Barry Sanders Blasts The NFL And Officiating After They Cost Lions The Game vs. Packers (TWEETS)

October 14, 2019, 11:44pm EST (Updated: December 4, 2022, 6:53pm)By Darrelle Lincoln

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The Detroit Lions got screwed on Monday Night Football against the Packers.

Two of the terrible calls against the Lions were “illegal hands to the face” on Trey Flowers, but replays would show neither one actually happened. It would lead to a touchdown and a game-winning field goal.

Even Barry Sanders saw it and called the NFL out for it.

I know that no one on the @lions can say it, so I will… that is a terrible missed call, on hands to the face and bad break for our D that is playing so hard. #replayhelpneeded
— Barry Sanders (@BarrySanders) October 15, 2019

That is sickening… the @NFL needs to look at a way to prevent that from happening. Two phantom hands to the face calls really hurts us tonight. Yes, we could have scored TDs, but @Lions played too well to have the game end this way. #DETvsGB @espn
— Barry Sanders (@BarrySanders) October 15, 2019

Not saying that we would not have been able to overcome those calls if we had converted TDs in the red zone, but man they hurt
— Barry Sanders (@BarrySanders) October 15, 2019