Lions QB Jared Goff 'very confused' following penalty on decisive two-point play vs. Cowboys

The Lions seemingly drew up the perfect play to escape Dallas with a win over the Cowboys on Saturday night.

Then, the flag came in.

On a two-point attempt, down 20-19 with 27 seconds left, the Lions dialed up a play-action pass to offensive tackle Taylor Decker, who sneaked off the end of the line unnoticed to the backside of the end zone for an apparent go-ahead catch before the referees penalized him for illegal touching -- a call that would prove the doom of Detroit after two more failed attempts and an unsuccessful onside kick.

"We get down there, get the touchdown and get the two-point conversion and yeah, it sucks," Jared Goff told reporters, per the team transcript. "It's unfortunate man. I don't know if I've had this feeling before where you feel like you won but you didn't."

Following the call, head coach Dan Campbell and several Lions players appeared beside themselves over the decision.

Despite video showing Decker approach referee Brad Allen prior to the play, he was not deemed to have reported as eligible, unlike his fellow lineman Dan Skipper, who then lined up at tackle to Decker's right.

"So, we had a situation where if you were going to have an ineligible number occupy an eligible position, you have to report that to the referee," Allen explained in a pool report with Dallas Morning News' Calvin Watkins following the game. "On this particular play, number 70, who had reported during the game a couple of times, reported to me as eligible. Then he lined up at the tackle position. So, actually, he didn't have to report at all. Number 68, who ended up going downfield and touching the pass, did not report. Therefore, he is an ineligible touching a pass that goes beyond the line, which makes it a foul. So, the