The divisional round of the playoffs has lived up to the billing. The Houston Texans held in there through the third quarter before the Baltimore Ravens took over for a 34-10 win and the San Francisco 49ers survived a resilient Green Bay Packers team for a 24-21 win.
Sunday afternoon was more of the same, as the Detroit Lions played a tough Tampa Bay Buccaneers team and advanced to their first NFC Championship Game since 1991 with a 31-23 victory.
During the game, the league’s official Twitter/X account shared a picture of a sign from a Lions fan in the crowd as it was meant to resemble the opening press conference when head coach Dan Campbell took the job.
pretty much. #NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/AkPT4c92zG
— NFL (@NFL) January 21, 2024
The original press conference was about biting a kneecap off but both of those were ACL injuries caused by safety Kerby Joseph on low open-field hits to the knees of T.J. Hockenson and Tyler Higbee.
The picture set off a lot of Vikings fans and even elicited a response from Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson.
Yall wild for posting this👎🏾This ain’t cool!! https://t.co/dLjWPWIFtK
— JJETS✈️ (@JJettas2) January 22, 2024
The NFL posting a sign celebrating two career altering injuries is insane https://t.co/7ucrcdtyNC
— Jason (@_jason_777) January 21, 2024
wouldn't have tweeted this one but ok https://t.co/1ybCKr9CjB
— Luke Braun (@LukeBraunNFL) January 21, 2024
NFL celebrating the season-ending knee injuries of two players along with Lions fans. Wow. Bet TJ Hockenson and Tyler Higbee didn't find it funny. https://t.co/I6tatWDcAV
— Aime DeWitt (@_Skol_Sister_) January 21, 2024
not sure you want to tweet this, bestie. https://t.co/SF3pBgQ3qd
— Kevin Fielder 🇺🇸🇫🇮 (@RivalsFielder) January 21, 2024
NFL: We take pride in Keeping Players Safe.
Also the NFL: 👇🏼👇🏼#NFL #NFLPlayoffs https://t.co/THkr7wA6c1— Legend of Corra 😈 (@cmaek09) January 22, 2024
What a joke. The league that cares SO much about player safety is promoting this crap? Really? https://t.co/twA5aKgg5f
— Kyle Ashton (@beefdaddy4) January 21, 2024
I really don’t think this sign has anything to do with literally knee injuries, but this person did not think this through. https://t.co/cgxQkRFJfY
— xtina (@xtina1229) January 22, 2024
I wonder what Tyler Higbee and tj hock think about their employer celebrating their career altering injuries. https://t.co/I8OUviXrCq
— Logan Orazem (@LOrazem11) January 22, 2024
NFL cares about player safety https://t.co/v2RAvmq4Bw
— Vikings Central (@VikesCentral) January 21, 2024
We love celebrating injuries… 🤡 https://t.co/nTsatqOyHq
— 𝙀𝙡𝙞 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩 ⚡️ (@eli_corbett) January 21, 2024
Can't believe this is still up
Hey NFL https://t.co/jL9sALc2GK pic.twitter.com/FSDooA3zef
— Ross (@hubbs76) January 22, 2024
Yeah, that's pretty swell coming from the league's official account. https://t.co/5u7vxtJXDP
— Minnesota Vikings Football at The Daily Norseman (@DailyNorseman) January 21, 2024
I can’t believe people are actually mad about this. Does no one remember the Dan Campbell presser?!? https://t.co/7k0vAgnV2d
— Jason Wells (@Wellsy_07) January 22, 2024
That the league amplifies the kneecap hits while pretending they care about player safety is at best hypocritical. https://t.co/sXYc3YvHMj
— Gregg Swedberg (@ThatsALottaGs) January 21, 2024
This is pathetic by the league to post this considering what happened to T.J Hockenson and Tyler Higbee. https://t.co/TSfTlETcnE
— Jaden Lewis (@Jaden_Lewis29) January 21, 2024
This is such an incredibly bad look for the Lions and for the NFL endorsing season ending injuries. https://t.co/87koUpiD54
— Marissa Voss™ (@marissavoss) January 22, 2024
This is uhh not great https://t.co/hrNMxwTGtw
— Deshawn Vaughan (@vikingsfans16) January 21, 2024
“…and one league seems to LOVE torn TE ACLs!” https://t.co/hBrwJvL3uU pic.twitter.com/ESClAfgFcp
— Jeff Brown (@jbrown_tc) January 21, 2024
This is gross. Delete this, @NFL. https://t.co/7ASZhma4lH
— Liz Christensen 🌻 (@msLC07) January 22, 2024
https://t.co/Ir977SyQOI pic.twitter.com/kYqMFmpWww
— Just🥶Acy🥶Dawg™️ (@Just_Acy) January 22, 2024
Real classy move by this fan and the NFL for supporting boasting about seriously injuring players in 2 dirty hits that should have been flagged… https://t.co/hvtbDY5hcZ
— Jess 🎃 (@Jezza182) January 21, 2024
This is a WILD tweet coming from the NFL account https://t.co/x1G5woyvUH
— erin alyce (@herooine) January 22, 2024
