Allen Park – The official who flagged Devin Taylor for a facemask penalty last season, leading to the Green Bay Packers’ improbable Hail Mary victory at Ford Field, is still convinced he made the right call.
Not only that, he believes Taylor committed two infractions on the play.
“I think it was an illegal tackle,” official Carl Cheffers said Friday, following a video presentation on the NFL’s rule changes and points of emphasis for 2016. “Horse-collar, facemask, I think it was an illegal tackle. I’m very comfortable with it.”
On what should have been the final play of the game, with the Lions holding a two-point advantage, Taylor got his hand up near the helmet of quarterback Aaron Rodgers with the defensive end’s thumb allegedly hooking the bottom bar of the face mask.