There was. I went back and looked at it several times. There is a point where you can see the tip of the ball break the plane. It was a good call. Although I haven't rewatched the whole game, there are at least 6 blown calls in the game. Several of them appear to have had an effect on the score. One way to prevent that from happening is to score enough points so that the ref's calls don't make a difference in the outcome of the game. Remember, it's only 6-8 plays that determine the outcome of any game. What you don't want is the refs to be determing those plays.
It's not though, he's made some catches and he's had his share of drops in his short career. Even when he catches it, watch the good pass catchers, they usually always put the ball away quickly, no bobbles unless someone has a hand in there shifting the ball around, but they still get it. Jones has never caught like that, there is usually always ball movement, even on the free catches. And he hasn't lost a ton of fumbles in his career, but that ball gets moved in his arms or gets knocked out and recovered more than fans realize. His ball security is like his running style, always on the edge of control it seems.
I supported MM up until the bitter end. But I think it is naive to even question if we win that game with him. Offensively, we would not have even been in that game. This is not a knock at MM, its a bode to what MLF and his staff has been able to do. The offense is not pretty, but six weeks into an entirely new playbook, with new plays being added each week is something Packers fans should rightfully be excited about. We watched the same offense for a decade, which was fun in 2009-2013, but got very old and predictable. I do not think I saw more than 2 new plays added to the system in the years between 2013-2018 and one of them was a hail mary.
We gave Detroit every opportunity to absolutely bury us and all they could do is kick 50 yarders. for as disappointed as I am in that performance, it's also encouraging because everything that went wrong, they rose up to limit points and the offense made it work when they were short handed by a lot. It was a big win, with lots of learning moments again. Never complain about winning those.
