Figured this might be a good way to break the monotony of conversation when I saw the Green Bay halfback call posted on another thread. So, here’s the deal folks, let’s try not to repeat, but I bet we can nail down at least 50 truly atrocious calls against the Lions over the years.
I figure we can get them all written down and have @Nate send them to the league office with our warmest regards.
Let me kick it off with a little bit of Memory Lane Pain. Completing The Process of the Catch with Calvin Johnson.
Not only the pickup flag on the face guarding playoff game vs cowboys but that dez came onto field when his defense was playing and had his helmet off. No penalty
That one was a biggie. We came so close to avoiding the embarrassment of 0-16, but the refs wouldn’t let us.
That said, I don’t really fault them on the Rodgers hail Mary. It took some zoomed-in stills from just the right angle to realize he hadn’t been facemasked. He has influenced the league, though, on selling head fakes and other little tactics to draw a flag.
Ha. Just making sure ALL the sides are taken. I know a Steelers fan who tries to bring this up every so often, like our franchises are equal or something.
The point I’m making is, they gave us one call against one of the main teams back in the 90’s, and we’ve been paying for it ever since.
And welI, guess we were paying for it all the years leading up too.
