You realize that's a horrible excuse, right? These refs are paid hundreds of thousands every year to have a little better understanding of the game than some of the 70 IQ players. Yet, all through every single season, you see these refs cheating getting confused doing their job. And no one can complain that they do a shit job because why? Your excuse is that refs, who were told before the game that players would be subbed and were given that exact play, were confused when players came up to them before the play and said they were subbing? Hell, they even have really large numbers on their jerseys to keep these refs from being too confused with the hard trig problem of player subbing. Uhh, which number was it again? Sounds ultra intelligent of them.
Blatant Ref Ball and the biggest reason this game has went to shit. I doubt any Detroit players have the balls to complain about the robbery, but they got robbed.