It would be easy to put the entire blame for this loss on the officials, but that doesn't feel like the correct thing to do.

Sure, the Green Bay Packers had one, two, or 10 questionable calls go against them, but they still had plenty of chances to secure a win in Detroit.

Kudos to the Lions; they held their own and put together a game-winning drive, but at the end of the day this is a loss that's going to sit with the Packers for a long, long time, and that's a problem as they only have a short week to prepare for the Carolina Panthers.

The Packers' first drive of the game included a ballsy fourth-down call by Matt LaFleur, but it was for nothing as Trey Smack would miss a 26-yard field goal.

Green Bay took a delay, which turned it from a 21-yard attempt to a 26-yard attempt, and somehow he missed it.

If that's not enough, the Lions nearly handed the Packers the game in the fourth quarter, but Smack whiffed on a 35-yard field goal.

That one was partially blocked, so while it's not entirely Smack's fault, it's much easier to put the blame on the kicker who has more misses from inside the 35-yard line than the rest of the league combined.

Sometimes it feels like this team would be in a better shape if Love could be the QB1, RB1, and WR1.

Matthew Golden had a drop in this one, but the biggest drop of the game led to Smack's missed attempt from 35 yards.

Returning running back Josh Jacobs had the ball in his hands in the end zone, but somehow he dropped it.

Even with Jacobs back, Green Bay finished with only 60 rushing yards in a game where Love had to throw the ball 45 times.

Brian Branch went head-hunting on Tucker Kraft, but it wasn't called, only for a few questionable, at best, roughing the passer penalties to be called against the Packers.

Love was flagged for intentional grounding when Kraft was right in front of him, and somehow that wasn't even the worst call of the game.

This NFC North showdown featured a referee throwing a flag on the Packers while he was on his own back because he intervened in a play that was never blown dead.

Detroit was handed free yardage time and time again, and there truly are no words to describe how poorly officiated this game was.