Todd Gurley might’ve had his first touchdown he’s ever regretted scoring this past Sunday against the Detroit Lions. With 1:04 left in the game, Detroit out of timeouts and the Atlanta Falcons down 16-14 to the Lions, Gurley ran a touchdown in on first and goal.
Obviously the Flacons needed to score to win but they also left too much time on the clock for Lions’ quarterback Matthew Stafford to mount a 75-yard drive leading to a T.J. Hockenson touchdown as time expired.
Gurley clearly tried to stop himself from going in but his momentum carried him into the end zone accidentally.
Todd Gurley tried to stop from scoring to run the clock out, but couldn't hold up.
The Lions scored the game-winning TD with 0 seconds on the clock.
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“I was mad as hell,” said Gurley on the touchdown. “I was trying not to (score). My momentum took me in.”
This was a mental mistake from Gurley that he was very unhappy about. Atlanta could have easily killed the remaining time on the clock and kicked a game winning field goal as time expired to win by one point.
“It’s one of them unfortunate situations. I’ve been in plenty of those situations since my rookie year, about six or seven. I’ve always got down, just an unfortunate one right there.”
“We talked about it in the huddle, probably a couple plays prior to that,” Gurley said. “And I know that, like I said, I’ve been in multiple situations over my years in the league. Just one of those unfortunate ones.”
Even though Atlanta’s defense let up a 75-yard drive for a touchdown in just one minute, Gurley owned up for his mistake and took all the blame for the loss.
“I’ll man up, take the responsibility. Tried to go down but I didn’t,” said Gurley. “Trying is not good enough, so just got to do better on my behalf.”
Gurley and the Falcons now drop to 1-6 as they face off against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte this Thursday night.