{"id":15978,"date":"2024-12-08T22:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T22:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=15978"},"modified":"2024-12-08T22:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T22:28:00","slug":"the-nfl-is-being-accused-of-covering-up-massive-penalty-mistake-that-changed-the-outcome-of-a-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=15978","title":{"rendered":"The NFL is Being Accused Of \u2018Covering Up\u2019 Massive Penalty Mistake That Changed The Outcome Of A Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday Night Football, the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/detroit-lions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit Lions<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>\u00a0had a game for the ages that would not be decided until the final minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay lost this game, but they have a legitimate gripe that they should\u2019ve come out victorious after a badly missed call.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the odds, the team gave\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/jared-goff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jared Goff<\/a>\u00a0and the Lions a run for their money until the referees at Ford Field thwarted their performance.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers lost by three points,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401671814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">34-31<\/a>, a deficit they could have closed if the refs had called the penalties on the Lions.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the most telling visuals of the game, Packers pass rusher Keisean Nixon was seen getting his collar grabbed and being blatantly pulled from behind by a Lions offensive lineman, yet no penalty was thrown.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>When the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u2019s official X account showed the play, they made sure to clip the play that only showed a touchdown pass from Jared Goff to Tim Patrick.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tim Patrick x2! The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Lions<\/a> retake the lead.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GBvsDET?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GBvsDET<\/a> on Prime Video<br \/>\nAlso streaming on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLPlus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFLPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J6zeSd6XIn\">pic.twitter.com\/J6zeSd6XIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1864880874216620339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2) Detroit offensive lineman clearly holding and horse collar a Packers pass rusher<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F4eW3Ai1aM\">pic.twitter.com\/F4eW3Ai1aM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1864893857688625217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The grab was significant because the Lions would likely have lost 10 yards, and that drive could have ended in a field goal.<\/p>\n<p>Now, fans think that the NFL purposely covered up that missed penalty that changed the outcome of the Lions-Packers game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cEven the NFL account trimmed the clip so you couldn\u2019t see the hold the refs missed. You aren\u2019t slick \ud83d\ude02,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0one fan said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-3\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cNFL trims the clip to not show the holding \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>another fan said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThey really edited the video to start it after the hold \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0one said while adding a screenshot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They really edited the video to start it after the hold \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Packers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Packers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cI0VJbRmQ8\">https:\/\/t.co\/cI0VJbRmQ8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Y9K9A1j7i\">pic.twitter.com\/7Y9K9A1j7i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Lima (@danflasf1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danflasf1\/status\/1864903589044367441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another fan called out the league over the missed called on the Lions, saying,\u00a0<strong>\u201cLol, nice job trimming the clip, but you can still see Nixon recoil from the hold.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-4\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cI see we edited the video to miss the blatant hold. NFL, you are not slick. Frauds,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>an upset fan added.<\/p>\n<p>One final fan made his opinion clear,<strong>\u00a0\u201cThe nfl trimmed the clip to not show the hold\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 the nfl is beyond rigged.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattIsSlothy\/status\/1865067224240669087<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div>\n<h2 id=\"h-detroit-lions-escaped-to-win-eleventh-game-in-a-row\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Detroit Lions Escaped To Win Eleventh Game In A Row<\/h2>\n<p>Two of the best teams in the NFC, the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions, squared off last Thursday night in a thrilling shootout.<\/p>\n<p>It did not go off without controversy, as the Lions were able to cap off a drive with a go-ahead touchdown from Jared Goff to Tim Patrick.<\/p>\n<p>A missed holding penalty changed the outcome of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The NFC-leading Detroit Lions escaped with a franchise-record 11-game winning streak and a playoff spot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; On Thursday Night Football, the\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0and\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0had a game for the ages that would not be decided until the final minutes. Green Bay lost this game, but &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15980,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15978\/revisions\/15980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}