It doesn’t matter. I just got off the phone with my Packers contacts and they assured me that the fix is in for the Lions.
Your contact is a real looker…
This is a mooving narative.
Get ready for a flag fest.
“Referee Ron Torbert and his crew earned the assignment. His crew has consistently been one of the most flag-happy. Torbert’s crew threw 237 flags in 16 games, topped only by Clete Blakeman’s crew.”
“His crew is noted for aggressively calling offensive holding and defensive pass interference. The latter infraction could be a big one in Saturday’s game. Detroit (18 times) and Washington (19) were the two most-penalized teams for defensive pass interference in the regular season.”
The NFL loves some controversial calls me thinks.
between the flags and commercials this game could get rough .
And the score when Lions up 30.
For what it’s worth, 10 of those 18 DPI calls were on Terrion Arnold alone and 8 of them occurred in the 1st four games of the season. Only 2 in the final 13 games after the bye week.
Was going to post the same thing, his progress has been very very good. Few more things to clean up for sure but really like what I have seen in year one.
This is completely insane.
You’re going to take some with rookies.
Next year is Rakes turn. He’ll get past them, too.
Gotta take your lumps.
Agree, yet they are rewarded with a divisional round playoff
game.
Offensive holding and PI calls are the two worst categories for stalling or extending drives IMO.
I really hope there isn’t a reason for either team to feel like the refs had a hand in the final score.
I’d rather Arnold be in position to be taking DPIs, rather than being so lost he isn’t close enough to do it. He’s gotten a lot better knowing when/how to be aggressive with his hands. He’s always had the stickiness you want out of a guy.
I am interested to see how physical they let us play, especially at corner. Last game felt like we got away with a couple.
He went to MSU lol
Or in James Houston’s case, gotta take your…
What a bad ass!
What a disappointment.
The kid was never the same after injury.
I can’t hate on him. He was hell on wheels for a few games. Right when we needed him.