Packers S Xavier McKinney: I see what’s going on with officiating and it’s killing us
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur got heated with officials several times during Sunday’s 20-17 loss to the Lions, but he didn’t want to make them the focus of his postgame comments.
LaFleur said there were “some tough calls,” but that his team needed to rise above them. Among those tough calls were two roughing the passer penalties and an unnecessary roughness call on defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt for a hit that came without a clear whistle to stop play as Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown got up to continue running.
While LaFleur didn’t want to unload on the officials,