Imagine the NFL calling from New York to take away a Lions touchdown at Arrowhead because of a procedural penalty that wasn’t seen by the referees but not calling to eject DK Metcalf FOR PUNCHING A FAN IN THE FUCKING FACE.
Stat of the year:
Lions have drawn 1 (meaningless) DPI since the start of the 2024 season. No other team has less than 9 in that span. During the same span the Lions D have been called for 25 DPI — 2nd only to Denver. -24 DPI differential is 7 more than any other team.
Makes no sense. A weird loophole example where one team just constantly is getting called for non-existent and/or soft as can be flags and then not getting the same exact calls on the other end even 5% of the time. It’s a really fucking weird one that hasn’t made sense for 2 years now.
Branch shouldn’t have done what he did but when the other team has 0 penalties on the night and can do whatever they want, it leaves it up to the players to police themselves and that never ends up good. If the refs did their job and called some of the cheap shots on the other side, the end of the game scuffle doesn’t happen.