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Lions lose a game _ but not their growing self-confidence.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| November 01, 2004 | Rosenberg, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2004 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Michael Rosenberg

IRVING, Texas _ The Detroit Lions lost to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, and from this we can absolutely conclude that, um, you know, the Cowboys _ I say this with confidence _scored more points.

This is not to say the loss was a fluke. It happened for clear reasons: Dallas ran the ball better, the Lions' special teams made some mistakes, Dallas suckered the Lions on a trick play, and the Lions' secondary got beat at the worst possible time. But those were causes of a result, not symptoms of a greater problem.

You can try to draw an accurate conclusion from a single NFL game, but it's easier to draw a street map of Rome. ...

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