MLFootball@MLFootball · Oct 21, 2025🚨🚨🚨THREAD…🧵🧵🧵 THE #LIONS BEAT THE #BUCS TONIGHT IN ONE OF THE WORST OFFICIATED GAMES EVER IN THE #NFL… The refs…
Summary
A thread criticizing the officiating in an NFL game between the Lions and Buccaneers, arguing that referees made multiple controversial calls and non-calls that favored Detroit, including a disputed fumble ruling, missed penalties, and inconsistent application of rules that affected the game's outcome.
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2: THE #LIONS CLEARLY TRIPPED #BUCS QUARTERBACK BAKER MAYFIELD AND THE REFS DID NOT CALL IT.
MLFootball@MLFootball · Oct 21, 2025🚨REFS MISS AGAIN🚨 THE #LIONS CLEARLY TRIPPED #BUCS QUARTERBACK BAKER MAYFIELD AND THE REFS DID NOT CALL IT. Tampa Bay gets screwed out of a 15 yard penalty and a chance to score a touchdown and stay in this game. Refs have favored Detroit all night.
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3: BY RULE THIS WAS A FUMBLE & FIRST DOWN FOR TAMPA… THE RULE OF MAINTAINING POSSESSION THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HITTING THE GROUND:
MLFootball@MLFootball · Oct 21, 2025🚨REFS GOT IT WRONG🚨 THE #BUCS GOT SCREWED. BY RULE THIS IS A FUMBLE & FIRST DOWN FOR TAMPA. THE RULE OF MAINTAINING POSSESSION THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HITTING TO THE GROUND SOMEHOW DISAPPEARED. They reviewed this play multiple times. Still got it wrong.
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4: After initially ruling Tampa Bay first down, the refs review the play twice, which is unheard of and then rule turnover on downs:
MLFootball@MLFootball · Oct 21, 2025REFS SCREWED THE #BUCS TWICE ON THIS PLAY. They first reviewed this play twice & somehow decided he was short. 1) THEY DID NOT USE THE VIRTUAL MEASUREMENT 2) THIS WAS A FUMBLE… THE WR DID NOT MAINTAIN POSSESSION THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HITTING THE TURF
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5: TIE GOES TO THE WIDE RECEIVER… THAT RULE SOMEHOW CHANGED TONIGHT:
MLFootball@MLFootball · Oct 21, 2025🚨🚨OH WOW🚨🚨 Tampa Bay #Buccaneers fans are ANGRY with the refs for calling this an interception for Detroit… when the rulebook states a tie goes to the WIDE RECEIVER always. 😳😳😳 Detroit has gotten multiple calls that completely changed this game.
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6: This one went in favor of Tampa Bay… the refs blew the play dead way too early:
MLFootball@MLFootball · Oct 21, 2025🚨🚨THESE REFS ARE AWFUL🚨🚨 THE REFS BLEW THE PLAY DEAD EXTREMELY EARLY WHILE TAMPA BAY RB WAS STILL MOVING… AND THE #LIONS THEN FORCED A FUMBLE. 😳 These refs have been extremely inconsistent throughout tonight‘s game. This is just another example.
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7: Detroit gets away with smacking a player on the head with no call:
MLFootball@MLFootball · Oct 21, 2025🚨🚨THIS IS DISGUSTING🚨🚨 #Lions star tackle Penei Sewell SMACKED a #Bucs pass rusher in the head and then ran away… The refs did NOT call a penalty on Sewell. This is brutal 😳😳😳
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8: A bad illegal contact play, which set up a 78 yard touchdown the very next play, changing the game:
MLFootball@MLFootball · Oct 21, 2025WOW: #Bucs fans are angry they were called for an illegal contact on this 3rd down play which game the #Lions an automatic 1st down. 😳😳😳 The very next play Detroit scores a 78 yard touchdown — instead of Tampa Bay getting the ball back. Game-changer.
