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One of the Detroit Lions’ offensive linemen involved in the controversial penalty that negated the team’s go-ahead 2-point conversion against the Dallas Cowboys over the weekend spoke out about the interaction he had with referee Brad Allen.
During the game, Dan Skipper and Penei Sewell were seen talking to Allen when Taylor Decker approached to report as an eligible receiver.
But as Decker approached Allen to report, Allen ran to the defense to let them know who was reporting as eligible. Allen said it was Skipper, and when Decker caught the pass in the end zone, a penalty was call
On Wednesday, Skipper said he wasn’t reporting as eligible.
“So, personnel, you signal in,” he told reporters, via the Detroit Free Press. “I wasn’t like this (wiping my numbers). I was not doing that.
I was doing this (holding one arm up and another by my stomach, with two fingers out), signaling 12 jumbo. Everyone who’s played at this level, I’m sure all you guys know that you signal in personnel.”
You can watch it all year,” he added. “You can watch the first quarter, play four, and granted I only did it once during the game this week, so the multiple times throughout the game, also not true, but we’ll leave that there. But when you walk up you say, ‘Sir, I am reporting as eligible.’”
