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It’s been a tough season for NFL refs.
Tonight, refs called Lions defensive end Trey Flowers for two terrible hands to the face penalties that cost the Lions the game.
First, Flowers was called for the penalty when he sacked Aaron Rodgers on third down.
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
Thanks to the refs keeping the drive alive, Rodgers went on to score a TD a few plays later.
https://twitter.com/JzoSports/status/1183941998723653632
Late in the fourth quarter Flowers would later get called for another hands to the face penalty that put the Packers in chip shot field goal range to win the game.
I hate blaming the refs, I really think it's lazy and irrational. But the Lions were jabbed hard tonight multiple times. "Hands to the face" pic.twitter.com/wCtBGlQJJt
— Ian Valentino (@NFLDraftStudy) October 15, 2019
Lions lose, refs win on Monday Night Footballpic.twitter.com/r3raT2R3wV
— NFL on ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsNFL) October 15, 2019
Lions fans and NFL fans were pissed with the official after the game for blowing the calls.
Two horrific hands to the face penalties on Trey Flowers cost the Lions the game. That’s it. Lions win that game if those two bad calls aren’t made. That’s sick, man.
— Cameron Wolfe (@CameronWolfe) 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
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
The worst part about the NFL is that officials never face any consequences for their weekly BS.
Players and coaches need to be accountable, but it’s okay for refs to casually decide the outcome of games whenever they want.
— Chris Rosvoglou (@RosvoglouReport) October 15, 2019
NFL officiating is so consistently bad. Jerry Jones used to argue with me that human error among refs is good for the game because it creates day-after controversy and conversation and increases interest. Maybe so. But I'd rather talk about great plays than bad calls.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 15, 2019