The Detroit Lions lost in brutal fashion. Two phantom hands to the face calls on defensive end Trey Flowers allowed the Green Bay Packers to drive down the field and erase a late nine-point lead and win 23-22. A missed defensive pass interference call late also cost Detroit the opportunity to pad their lead a bit.
While the refereeing is the big story here—and deservedly so—we are gonna work around that here, and focus on some other takeaways from the teams devastating loss:
The offense must be able to convert opportunities
The Lions defense is good.