Following Green Bay's 31-24 win over the Detroit Lions on Thursday, Nov. 27, Packers coach Matt LaFleur was asked whether the referees were right granting his team a timeout late in the second quarter, negating a false start penalty that would have turned a critical fourth-and-1 into a fourth-and-6.
"Of course they got it right," LaFleur said.
And then he winked.
It may not have been the most critical play at Ford Field on Thursday. But it was the play that drew the most controversy, both online and on the field.
Up 10-7 with 2:16 left in the first half, the Packers had the ball on Detroit's 2-yard line down to a fourth-and-1. It then appeared that Green Bay right tackle Anthony Belton moved backward before the snap, drawing a flag and a presumed false start penalty that would ha

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