No, Jared Goff’s knee being down during Dan Campbell’s gutsy 4th down call wasn’t missed by refs

Sorry, folks. His knee was down, but this isn’t college football!

Um, no offense NFL fans, but make sure to check your rulebook.

As you might have seen on Thursday night, Dan Campbell made a truly gutsy call on fourth down with under a minute to go in the Detroit Lions’ eventual 34-31 win over the Green Bay Packers.

Instead of kicking the field goal with the game tied and the Lions facing 4th-and-inches, he kept the offense on the field and called for David Montgomery to run it for a first down and THEN kick the field goal. It worked, but it almost didn’t when QB Jared Goff stumbled yet somehow got the ball into Montgomery’s hands.

Some fans thought that Goff should have been whistled for being down, but this isn’t college football. If it was, they’d have a case:

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