Tom Brady receives praise for observation at crucial point of Lions-Commanders playoff game

Tom Brady received praise connected Saturday for his telephone during a important infinitesimal of the Washington Commanders’ NFC divisional circular triumph implicit the Detroit Lions.

The Commanders were up 3 points with nether 14:30 to play. They decided to spell for it connected 4th-and-2 from the Lions’ 5-yard line. A halt for the Lions and they would person gotten the shot backmost with ample magnitude of clip to either necktie the crippled oregon instrumentality the lead.

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Tom Brady talks with Lions antiaircraft extremity Aidan Hutchinson earlier their divisional playoff crippled against the Washington Commanders, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, successful Detroit. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Brady noticed thing incorrect astir the Lions’ defence arsenic the Commanders broke their huddle.

"Need a timeout, 12 connected the field, timeout" Brady said. "Timeout! Timeout! Nope. Nope. Oh no! What are they doing?"

The Lions were penalized for having 12 men connected the field. The punishment gave the Commanders a caller acceptable of downs. Commanders moving backmost Brian Robinson Jr. recovered the extremity portion 2 plays aboriginal and enactment Washington up 38-28. The Commanders won the crippled 45-28.

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Tom Brady successful the broadcast booth for the crippled betwixt the Dallas Cowboys and the New Orleans Saints, Sept. 15, 2024, successful Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jerome Miron, File)

Brady, who called his archetypal NFC divisional circular crippled of his career, received immoderate kudos for pointing retired the Lions’ amerciable defense.

Lions caput manager Dan Campbell lamented the loss.

"We conscionable didn't complement each other," helium said. "We didn't get a halt erstwhile we needed one, and erstwhile we got a stop, we turned the shot over. With 5 turnovers – adjacent if 1 was astatine the extremity and it was truly four, that's excessively much."

Lions caput manager Dan Campbell talks to the media aft the nonaccomplishment to the Washington Commanders, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, successful Detroit. (AP Photo/Mike Mulholland)

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The erstwhile New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers prima is successful his archetypal afloat play arsenic a broadcaster for FOX. He volition beryllium connected the telephone with Kevin Burkhardt for Super Bowl LIX successful New Orleans adjacent month.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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