Suck One, NFL

I understand if a defender initiates contact and is not playing the ball, it is defensive pass interference, but based upon this logic, if a defender is looking at the receiver running down the field and the receiver knocks the defender down, then it is not offensive pass interference. Trying to say that Brown was just as guilty is crazy, as Winslow was grabbing CC the whole way and then at the last moment pushed off.

Either way, you can consider it payback for the CJ “no catch” or the many other calls that have screwed the Lions. The only difference, we don’t get apologies, we get fines. Just as everyone said when the Lion’s have been the victims, you can’t allow one bad call to determine the game. If it had been a touchdown, who’s to say the Lions don’t utilize the extra time on the clock to score a game tying touchdown and still win in overtime.

Bucs lost, Lions won, NFL can eat shit.

I don;t care what they say now…it WAS offensive pass interference.

Oh well… If the NFL wants to cherry pick giving apologizes, that’s their business. In the end we got what mattered. Sure I feel for the Bucs for having a “questionable” call effect their game but god knows how many times we’ve said the same stuff about games the Lions were in.

Funny thing was I was reading a Bucs blog about how CC was touching Kellen “4 yards deep” in the end zone and made some irrational claim that was illegal contact. We’d probably still be playing the game if they called illegal contact like that. And I know “Revis Island” would be a lot more plane accessible if they would.

Fuck you NFL

They don’t make the team or the fans on the short end of the stick feel any better, they make the refs look and feel worse than they already do, and they cheapen the victory of the other team [assuming the mistake cost them a game]. And in this case they are flat out wrong. It was a close judgment call made without the benefit of instant replay from five angles.

How about doing something to improve the quality of the refs and the game overall and STFU?

it happens. At least the call went our way for once. I thought it was a pretty spectacular catch. I’ll take what I can get though.

im glad we finally had a call go our way. I wonder how the bears felt when refs were telling Calvin that his catch was a TD all year. We didnt get a written aplogy when Suh hit Cutler in the shoulder pads. If the Bucs fans complain all we can say is that is the NFL they cant be perfect. I know we got away with one I just hate how they got a written apology for it.

The TB D still gave up a drive to a 3rd string QB that set up the tiing FG and lost in OT, and as Lions fans we know how that feels to get a call against you late in a game, then lose.

and PI calls are one of the hardst to judge

to me, at least, that the refs and NFL have been targeting us ever since the Suh horse collar incident week one. It’s some bullshit, but sadly there ain’t much we can do about it. Having Jets players come out and tell news reporters that we’re “dirty” like a bunch of pussies doesn’t help our situation either.

I apologize to the Detroit Lions for the dumb calls and/or penalties on pass plays in general and Ndamukong Suh in particular. We will fire all refs and send them to the Middle East next year as UN peace-keeping observers.

DISCLAIMER: Just said that for fun. Actually, I agree with Waitingfortheroar above. We DO need to learn how to win. Griping is old-school and by midway through next season will be history for Lions fans everywhere. KEEP THE STREAK ALIVE !