It was absurd. How is he supposed to sack the QB if he doesn’t bring him down while the QB has the ball? That the QB was able to throw it away as he was being brought down doesn’t make this ‘roughing the passer’.
I’m a Lions fan...still annoyed about the ‘running into the kicker’ call against the Rams during their game with the Seahawks...when it was ‘pushed into the kicker’ which doesn’t count. Seahawks get the ball back and score, Rams would probably have ran the clock too far otherwise (Seahawks loss = Lions in playoff after beating Green Bay). That said, we should have won more games earlier in the season...but still, annoying.
At least the Giants still won.
I finally completed the process of emotionally liberating myself from sports a couple years ago, football was the hardest. I did watch some games yesterday and watching the calls...man, glad I see it just as entertainment now.
No they shouldn't have, they're the Lions......
Over the past 31 years, the lions have made the first round playoffs only 9 times and their only win was 1991. And their prior appearance was in 1983 which they lost also.
As long as the Fords are happy with ticket sales, the lions will always be losers......
And not too much later in the game, similar sack attempt and NO "roughing the passer" call against Cousins.
Roughing the passer is way too subjective and that's the kind of call that should be overturned by the "quick instant replay" or whatever it's called.
Just glad it didn't change the outcome of the game, seeing it was apparently a hometown ref that made that call 'n all that.