Complex sentence: On 3rd down-and-1 of that Lions drive, Stafford threw a 17-yard pass intended for Lions tight end Brandon Pettigrew, but the ball hit Cowboys linebacker Anthony Hitchens in the back a fraction of a second before he ran into Pettigrew.
Split into simpler sentences: On 3rd down-and-1 of that Lions drive, Stafford threw a 17-yard pass intended for Lions tight end Brandon Pettigrew. The ball hit Cowboys linebacker Anthony Hitchens in the back a fraction of a second before he ran into Pettigrew.