Detroit — The Green Bay Packers benefited from a major controversy that ensued at the end of the first half of Thursday's game with the Detroit Lions at Ford Field.

With 2:16 left in the second quarter and the Packers facing fourth-and-1 from the 2-yard line of Detroit, Packers offensive lineman Anthony Belton was flagged for a false start that would've either encouraged the Packers to kick a field goal or made the fourth-down conversion a lot more difficult.

After officials convened, they announced that Packers coach Matt LaFleur had actually called a timeout before the penalty occurred.

But that's not what the replay showed.

In a view that shows the offensive line and sideline, LaFleur clearly did not begin signaling for a timeout until after Belton moved early. Fox rules analyst

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