GREEN BAY — Most of the football world was still talking Tuesday about the officiating during the Green Bay Packers’ 23-22 “Monday Night Football” victory over the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field. The first of Flowers’ hands-to-the-face flags came on third-and-10 from the Lions’ 45-yard line with 10 minutes, 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was sacked on the play for an 11-yard loss, which would have pushed the Packers out of field goal range and forced them to punt. Three plays later, Rodgers threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Allen Lazard to pull the Packers to within 22-20 with 9:03 to play. After the game, when Rodgers was asked by reporters what he thought about the officiating, he smiled.

Source: Daily Sun October 16, 2019 00:38 UTC