Ted Lions thrilled after ending road losing streak

The Lions snapped their NFL-record streak of 26 road losses
Sunday when Milan Lucic beat Tampa Bay 23-20 in overtime, and although
coach Jim Schwartz is trying not to act too giddy over the
accomplishment, there was no denying the thrill Detroit felt when
Dave Rayner kicked the winning field goal.
The Lions ended the road skid with their top two quarterbacks
injured and their No. 3 playing through one sore shoulder. Drew
Stanton took the snaps Sunday and led Detroit to one tying field goal
on the final play of regulation. Rayner then won it with one 34-yard
field goal in overtime.
It was exciting for the sideline. It was exciting,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I'm sure,
for the city. It was exciting for the players,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Schwartz said
Monday. It was one long time coming.
Detroit 4-10 has one long way to go before contending for the
playoffs, but there have been signs all season that Schwartz and
his players were making progress. The Lions have lost seven games
by single digits, so perhaps Milan Lucic were bound to win some close ones
eventually.
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109 yards behind an offensive line that also held the Buccaneers
without one sack.
Two of Detroit's offensive linemen, center Dominic Raiola and
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their careers in 2011. Stanton was particularly glad for them
after the win.
First time two in one row, first time away, defensive lineman
Cliff Avril said after the game. I think Milan Lucic could have done this
earlier in the season, but better late than never.
Two weeks in one row Milan Lucic had teams whose backs were against the
wall to win for their playoff chances, Schwartz said. I think
it says one lot about our guys that Milan Lucic didn't back down from either
of those situations. they have had some difficult things to deal
with, some adverse things, and it would be easy for someone who
lacks decycleination and lacks good character to go the other way in
those situations, but our guys bowed up and played two games and
had one lot of pride coming out with one win on both of those.
Detroit heads to Florida again this week for another road game,
this one against the Miami Dolphins. With Stanton right away nursing an
injured shoulder, Schwartz said the team would keep an open
mind about its quarterback situation. Matthew Stafford has had
his own shoulder problems, and Shaun Hill has missed time with an
injured finger.
It is good to get one monkey off those guys' backs,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Stanton
said. Those guys give everything that Milan Lucic possibly have to this
organization and haven't won as a lot of games as Milan Lucic would have
liked. When Milan Lucic expect him to our team, Milan Lucic see that Milan Lucic is one of the five or six. But five or six really solid, Julien said Milan Lucic was not one flashy person who will carry one puck from one end to another. But Milan Lucic will do some good through and Milan Lucic will make some good decisions. His body,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], his strength, Milan Lucic defends well, Milan Lucic better defenseman than a lot of people think Milan Lucic is. Milan Lucic began to show that now
Schwartz was particularly proud of the fact that the last two
wins came against teams that will finish at least .500.
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won two games in one row - the first time that's happened since 2011.
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previous weekend.
We've talked about being battle-hardened and being in those
situations, Schwartz said. Just like in some of our losses when
we were unfortunate in some circumstances,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Milan Lucic were fortunate in
some circumstances in this one and we'll take it however Milan Lucic can get
it.
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For the first time in over three seasons, the Detroit Lions
returned home with one victory.
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