Lions head coach Dan Campbell threw his challenge flag twice on Monday night. Both times, the replay showed he was wrong about the issue that made him challenge. But he won one of the challenges anyway.
Campbell confirmed that when Buccaneers tight end Cade Otton was initially ruled to have picked up a first down on a fourth-and-4 catch, Campbell threw the challenge flag because he didn’t think Otton made the catch. Replays showed Otton did make the catch, and initially the referee announced that the Lions had lost the challenge. But replays also showed Otton was down short of the line to gain for the first down, and after further discussion the ref announced that the Lions would win the challenge for that reason — which was not the reason Campbell had challenged.
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