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'Hail Mary' ref set to work Lions-Packers again

The Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers will see a familiar face as the referee Sunday at Lambeau Field: Carl Cheffers.

Cheffers does not come without controversy in this rivalry. It was Cheffers who was the referee when the Packers and Lions last played each other -- otherwise known as the Aaron Rodgers Hail Mary game.

That game ended on the second-longest Hail Mary to end a regular-season game in NFL history, a 61-yard heave from Aaron Rodgers to Richard Rodgers on the final play to give the Packers a 27-23 win on Dec.