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Jeff Risdon

No NFL team had ever done this before the Lions pulled it off in their Week 10 comeback

The Detroit Lions were playing one of their worst games of the last two-plus seasons on Sunday night. Thanks to some self-inflicted wounds, poor execution from the offense and facing a good opponent in Houston, the Lions trailed the Texans 23-7 at the half.

And then it happened. Fueled by two interceptions from cornerback Carlton Davis and the offense awakening and adjusting to the Texans speedy, playmaking defense, Detroit pulled off the mother of all comebacks.

How rare was the Lions comeback? Consider this tidbit from The 33rd Team:

The Lions became the first team since the AFL/NFL merger in 1970 to overcome a deficit of at least 15 points while throwing five or more interceptions.

No team has ever shot itself in the feet so badly and still come back to win a game, not since at least five years before Dan Campbell or Brad Holmes were even born.

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