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NFL Fans Crushed Refs After Brutal Roughing the Passer Call in Lions-Vikings Game

By Daniel Chavkin Every week there appears to be a controversial roughing the passer call in the NFL, and that was no different in Week 16. This week, that penalty occurred in the Minnesota Vikings-Detroit Lions game, as the referees called another questionable penalty. Vikings linebacker Pat Jones II was rushing to get to Lions quarterback Jared Goff, but made contact with Goff after the quarterback had gotten rid of the ball. While it seemed like Jones didn’t hit Goff too late or egregiously, the referees still penalized him for roughing the passer, much to the disdain of the Vikings team. N…