'Almost got decapitated': Referee misses 'brutal' moment
Chicago Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky was clobbered in a sickening helmet collision during the clash against the Lions.
Bears quarterback Trubisky, who’s been heavily criticized this season, was 4-for-5 for 81 yards on the nine-play, 90-yard game-winning touchdown drive, capped by a 3-yard score to David Montgomery.
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But fans fumed when Trubisky was belted and fell down from a sickening hit.
Trubisky launched the ball and couldn’t brace for the impact as the defender slammed into him.
There was no flag on the defender following the sickening collision.
Social media erupted with the no call.
Mitch Trubisky takes an ugly shot to the head. No flag on the play #CHIvsDET pic.twitter.com/vcXBrWYjsZ
— Kevin Boilard (@247KevinBoilard) November 28, 2019
The #NFL is a joke right now #Trubisky almost got decapitated no call but #Lions QB gets pushed and flags all over the field.#CHIvsDET
— j.carlos30 (@jcarlos__30) November 28, 2019
The refs missed this hit to the head of Mitch Trubisky.pic.twitter.com/VP1U8MESO0
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) November 28, 2019
The Chicago Bears beat the Detroit Lions on Thursday, 24-20, the second straight Thanksgiving that the Bears have beaten their NFC North rival in the annual holiday game.
David Blough, the Lions’ undrafted rookie pressed into service after Jeff Driskel and his injured hamstring weren’t able to go, made a strong go of it on Detroit’s last possession, with a drive that began on their own 17 with 2:12 to play and two timeouts plus the two-minute warning.
With 1:33 left, Blough found Kenny Golladay over the middle on third-and-11 for a 20-yard gain, extending Detroit’s hopes. Golladay had a career day, with four catches for 158 yards and a 75-yard first-quarter touchdown.
A pass for T.J. Hockenson initially looked like an interception by Chicago linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski, but was called an incomplete pass.
The Lions got a big assist a few plays later, when the Bears’ Roquan Smith was flagged for unnecessary roughness when he tackled Ty Johnson out of bounds; Johnson had already picked up seven yards on second-and-5, so Detroit got 22 yards on the play, lining up with a new set of downs at the Chicago 27 with 51 seconds left.
But on third down Smith made amends in a big way, bursting through the middle to drop Blough for a sack, his second of the day. It was a 14-yard loss.
Blough’s fourth down heave, intended for Golladay, was intercepted by Eddie Jackson.
The Lions are now 3-8-1 and haven’t won on Thanksgiving since 2016.