Sept 24, 2017. Falcons vs Lions. The ten second runoff. For those that don't know, the Lions were driving for the win, when Golden Tate caught a ball from Matt Stafford and dove into the end zone for the win. The Lions assumed he was short, so Stafford had them all lined up to snap the next play, BUT all TDs are automatically reviewed. So they reviewed it and called it short. Then they invoked the 10 second runoff rule to end the game. The 10 second run off rule is to make sure the offense doesn't fake injuries or game the clock to get an extra timeout. It was never meant to cover a stoppage initiated by the referees. But fuck it, it is the Lions and no one outside Detroit would care, and it is hardly the first time referees made up rules or rule interpretations on the spot to screw over the Lions. (Calvin Johnson rule, which wasn't a rule in the NFL until two and a half years AFTER the catch/no catch).

I had to stop watching for a few weeks.