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Roger Goodell on Lions-Packers game decided by multiple blown calls: 'It’s tough'

Two days after a game between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers that was decided by multiple blown calls, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell held off on committing to any changes to the league’s officiating processes.

Speaking at the conclusion of the NFL owners’ meeting in Florida, Goodell addressed a game that was the latest in a long line of questionably officiating.

“Officiating is always a focus for us,” Goodell said Wednesday at the conclusion of a two-day NFL owners’ meeting. “I joke, but I’m not joking: I think I’m close to 40 years [in the league], and I think there’s always a two- or three-week period where there’s an intense focus on it.