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Barry Sanders still fumes at Detroit Lions' Week 6 loss to Packers: 'I felt robbed'

Detroit Lions legend Barry Sanders speaks to the media at Radio Row for Super Bowl 54 in Miami on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Detroit Free Press

The first penalty flag was one thing. The second? Now that nearly sent Barry Sanders off the edge.

Sanders, the Hall of Fame running back, was like a lot of people who couldn’t believe what he was seeing when the Detroit Lions lost to the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football in Week 6.

The Lions led most of the game, until two questionable penalties on Trey Flowers elongated fourth-quarter Packers scoring drives.