DETROIT – The Detroit Lions punched their ticket to the playoffs on Thursday night as only they can.

Facing fourth-and-one from the Green Bay Packers’ 21-yard line in a tie game with 43 seconds remaining, the decision for most would have been obvious.

Kick the field goal and get ready to play defence to win the game against a team with no timeouts remaining.

But not in Dan Campbell's world, not even on a night when David Montgomery getting stuffed on fourth-and-one from the Lions own 30-yard line backfired, producing a turnover on downs that led directly to a Green Bay touchdown.

There was Campbell, going back to the well, with Montgomery picking up seven yards on a play where quarterback Jared Goff stumbled after taking the snap and was on his way to the turf as he was handing it off.

Disaster narrowly averted and victory attained for a franchise-record 11th straight time as the Lions are heading to playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time in more than 30 years.

“I just felt like we needed to end it on offence. I did not want to give that ball back,” Campbell said. "Everything in me told me,........

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