Detroit Lions roar back to shock Atlanta Falcons in London

Detroit Lions roar back to shock Atlanta Falcons in London

LONDON -- The second kick was the only one that mattered. mi sed a 43-yard field goal attempt with 4 seconds to go, then got another chance because of a delay-of-game penalty. He from 48 yards, giving the (6-2) a second straight comeback victory, 22-21 over the (2-6). Detroit trailed 21-0 at halftime Sunday at Wembley Stadium in the earliest start in NFL history."I knew Prater was going to make it. I played two years with him before," cornerback said. "When he mi sed the first one I was like, 'That was just the practice swing.' The second one was cake."Prater's winning kick was the first made field goal from beyond 40 yards this season for Detroit. Jarveon Howard Jersey If not for the penalty, it wouldn't have happened because he went wide right on the first attempt."I was just like, 'Dang it,' and then I started looking and going, 'Oh, oh, OK,'" receiver said. "I was just like waiting to see what happened. Is he getting another kick or what? When he made it, it was fire." led the way for Detroit with 325 pa sing yards and two touchdowns. Those two scores gave Stafford 120 touchdown pa ses, a record, two more than r Bobby Layne.But it was quarterback that looked like he De'Vondre Campbell Jersey would be the star in the first half, completing 14 of 17 pa ses for 160 yards and two touchdowns. Clock management problems, a penalty and a dropped pa s doomed the at the end, however. Ryan finished with 228 yards and threw an interception in the second half.The had the ball and control of the game at the two-minute warning, but couldn't run off much time after a holding penalty and ' drop. Atlanta punted with 1:38 to go.With the ball on the Detroit 7, Stafford hit for 32 yards. The got another first down on a pa s to for 20 yards, and Stafford later threw to Ro s for another first down."We don't give up. We keep fighting. We believe in what we can do. We keep pushing," Ro s said. "We keep driving, keep fighting, we don't stop."As the clock wound down, it came down to Prater, something Detroit would have rather avoided.From beyond the 40, Detroit had been 0 for 7, and Prater, the team's third kicker already, was 0-1.The win was Detroit's second comeback win in two weeks. The rallied to beat the last Sunday.For the , the blown halftime lead was tied for the biggest in Atlanta history."This is as tough a lo s to Ty'ron Hopper Jersey take as any that I've ever been a part of," Ryan said. "We had a lot of chances to win that ballgame. It's just that we didn't make plays when we needed to."Both teams have a bye next week, giving each time to get healthy. The hope star receiver will be back to face Miami on Nov. 9. Johnson has mi sed three straight wins since aggravating his right ankle injury on Oct. 5.Prater kicked a 22-yard field goal in the third quarter, and Tate made it 21-10 with a from Stafford.In the fourth quarter, Prater kicked a 20-yarder and Stafford later hit Reddick for 5 yards and to make it 21-19. Detroit went for 2, but Stafford's pa s eluded Tate.The came in with the league's top-ranked defense, but Ryan picked it apart early with relative ease. He completed 5 of 6 pa ses on the opening drive for 64 yards Nick Perry Jersey , culminating in a to running back .Later in the first quarter, Ryan hit from the 1 and it was . The touchdown came one play after a 20-yard pa s interference call when impeded in the end zone. also scored for Atlanta (2-6), moments after becoming the 19th player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 yards."It felt good in the first half, we were hitting and stopping them," said cornerback . "Then the second half, I don't know what happened. We didn't put our foot on the gas."Sunday was the second of three regular-season NFL games this year at Wembley, the home of England's national soccer team. Miami beat Oakland 38-14 on Sept. 28, and Dallas will face Jacksonville on Nov. 9.The game started at 1:30 p.m. in the British capital, which is 9:30 a.m. on the East Coast and 6:30 a.m. on the West Coast.NOTES: Stafford is also one of only Ellis Merriweather Jersey three quarterbacks since 1966 to overcome 21-point deficits three times as a starter. and Drew Bledsoe are the others, according to the . ... was inactive for Sunday's game, one week after getting a concu sion late in the comeback win over the . Although Waddle was injured on an extra point attempt, he was on the field for the final play of the game when Stafford took a knee.Copyright 2014 by The A sociated Pre sRelive 's performance against the with

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