The clock was ticking but nobody was moving.

“This is a live play,” Jason Benetti, the Detroit Lions ' TV broadcaster, said. “They're just going to let it run out.”

The Lions and Atlanta Falcons decided to run out the clock in the fourth quarter after Lions safety Morice Norris suffered an injury during a preseason game Friday, Aug. 8, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Falcons quarterback Emory Jones held the ball and the Lions defense stood still — before the NFL decided to suspend the action.

“This is a collective decision, by a large group of people, to just stand here and think about a player, one of their own,” Benetti said.

Then, something absolutely beautiful happened: Somebody put the football on the turf and the players on the field — the Lions defense and Falcons offense — form

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