Help me guys with the "bad call" against the Lions in the playoffs

[EMMITTnROY]

I am arguing with a bunch of NFL fans and I said that people forget we were 12-4 and one bad Dez call away from the NFC championship. To which everyone replied that the Lions were screwed the week before and we shouldn't have been there.

But I remember it wasn't a game deciding call. But I'm hazy on the details. Didn't they have another chance after that and didn't they have to stop us and couldn't? And weren't there like 10 minutes left? Help me out so I can argue back. Thanks.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

For starters, on that play they missed a blatant facemask on the TE (Pettigrew) on Hitchens. It should have been a double foul on both sides.

Secondly, it was on 3rd down. They had 4th and 1....and punted.

And there was 8 minutes left.

Then their punter shanked the punt.

So the argument about the call was completely overblown because the Lions had plenty of time to work with (and had the lead), they could have gone for it on 4tgh down and didn't and the media/fans/haters missed out that Pettigrew face masked Hitchens in order to get open.




YR

 

[NextGenBoys]

To be fair, the Dez catch wasn't the end of the game either. There was still 4 min left, and we didn't do anything to suggest we would've stopped Rodgers even if we had scored.

 

[EMMITTnROY]

For starters, on that play they missed a blatant facemask on the TE (Pettigrew) on Hitchens. It should have been a double foul on both sides.

Secondly, it was on 3rd down. They had 4th and 1....and punted.

And there was 8 minutes left.

Then their punter shanked the punt.

So the argument about the call was completely overblown because the Lions had plenty of time to work with (and had the lead), they could have gone for it on 4tgh down and didn't and the media/fans/haters missed out that Pettigrew face masked Hitchens in order to get open.




YR

Ok thank you!! That's what I needed!

 

[Kevinicus]

For starters, on that play they missed a blatant facemask on the TE (Pettigrew) on Hitchens. It should have been a double foul on both sides.

Secondly, it was on 3rd down. They had 4th and 1....and punted.

And there was 8 minutes left.

Then their punter shanked the punt.

So the argument about the call was completely overblown because the Lions had plenty of time to work with (and had the lead), they could have gone for it on 4tgh down and didn't and the media/fans/haters missed out that Pettigrew face masked Hitchens in order to get open.




YR

And the flag pickup was the right call (though there was hold earlier that should have led to offsetting).

And Detroit benefited with blatant missed calls leading directly to their first 14 points.

 

[Nav22]

The Cowboys complained to the league about a bunch of bad calls which helped Detroit after the game. The league responded and said they did indeed miss some big calls that helped Detroit.

Then the Cowboys leaked that to the local media, thinking the national media would pick up the story and it would kill all the talk about how the Lions got screwed...

Only the national media chose to not report THAT side of the story. ESPN, PFT, Fox... they all turned a blind eye.

That's why Cowboys haters still complain about that call. Because the national media fed them exactly what they were hungry for. Why let facts get in the way of a good story?

 

[Boyzmamacita]

To be fair, the Dez catch wasn't the end of the game either. There was still 4 min left, and we didn't do anything to suggest we would've stopped Rodgers even if we had scored.

The Detroit game call was right. The Green Bay game call wrong. I don't compare the two like everybody else.

 

[EMMITTnROY]

The Cowboys complained to the league about a bunch of bad calls which helped Detroit after the game. The league responded and said they did indeed miss some big calls that helped Detroit.

Then the Cowboys leaked that to the local media, thinking the national media would pick up the story and it would kill all the talk about how the Lions got screwed...

Only the national media chose to not report THAT side of the story. ESPN, PFT, Fox... they all turned a blind eye.

That's why Cowboys haters still complain about that call. Because the national media fed them exactly what they were hungry for. Why let facts get in the way of a good story?

Good info.

Thank you guys! I copied and pasted all your statements.

 

[Fizziksman]

For starters, on that play they missed a blatant facemask on the TE (Pettigrew) on Hitchens. It should have been a double foul on both sides.

Secondly, it was on 3rd down. They had 4th and 1....and punted.

And there was 8 minutes left.

Then their punter shanked the punt.

So the argument about the call was completely overblown because the Lions had plenty of time to work with (and had the lead), they could have gone for it on 4tgh down and didn't and the media/fans/haters missed out that Pettigrew face masked Hitchens in order to get open.




YR

not to mention that pass was awful. Stafford basically under throw Pettigrew big time. If he had lobbed it over Hitchen it probably would have been a catch.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

Not only that Stafford fumbled twice on the last drive. Can't win games fumbling on last possession

 

[Lutonio]

NFL admitted to missing a holding/PI against Witten right before that.

Detroit had bigger problems during that game likeep Stafford throwing an INT coming out of the half.

And Dallas had bigger problems than Dez non-catch during their next game. Murray fumbling a sure-fire TD and choosing to try to play coverage instead of blitzing a hobbled Rodgers.

All this talk about missed calls, and everyone forgets the most egregious. Green Bay scored going into the half after a Cobb "caught" a pass that Cleary skipped on the ground.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Just show them this:

 

[links18]

NFL admitted to missing a holding/PI against Witten right before that.

Detroit had bigger problems during that game likeep Stafford throwing an INT coming out of the half.

And Dallas had bigger problems than Dez non-catch during their next game. Murray fumbling a sure-fire TD and choosing to try to play coverage instead of blitzing a hobbled Rodgers.

All this talk about missed calls, and everyone forgets the most egregious. Green Bay scored going into the half after a Cobb "caught" a pass that Cleary skipped on the ground.

Wasn't there massive interference against a Cowboys receiver right before the half in the end zone that wasn't called? And then Bailey missed a kick or am I thinking of some other game?

 

[CWR]

Ill agree its was a bad call, when the offensive player is aloud to blatantly initiate contact. The foul before the foul that is conveniently always left out when people cry Detroit was robbed.

 

[Idgit]

It wasn't defensive PI because Hitchens didn't intitiate contact. It was face guarding, but that's not illegal in the NFL.

 

[DFWJC]

I am arguing with a bunch of NFL fans and I said that people forget we were 12-4 and one bad Dez call away from the NFC championship. To which everyone replied that the Lions were screwed the week before and we shouldn't have been there.

But I remember it wasn't a game deciding call. But I'm hazy on the details. Didn't they have another chance after that and didn't they have to stop us and couldn't? And weren't there like 10 minutes left? Help me out so I can argue back. Thanks.

Just tell them to look at a blatant facemask on the Lions and also a linebacker holding onto Wittens jersey so long that it strectched a foot out from his body.
Many more too.

 

[lqmac1]

I am arguing with a bunch of NFL fans and I said that people forget we were 12-4 and one bad Dez call away from the NFC championship. To which everyone replied that the Lions were screwed the week before and we shouldn't have been there.

But I remember it wasn't a game deciding call. But I'm hazy on the details. Didn't they have another chance after that and didn't they have to stop us and couldn't? And weren't there like 10 minutes left? Help me out so I can argue back. Thanks.

There was like eight minutes left in the game

 

[windward]

The Cowboys complained to the league about a bunch of bad calls which helped Detroit after the game. The league responded and said they did indeed miss some big calls that helped Detroit.

Then the Cowboys leaked that to the local media, thinking the national media would pick up the story and it would kill all the talk about how the Lions got screwed...

Only the national media chose to not report THAT side of the story. ESPN, PFT, Fox... they all turned a blind eye.

That's why Cowboys haters still complain about that call. Because the national media fed them exactly what they were hungry for. Why let facts get in the way of a good story?

Or the faux outrage about how people have "never seen a ref pickup a flag before"