Lions' Lawson: NFL admitted error on 66-yard pass interference call

The Detroit Lions can't have the play back, but the NFL appears to have admitted wrongdoing on the part of the officiating staff for a crucial call in Sunday's loss to the Green Bay Packers.

Cornerback Nevin Lawson told reporters Thursday that that NFL recently conceded that the record 66-yard pass interference flag he received, the longest in at least 15 years, according to ESPN, shouldn't have been thrown.

The substantial foul called against Lawson put the Packers in position for another score to go up 21-3 in the second quarter.

"It's definitely frustrating because you get that call wrong," Lawson said, according to Michael Rothstein of ESPN. "The worst part about it is that it affected that drive, and we gave up a touchdown, you know what I'm saying? So we can't get that back. So the only thing we get is an apology, so it's frustrating. But like I said, we got to continue to play and move on."

Detroit went on to stage an impressive comeback in the second half, but fell just one touchdown short in the 34-27 final.

Whether it's making such plays reviewable or assigning the spot penalty a pre-determined distance, Lawson says the NFL could stand to make some changes to its pass interference rules.

"I would love that ..." Lawson said. "For us, that would be awesome, because nine out of the 10, I feel like those calls should be reviewable because I don't really think a lot of those calls should be called. They never call receivers pushing off, and they do that 99 percent of the time. But they don't call that. So if they could review some of those things, they can see what's really going on."