The rules say that if a player comes in contact with the facemask and does not immediately release his grasp then it is a penalty. In the replay you can clearly see his hand brush across the facemask but he never grabs onto it. Bad call but is understandable due to the way his head whipped around when the Lions player grabbed onto his shoulder pad. It certainly looked like he deserved a penalty. But all teams benefit from bad calls from time to time. And the refs are under pressure to make these types of calls to reduce the injuries.
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