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Outfront Media via ESPN.com No lawsuits have been filed (yet), but advertisements have been purchased. Via ESPN.com, billboards have popped up in the Detroit area showing a referee wearing a cheesehead hat and jamming a fist into his chin. The billboards, which protest a pair of illegal hands...

Getty Images Officiating has been the talk of the NFL after Monday night’s game between the Lions and Packers was impacted by a couple of controversial penalties called on Lions defensive lineman Trey Flowers. That comes on the heels of many weeks of discussion about pass interference replay...

Getty Images The Lions were incensed by a pair of penalties on defensive lineman Trey Flowers for illegal hands to the face late in Monday night’s loss to the Packers and a high-ranking NFL executive agrees that they were right to be furious about one of them. NFL vice president of operations...

Getty Images Lions coach Matt Patricia said Tuesday afternoon he had not talked to the league or seen Troy Vincent’s admission that NFL officials erred Monday night. Instead, Patricia said he was onto Minnesota. “For me, obviously there was some calls in the game that everyone’s focused on...

Getty Images In the pool report generated after Monday’s Lions-Packers game, referee Clete Blakeman said that the controvesial illegal hands to the face fouls imposed against the Lions were called by umpire Jeff Rice. That admission caught the attention of some league insiders. Prior to 2017...

Getty Images One can only imagine what was going through umpire Jeff Rice’s head when he made a pair of phantom calls which decided Monday’s game. But it’s possible that Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari‘s words were still ringing in his ears. Via Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press-Gazette...

Getty Images His numbers aren’t off the charts; if anything, they’re in the middle of the pack, or worse. And if you watched Monday night’s game, you’ll understand why. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers doesn’t exactly have a lot of help, especially with Davante Adams out. Aaron Jones dropped...

Getty Images Officiating is in the spotlight after Monday night’s 23-22 Packers win because of the impact that a pair of illegal hands to the face calls on Lions defensive lineman Trey Flowers had on Green Bay’s fourth quarter comeback. The Packers were down 22-13 with 12 minutes to play in...

Getty Images Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers wasn’t shedding any tears for the Lions after Monday night’s game. The Lions were victimized by the officials repeatedly — two phantom illegal hands to the face penalties on Detroit’s Trey Flowers, an uncalled pass interference and a flag for a...

Getty Images It’s been overlooked in the slew of criticism the officials have received for other blown calls, but a key penalty that was called on the Lions early in Monday night’s game was later not called on the Packers. With the Lions leading 13-0 in the second quarter, the Packers faced...

Getty Images When it comes to mistakes routinely made by game officials, the NFL is less transparent than construction paper. Fearful of the potential negative impact of admitting what is often obvious, the NFL unreasonably protects officials by never acknowledging their blunders publicly...

Getty Images The head referee is available to a lone pool reporter after each NFL game if there are questions about the application of the rules in a given contest. Well, there were questions Monday night in Green Bay. Via the pool report with head referee following Monday night’s game...

The Lions had plenty of opportunities to win Monday night’s game, but they had too many potential touchdowns become field goals. Still, it was a pair of phantom penalties on Detroit defensive lineman Trey Flowers that helped the Packers eliminate a 10-point deficit. The first, an illegal hands...

Getty Images The Green Bay Packers turned the ball over three times, fell behind 13-0 and still ended up with a victory over the Detroit Lions with the aid of some highly questionable penalty calls Monday night. A pair of seemingly errant illegal hands to the face penalties against Lions...

Getty Images The Lions have a 13-10 halftime lead over the Packers. Green Bay is fortunate it’s not worse. Detroit is kicking itself it’s not more. The Lions have 236 yards, including 219 passing yards from Matthew Stafford and 105 receiving yards from Kenny Golladay. Detroit’s first three...

Getty Images Already without Davante Adams, the Green Bay Packers lost another of their top receivers early in the third quarter of Monday night’s game against the Detroit Lions. Geronimo Allison was knocked out of the game after a violent collision with Lions cornerback Tracy Walker on the...

Getty Images The Packers promoted tight end Evan Baylis from the practice squad in advance of tonight’s game against the Lions. They cut cornerback Tremon Smith in a corresponding move, the team announced. Baylis has spent time on the Packers’ practice squad and active roster since the final...

Getty Images The Lions ruled out one defensive lineman for Monday night’s game against the Packers and they listed two others as questionable, so it’s not a great surprise that they moved to add a healthy player to the mix ahead of kickoff. The team announced that they have signed defensive...

Getty Images The Lions will have rookie tight end T.J. Hockenson available tonight against the Packers. According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Hockenson cleared the concussion protocol, and was removed from the team’s injury report. He suffered the brain injury in Week Four, and...

Getty Images More than two weeks after Packers receiver Davante Adams suffered a toe injury late in a prime-time loss to the Eagles, Adams still isn’t ready to go. The Packers have announced that Adams is out for Monday night’s game against the Lions. Green Bay managed to win last Sunday...