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The refs screwed the Detroit Lions tonight and Barry Sanders is not happy.
During tonight’s Monday Night Football game defensive end Trey Flowers was called for two phantom hands to the face penalties that helped the Packers overcome a 13 point deficit in the fourth quarter.
What “hands to the face” looks like
From a punt to a TD, all because of the refs. Just disgusting. pic.twitter.com/K2ho1fBFEy
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) October 15, 2019
Lions lose, refs win on Monday Night Footballpic.twitter.com/r3raT2R3wV
— NFL on ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsNFL) October 15, 2019
The refs called Trey Flowers for hands to the face twice. Neither were correct.
One gave the Packers a touchdown and the other gave them the game. pic.twitter.com/eGq01y32ra
— BroBible (@BroBible) October 15, 2019
After the game, Flowers spoke to the media and he clearly disagreed with the calls on the field.
““I didn’t think hands to the chest was a penalty,” “I thought hands to the face, but I had him right here in the chest. The second time I changed it to right here [another spot on the chest]. That’s part of a move that I do and, yeah. So, nah, I don’t think that was a penalty, but they did, so . . .
“They saw something different than what actually happened and they called what they thought they saw. I was doing it all game. I didn’t know that was a flag to the chest, so I could change it to [another spot on the collar]. They called it again.”
Fans were irate with refs incompetence.
For those of you not familiar with this routine:
Step 1: Refs blow call against Lions
Step 2: NFL apologizes, nothing happensThat’s it. An endless cycle. This is being a Lions fan.
— Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) October 15, 2019
NFL refs are a joke and they need to start getting held accountable
— MICRO JORDAN (@reBELLYus) October 15, 2019
Even legendary Lions running back Barry Sanders took to Twitter to blast the refs.
I know that no one on the @lions can say it, so I will… that is a terrible missed call, on hands to the face and bad break for our D that is playing so hard. #replayhelpneeded
— Barry Sanders (@BarrySanders) October 15, 2019
That is sickening… the @NFL needs to look at a way to prevent that from happening. Two phantom hands to the face calls really hurts us tonight. Yes, we could have scored TDs, but @Lions played too well to have the game end this way. #DETvsGB @espn
— Barry Sanders (@BarrySanders) October 15, 2019
It can’t be good when even Barry Sanders is going after the refs.
When one of the classiest guys in NFL history weighs in .. there’s a problem. https://t.co/dEVo1vQUNc
— MikeTirico (@miketirico) October 15, 2019
You know officials are screwing things up when Barry Sanders is getting mad about it #Lions #Packers https://t.co/rIu73EGxcJ
— John Breech (@johnbreech) October 15, 2019