Eagles

NFL Refs Had Another Shocker on Monday Night

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Oct 15th, 2019 · 8:54 AM EDT

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Good game last night between the Lions and Packers, assuming you could get through the commercials, delays, penalty flags, and incorrect calls.

NFL refs had a howler last night, calling two “illegal use of the hands” penalties on Trey Flowers, both on third down, and both in the fourth quarter.

Here’s one, which was not hands to the face at all:

What “hands to the face” looks like

From a punt to a TD, all because of the refs. Just disgusting. pic.twitter.com/K2ho1fBFEy

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) October 15, 2019

Interestingly enough, Flowers had played 239 quarters of football without a hands to the face penalty. Makes you wonder! There was also an unnecessary roughness call against Tracy Walker on a play where he was trying to play the ball but hit Geronimo Allison with his helmet.

Here’s the explanation on both of those situations:

Here are the pool report quotes from referee Clete Blakeman on the penalties called against #Lions Tracy Walker and Trey Flowers. #DETvsGB pic.twitter.com/llfwRpI39i

— Michael Stets (@Michael_Stets) October 15, 2019

Pretty bad. Outside of the Eagles this season, I’ve found the NFL somewhat difficult to watch. Surely I’m not the only person feeling this way.