Jim Caldwell, Scott Helverson

Detroit Lions coach Jim Caldwell doesn't feel his team is officiated differently than any other team.

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ALLEN PARK -- If you watch any NFL game, the number of available camera angles and slow-motion technology truly show how many calls are blown each week. But ask many Detroit Lions fans and they'll tell you nobody is on the wrong end of bad calls more than their team.

Tight end Eric Ebron dumped gas on that fire following Detroit's 21-14 loss to the St. Louis Rams when he railed against the officials for not flagging what he believed to be pass interference in the closing minutes of the game.

"Man, we didn't get our feet tangled. He ran up behind me," Ebron said. "It is what it is. They can say we got our feet tangled. I think it was pass interference.

"If it was us versus anybody else, it would have been damn PI. Seeing as it was us, it was nothing."

Coach Jim Caldwell, who has said in the past he encourages his players to be candid and speak their mind, had nothing to say about Ebron's rant.

"I'm not going to comment on his comments," Caldwell said.

Asked if he felt there have been times he felt his team didn't get the benefit of the doubt, Caldwell's answer was short and sweet.

"No," he said.

The Lions have been on the wrong side of some unquestionably bad calls this season. Against the Rams, running back Theo Riddick was hit with a chop block, despite replays showing the defender was not engaged with another blocker when the running back went low.

Last week, the only reason the Packers had a shot at the game-winning Hail Mary was because defensive end Devin Taylor was hit with a highly questionable face mask call with no time remaining.

Of course, there was also the missed illegal bat in Seattle that should have given the ball back to Detroit in the closing minutes against the Seahawks.

"I wasn't here for the past thousands of years with this team," Ebron said. "I've been here two years, and I've seen it all (from the officials) in two years. It's just the way we're set up in Detroit, man."

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