The Detroit Lions went into Arizona yesterday against a tough, defensive team who holds the best record in the NFC at 8-1 (now 9-1) and were projected to loss that game. I am okay with the fact the Lions lost being in hostile territory. NOW, all that aside, what upsets me is how the referees put this game into there own hands in three separate occassions which were all HUGE calls.
1) Ebron spot that was marked a yard and a half shy of where he went out of bounds on 3rd down forcing us to punt instead of having first down in the red zone
2) Larry fitzgerald spot that would have given the lions the ball back
3) WORST of all the ball being marked down at the one yard line on the Arizona punt where Jeremy Ross ran it back to mid field. (SEE SI's CHRIS BURKE'S ARTICLE)
1) Ebron spot that was marked a yard and a half shy of where he went out of bounds on 3rd down forcing us to punt instead of having first down in the red zone
2) Larry fitzgerald spot that would have given the lions the ball back
3) WORST of all the ball being marked down at the one yard line on the Arizona punt where Jeremy Ross ran it back to mid field. (SEE SI's CHRIS BURKE'S ARTICLE)
Chris Burke wrote: "That's really where this game was won and lost anyway"
The referees clearly making bad decisions yesterday and at times were atrocious calls at the least. The outcome of this game whether the Lions won or lost would have been different had these refs made the right call. NFL needs to look closely at these plays ASAP
