NFL VP of Operations Troy Vincent Admits Late Call on Trey Flowers Was Botched Monday Night

If you watched the Week 6 edition of Monday Night Football, you watched NFL officials get heavily involved in the outcome, which is exactly what football fans wanted to see (rolls eyes).

During the Green Bay Packers' final drive, Detroit Lions defensive end Trey Flowers was called for an illegal hands to the face penalty on offensive tackle David Bakhtiari. The thing is, Flowers' hands were nowhere near Bakhtiari's mask. Instead, they laid on the tackle's shoulder.

As a result, Green Bay's drive was extended, leading to Mason Crosby's game-winning field goal. It's okay, Lions players and Lions fans, because NFL VP of Operations Troy Vincent said less than 24 hours after the botch that the penalty should have never been called in the first place.

NFL VP of Operations Troy Vincent says at owners meetings that the second hands to the face penalty on Lions DL Trey Flowers in last night's game against the Packers shouldn't have been called. "After you review it, the foul wasn’t there."
— Bob Glauber (@BobGlauber) October 15, 2019

The Lions may not have gotten the victory on Monday, but at least they got an apology. Yay?

Vincent is currently at the NFL owners meetings, and stated his intent to speak with Lions owner Martha Ford and general manager Bob Quinn.

While the penalty stung for the Lions, head coach Matt Patricia won't lament on it, saying he and the team will work on things in their control in order to secure wins.

Matt Patricia today:
“I think if you go through a game and you’re relying on the officials to tell you whether or not you won, I don’t really think you’re going to turn out in a favorable manner more times than not…"
— Tim Twentyman (@ttwentyman) October 15, 2019

The Detroit Lions will look to move on from the controversial ending to Monday night's game, as they face the Minnesota Vikings at home on Sunday.