Over the next week, we are going to go through the 10 plays that shaped the 2014 season for the Detroit Lions.

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The play: Matt Prater makes a 48-yard field goal as time expires to cap a 22-21 comeback win for Detroit over Atlanta at Wembley Stadium in London.

The situation: The Lions got the ball at their own 7-yard line with 1:38 left and trailed by two points, 21-19, after falling behind 21-0 at halftime. Quarterback Matthew Stafford completed passes to Golden Tate (32 yards), Theo Riddick (20 yards) and Jeremy Ross (10 yards) to get into field goal range at the Falcons' 31. Detroit then ran Joique Bell twice -- including a defensive holding penalty picking up five more yards -- leaving the Lions at the 25-yard line with four seconds left. Detroit then -- for reasons still beyond explanation -- had to rush a 42-yard field goal attempt by Prater that he missed. On the play, his holder, Sam Martin, kept telling him to hurry up. But the Lions were saved because Detroit had not gotten the kick off in time, forcing a delay of game penalty and a re-kick from the Atlanta 30-yard line. Prater then made the 48-yard field goal to give the Lions a win.

The reason it mattered: From a confidence perspective, it was massive for Prater. He signed with Detroit after being cut by Denver earlier this season when the team decided to stick with Brandon McManus over him after Prater came off his four-game suspension. For the Lions, Prater's kick solidified a position that had been a major problem throughout the first half of the season and once again gave them a come-from-behind win. After that win, there was more confidence around the Detroit franchise that it could make the playoffs and win any game it played in. It also showed some of the lucky situations the Lions had throughout the 2014 season that put them in playoff position.

What Stafford said about the play: "We pulled together and had a fantastic drive to get it down there in field goal range and we miss the first one and you're just as low as you can be. You see the delay of game and you're kind of fired up, not really knowing what's going on and I was thinking ‘Is this a 10-second runoff?' But it's a no play, five-yard penalty and we get another shot at it. And Prater squares one up and drills it. That's as high and as low and as high again as I've been on a football field. It was fantastic. Just glad the second one went through."