On Sunday night, the Detroit Lions tried to finish off their opening drive against the Kansas City Chiefs with a trick play. David Montgomery took a direct snap, threw it over to quarterback Jared Goff, who stumbled his way into the end zone for a 1-yard touchdown. After nearly two minutes of conferring, though, the officials determined Goff had committed an illegal motion on the play.

You can see the full explanation of the call here, but the short story is that Goff had established himself as an under-center quarterback when he stopped right behind center Graham Glasgow and even touched him on the backside. While he is then allowed to go in motion, he must stop for at least a second before the ball is snapped. That did not happen.

Lions coach Dan Campbell was clearly too frustrated to

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