Doorman

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,072
Michigan
Three red zone trips to start the game, one Touchdown.
Multiple turnovers giving us short fields, no real capitalization on them.
Five field goals.

Do not blame the refs for this. Don't let the Lions off the hook for lackluster performance.
 

JCizzle

Avenger
Oct 26, 2017
7,318
You need to throw a flag on that DPI after the hands to the face blown call. You fuck up, you give a makeup call.
 

whytemyke

The Fallen
Oct 28, 2017
3,798
The only thing more insulting than the refs is Packers fans acting like they're not the recipient of some generous officiating. Every fucking time these teams play. Smh
 

TheJollyCorner

AVALANCHE
The Fallen
Nov 7, 2017
9,612
Three red zoned trips to start the game, one Touchdown.
Multiple turnovers giving us short fields, no real capitalization on them.
Five field goals.

Do not blame the refs for this. Don't let the Lions off the hook for lackluster performance.

I mean, is it lackluster when they are playing against an above average defense on one side and Rodgers on the other? Points are points.

... man... feels weird defending the Lions. 😂
 

Chirotera

Avenger
Oct 27, 2017
4,333
Three red zone trips to start the game, one Touchdown.
Multiple turnovers giving us short fields, no real capitalization on them.
Five field goals.

Do not blame the refs for this. Don't let the Lions off the hook for lackluster performance.

Sounds fairly average to me. This is the Lions. This kind of offense has been our m.o. for what, 29, 30 years?
 

Doorman

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,072
Michigan
I mean, is it lackluster when they are playing against an above average defense on one side and Rodgers on the other? Points are points.

... man... feels weird defending the Lions. 😂
Yes it is.

You turn any one of those field goals into a touchdown instead and the character of the game at this point is quite different. Especially so knowing that you have Rodgers on the other side and knowing what he's done at the end of games before. If you expected to go into Green Bay and win while holding them to less than 20 points, you'd be kidding yourself.

If the staff want to claim that their offense is improved, if Stafford wants to claim to be an elite quarterback, if the Lions want to prove that they're a worthy playoff contender and not a fraud, you score more than one touchdown, and you win this game. And if you can't do that, no amount of whining about ref calls is going to justify it when we've had as many chances as we've had in the game that weren't taken advantage of.
 

thewienke

Member
Oct 25, 2017
16,243
The only thing more insulting than the refs is Packers fans acting like they're not the recipient of some generous officiating. Every fucking time these teams play. Smh

We were on the receiving end last week against the Cowboys with some calls that were even worse than this game

It's the circle of life

Although I do think there's a larger conversation here because the officiating as a whole this year has been subpar despite having full time officials
 

TheJollyCorner

AVALANCHE
The Fallen
Nov 7, 2017
9,612
Yes it is.

You turn any one of those field goals into a touchdown instead and the character of the game at this point is quite different. Especially so knowing that you have Rodgers on the other side and knowing what he's done at the end of games before. If you expected to go into Green Bay and win while holding them to less than 20 points, you'd be kidding yourself.

If the staff want to claim that their offense is improved, if Stafford wants to claim to be an elite quarterback, if the Lions want to prove that they're a worthy playoff contender and not a fraud, you score more than one touchdown, and you win this game. And if you can't do that, no amount of whining about ref calls is going to justify it when we've had as many chances as we've had in the game that weren't taken advantage of.

Sadly it doesn't get much easier for the Lions next week, either.
 

boxter432

The Fallen
Oct 28, 2017
9,564
Yeah no favoritism at all...that shit happens EVERY PLAY.

This is RIDICULOUS.

challenge it even if you can't. Fucking cheating ass packers.