The second penalty hands to the face penalty, which was called on Trey Flowers in Green Bay’s winning drive Monday against the Detroit Lions, was incorrect. So says, Troy Vincent, the NFL VP of Operations.
“There was one that was clear that we support,” Vincent said at league meetings in Florida. “And there was the other, when you look at it, when you review the play, not something that you want to see called in particular on the pass rush. One that you can support but the other one, clearly after you review it, you’ve seen some slo-mos, the foul wasn’t there.”
Vincent added he would reach out to Lions owner Martha Ford and General Manager Bob Quinn to relay that message.
The Detroit Free Press added an interesting element to the situation, which saw Flowers flagged twice for hands to the face:
“I went over to the ref,” Packers lineman David Bakhtiari recalled in a corner of the Packers locker room, before slipping out into the night after his team’s 23-22 comeback win Monday, “I said, ‘Hey, are we not calling hands to the face again? Because the past three plays, I’ve been staring at the sky.’ And he’s like, you know, he’s not looking at my side, but I at least made him aware.
“I can definitely tell you for a good portion of the game, I was getting my throat punched in, and I was looking up at the sky a fair amount. If you think about it, if your hand is in my throat, you’re probably hitting my facemask, which is pushing my head up in the sky.”
