Eligible receiver analysis

St. Brown (top of screen) is on the LOS. He looks a little off the LOS (I thought he was at first) but I'm assuming he checked with the side judge, as all receivers do, to ensure the side judge considered him on the LOS

Absolutely hilarious bit from Brad Allen: "it was so weird! 70 reported as eligible, but lined up in the position of an ineligible players. And 68 didn't report, but lined up as an eligible receiver. Crazy! So weird that the Lions would do that. Anyway..."

thing is, Ben, if Allen tells the D that Decker is eligible they defend it differently.

@Ezdoesit27 So @Lions did such a good job in trying to fool @dallascowboys that they actually fooled the @NFLOfficiating too?

Trying to sneak it in makes no sense, the ref has to go tell the defense what number is eligible. So they are going to know who is eligible

Spend time reviewing the fake tripping call

Did no one on the entire Lions team or staff hear the ref call 70 the eligible receiver to the entire stadium??? Feel like the could’ve corrected him after he announced it to the stadium but no they went on with the play KNOWING the refs didn’t know 68 was eligible their fault

The play design was orchestrated to a tee & officials robbed them

This guy says the one dude doesn’t come “close” to the official when he jogs right toward him and the two other dudes instead of the line where he is going to play. The Lions, in a crucial moment in the season, tried chicanery instead of playing it straight and got burned.

Did u see John Parry’s, the @espn rules analyst, breakdown the call on sportscenter? It was laughable. SVP, to his credit, pushed back pretty hard. The @NFL and the owners just don’t care about poor officiating. Controversial/bad calls are basically a weekly occurrence now.