s first playoff victory since 1991. The flag, a pass interference call on third down, meant that much. Read full article >>





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