Blown call detroit lions

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More Dog News ». View all Lifestyle Sites. More FanSided News ». More News Around the Network ». View all Our Sites. The Detroit Lions were doomed again by an insanely bad call in their season-ending loss to the Minnesota Vikings, and once again, folks were very frustrated with how it played out. Kelly Stafford weighing in!! Follow the Heavy on Lions Facebook page for the latest breaking news, rumors and content out of Detroit! The call was questioned immediately in the moment by multiple spectators, many of whom, including some at The Detroit Free Press , said it was one of the worst calls in league history or the worst call they have ever seen.

Officials do not get fined for bad calls, but poor performance is something that can cost them future assignments. By now it is well-known that referees will take care of the quarterback at most, if not all, costs. To flag it for a yard personal foul at such a critical point in the game was a terrible decision by the officials.

Quite honestly, Stafford is right and there should be consequences for mistakes that referees make in the moment. Ndamukong Suh was showing off his strength again and did what everyone has wanted to do at least once in their life. He pulled Marion Barber down by his hair. The ref obviously wasn't included in "everyone," because he threw a flag for a horse-collar tackle.

I'd like to offer my advice to future NFL offensive players. Keep your hair short. Don't give defenses an easy and humorous way to tackle you. Detroit finally reaches the playoffs after years of failure as a franchise and the refs play games with us again. In the second quarter, up , Willie Young hit Drew Brees so hard the Saints players offered him cash. Young forced a fumble that was picked up by Justin Durant , who went untouched into the end zone. This put Detroit up But — and you knew the but was coming—a referee blew a whistle.

He thought it was an incomplete pass. No one else thought so, but he blew the whistle. It was reviewed and ruled as a fumble and placed at the spot of the recovery because of that whistle. The whistle also should have given the ball back to the Saints. Thankfully, it didn't, but it erased an easy touchdown that could have kept the momentum in the Lions favor. To make up for it, the refs decided to not call penalties the rest of the game, allowing the Saints to win.

Down at the Packers' yard line, Matthew Stafford threw a pass that Titus Young caught for a clear touchdown. He had two feet down inbounds, clear control of the ball and maintained possession throughout the process.

Because of bad calls earlier in the game, the Lions couldn't challenge the play. They settled for a field goal. This was another controversy that actually went in our favor. Because it was so bad, it deserves its spot on the list.

Detroit played the Pittsburgh Steelers to a tie. Now came the simple task of the overtime coin flip. Jerome Bettis had the honor of calling it, and he called tails. The entire world knew he called tails because Luckett had his microphone on. He called out that they called heads, and Bettis repeatedly said he called tails before the coin hit the ground, but to no avail.