Barry Sanders rarely complains about anything but that was not the case following Monday’s game between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers.
When all was said and done, the Packers escaped with a 23-22 win to remain in first place in the NFC North.
But those who watched the game now the refs helped the Packers quite a bit along the way, including a couple of phantom hands to the face calls late in the fourth quarter.
One person who noticed the terrible officiating is former Lions great, Barry Sanders.
Sanders took to Twitter to voice (tweet) his frustrations.
I know that no one on the @lions can say it, so I will… that is a terrible missed call, on hands to the face and bad break for our D that is playing so hard. #replayhelpneeded
— Barry Sanders (@BarrySanders) October 15, 2019
That is sickening… the @NFL needs to look at a way to prevent that from happening. Two phantom hands to the face calls really hurts us tonight. Yes, we could have scored TDs, but @Lions played too well to have the game end this way. #DETvsGB @espn
— Barry Sanders (@BarrySanders) October 15, 2019
Not saying that we would not have been able to overcome those calls if we had converted TDs in the red zone, but man they hurt
— Barry Sanders (@BarrySanders) October 15, 2019
Ladies and gentlemen, the GOAT has spoken!
