One road team won on Conference Championship weekend. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the Detroit Lions.
The Lions had a 24-7 halftime lead on the San Francisco 49ers, a team not known for big comebacks under Kyle Shanahan. Of course, it’s the Detroit Lions, and everything had to go wrong. A 4th-and-2 drop by Josh Reynolds in field goal range set the tone for the obscene collapse by the Lions. I think everyone knew Detroit would lose after this happened.
Jahmyr Gibbs lost a fumble on the next snap, leading to a tying touchdown. Detroit never recovered and lost 34-31 in the biggest halftime deficit comeback in a Conference Championship game.