Officials bad call helps Seahawks beat Lions

Monday Night Football, from the fail mary to the batted ball.

Instead, Wright did as he’s been instructed, to make sure the ball didn’t end up back in the hands of the Lions. The ball bounded into the end zone, and Seattle linebacker K.J. Wright batted the ball out of bounds for a touchback.

13 to 10 win over the Detroit Lions (0-4) in front of 69,005 fans Monday night at Century Link Field was one of the most weird games seen in a long time by the home fans and the National television audience. Even if Maragos didn’t know he was doing something smart, the incident made the Seahawks aware of the illegal bat rule. “Don’t know how anybody would have known that one”. “If they did, they did”. But for other penalties like pass interference, the rulebook tells officials to throw a flag if the defender “significantly hinders” the receiver’s progress. Except for one thing: It wasn’t. “The back judge was on the play and, in his judgment, he didn’t feel it was an overt act”.

“They say the truth sets you free, and that is the only thing I know how to do”, said Wright on Wednesday from the locker room at the Seahawks’ training facility. “We can’t be hanging on something that happened a night ago that we can do nothing about”. The NFL and Dean Blandino have since admitted that the wrong call was made and it should have been Lions football.

Lions players were not available to reporters Tuesday. Carroll said Jackson actually is moving around pretty well and wouldn’t rule him out from being able to play this week. “If there’s an opportunity to get it right, you should take the opportunity”.

“At the end of the day I have to hang onto the ball”, Johnson said.

This week, Seattle only allowed ten points on 256 yards of total offense against the Lions. The Seahawks hope Lynch will beavailable to play against the Bengals. He returned it 16 yards to the 36 yard line, which led to a Seahawks’ field goal.

“I don’t want our guys talking about it because it’s over and done with, just in terms of the play“.

“We’re one of the best defenses to ever play the game”, Seattle defensive end Michael Bennett said. “Looking at the replays, it did look like a bat”.

With Detroit on the verge of capping a 91-yard drive with the go-ahead touchdown with less than two minutes remaining, Chancellor came from the side and punched the ball from Johnson’s arm as the receiver was being tackled by Earl Thomas. “That’s a very unique situation”, Carroll said.

“They’ve got to be held accountable, just as players are in terms of equipment violations, whatever it may be”, Lions safety James Ihedigbo said of the officials.

If we can’t count on the letter of the rule, what can we count on? “It’s a foul. We have to make that call”.