The Detroit Lions nearly pulled off a miracle comeback victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Instead, the Lions lost another game in devastating fashion, with Greg Joseph hitting a game-winning 54-yard field goal as time expired to make it a 19-17 Vikings win.

Minnesota held a 16-6 lead late in the fourth quarter and had a field goal attempt to go up 19-6, but Joseph missed a kick. Detroit responded with a field goal and then forced an Alexander Mattison fumble, setting up a D'Andre Swift touchdown. Instead of settling for an extra point to tie the game, Dan Campbell went for the 2-point conversion, and the Lions got it:

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Unfortunately for Detroit, Kirk Cousins marched his team down the field with just 37 seconds left, moving them 46 yards in that time to set up Joseph. The kicker redeemed himself after the earlier miss to give Minnesota the win:

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