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Ex-Detroit Lions QB Dan Orlovsky rips NFL for its officiating 'epidemic'

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Packers 23, Lions 22: Who’s to blame for excruciating loss? What's next? Recorded Oct. 14, 2019 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. Dave Birkett and Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press

It seemed like everybody had something to say after the Detroit Lions' controversial 23-22 loss to the Green Bay Packers.

But Dan Orlovsky had some of the most pointed comments of the past 24 hours.

The former Lions quarterback ripped the NFL on ESPN's "Get Up!" morning show for what he called an "epidemic" in officiating and called for the league's owners to stand up for fixing it.