Bills and Lions face few flags during Turkey Tilt

The Buffalo Bills continue our new favorite Thanksgiving Day tradition — winning football games. Their 28-25 win over the Detroit Lions may have been a closer game than we preferred, but on a day focused on consumption, what’s the problem with a little nail-biting? But of course, we’re here to talk penalties. Were you a bit bothered by the officiating, like I was? Interestingly, the game had relatively few flags. It was more about the ones not called than controversy with the laundry that did hit the turf.

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It was definitely “advantage: Lions” on the flags thrown and assessed, but both teams were below the league average. At one point I was unsure if…