Matt LaFleur’s decision cost his team a timeout -- and almost the game
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers and a good portion of the 78,317 in attendance at Lambeau Field thought that receiver Romeo Doubs had caught a 40-yard touchdown catch with 2:02 left in regulation. But the officials ruled the ball squirted out of Doubs’ hands as he hit the turf.
But the video was pretty clear that Doubs was still completing the catch. Rodgers said Patriots outside linebacker Matthew Judon told him while he was celebrating that"he dropped it.""You’ve got to survive the ground," LaFleur said."Connor Lewis is up in my ear, he’s in the box, and he said, 'Ah, I don’t think so.' He said we shouldn’t challenge it.
Losing the challenge cost LaFleur a timeout, which would have come in handy because the defense forced a punt after three plays on the ensuing series. However, the Packers had only one timeout and took it at the 1:48 mark.
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