Packers-Lions Monday Night Fiasco
More flags stirred the hornets’ nest, or in this case the Lions’ den. The first came with 10:16 left in the fourth quarter, and with the Lions leading by nine points. Kevin Strong sacked Aaron Rodgers on a third-and-10. A late flag came in from umpire Jeff Rice, who said DE Trey Flowers committed an illegal hands to the face penalty against LT David Bakhtiari.
Then came a play where the flag was not thrown on the Lions’ subsequent possession. Contact between Will Redmond and Marvin Jones was not ruled to be a case of defensive pass interference.
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Instead of a first down for the Lions at Green Bay’s 22-yard line, they threw an incomplete pass and then punted.
Flowers’ second penalty came inside the two-minute warning, when the Lions’ defense made the stop needed to hold Green Bay to a field goal. However, the call left the ball with the Packers and the Lions fuming.