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The Lions beat the Packers at Lambeau and Jim Caldwell still couldn’t smile

by Louis Bien
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NFL 2015 schedule and results: Cardinals reaffirm NFC West supremacy with win in Seattle
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The Lions hadn’t beaten the Packers at Lambeau Field since 1991, and were on their way to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory Sunday until Mason Crosby’s game-winning field goal attempt fell limply to the turf. It hasn’t been a great season for the Lions, but Sunday was a historic day for Detroit. Surely that would crack the famously stoic visage of Lions head coach Jim Caldwell.

Nope.

Still stone cold.

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SB Nation presents: Jim Caldwell can’t save the Lions

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