In the locker room: Lions CB says the refs were on the Seahawks' side

DETROIT – The Lions defeated the Seattle Seahawks 42-29 despite being turned away 12 times.

Carlton Davis, the most warned man in professional football this weekend, wasn't happy about all the laundry on the field.

The cornerback was penalized four times Monday night, including three times for defensive pass interference. Two of the flags appeared to be ticky-tock against DK Metcalf, one of which led directly to a touchdown. Davis had Metcalf under control, but the contact appeared to be accidental and had no impact on the game.

Davis was outraged by the penalty and lashed out at the referees before being restrained by captain Alex Anzalone. After the game, he remained hot in the locker room.

“Honestly, bro, I can’t say what I want to say, but honestly today I just feel like they were on the Seahawks’ side,” Davis said. “I don't know what I did. Maybe I should take her to dinner or something? I don't know. Do you follow them on Instagram? I don't know, but today wasn't my day. They just called private investigators who I can't even reach. It was just touch-touch-bang-bang stuff. Which is football. Which is fighting. And DK is a physical receiver. That's what's going to happen when you get a physical corner and a physical receiver. You have to let us play along. This is it.”

Davis was also flagged for a crucial defensive holding penalty that negated a third-down stop, but also had one of the best plays of the game, recovering a fumble forced by Jack Campbell and returning it 49 yards to the red zone. Three plays later, Jahmyr Gibbs raced into the red zone and extended Detroit's lead to 14-0.

But that didn't make him any better when it came to flags.

“I lost it, I did,” Davis said. “But it was right to be that way because I can’t control it. It's an emotional game and there's a lot at stake. They push down the field, and these PIs keep them in the game by extending those advances. That's where the passion comes from. Come on, man, let’s play along, and if they can’t open up, then it is what it is.”

For more from the locker room, see below:

Lions HC Dan Campbell on the penalties: “12 is a lot. We had quite a few. Listen, I have to watch the tape, but I can tell you almost every one of them that I saw – like Carlton (Davis III). Carlton fights. He's a good receiver and this guy is a physical receiver and we had to be physical and Carlton was physical. And we played ball. I won't let that discourage me. It's just not me. So there are things that we need to clean up, we can't have that many, but by the same token, we're going to figure out what that is and we're going to keep working one-on-one, we're going to keep working on our craft And no, we can not survive twelve penalties every game. But I know we had to be physical and we will get through this and focus on that.”

Campbell on Jared Goff's perfect day: “Yeah, well, I just gave the cue ball to someone else, so I feel terrible right now. Well, I knew he played a great game. I didn't know he was perfect. Little did I know that he was literally 18-for-18. But I knew he played really well – you could feel it – and he really found his rhythm early and I thought he was seeing the field, playing with rhythm, he had to move around in the pocket a little bit. I thought what really got him going was he had to kind of move into the pocket, get spun around, hook up with Jamo (Williams) and hit him on the hook for the first down. It was big because he rolled after it. But only a series of big throws that we played with confidence got us on the right move. It was a hell of a difficult catch in the redzone, a good throw from Saint, that worked. I just thought it was excellent, and Ben Johnson deserves my thanks too, he played a hell of a game, it was a good game plan, and everyone on offense really performed well today and found a rhythm.”

Goff, if he ever had a day like that: “Never. Never. I don't think I ever did it. I knew I did it last week in the first half, so I was aware of it then, and I was kind of aware of it today too – middle of the third quarter I thought, I couldn't think of anything. But then I threw the one out of bounds that ended up being an offensive pass interference and I was like, “Does that count?” I didn't know if that counted or not Yes, I didn’t.”

Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown on Williams' celebration: “I told him the next time you celebrate – he wants to end all 30 of his celebrations after a touchdown. “Bro, you're going to score again. The next touchdown, you'll score the next one.” He said, “Bro, I know, I know. 'I've got so much stuff on my mind.' I'm like, “Bro, I already know that.” That's Jamo, man. We told him, all the teammates, me, D. Mo (Montgomery), we're in the huddle, saying, 'If you do that again and leave us hanging and we're running around, bro, that's a fine.' “

Williams on his celebration: “That was for Calvin. He used to do that too. He was honored tonight, so I did this for him. And some people in the facility who thought I couldn't do the dunk.

Seahawks HC Mike MacDonald on the loss: “It just shows us that we are not the team we need to be at this point. It just wasn't good enough. They did what they did to win the game. They did a great job, they had a great plan and we failed. So how can we now move forward as a football team and take the next step? We have a short week ahead of us and there is urgency. I mean, there’s always urgency, but we need to get to work here in the next few days and get this sorted.”

MacDonald on all of Detroit's great plays: “The long hit against (Jameson Williams) was a good job by them, but it was a massive blowout for us that we had nothing to do with. “So we have to look inward. When we encounter adversity, we must not point fingers or blame ourselves. It's just, “Hey, what's my responsibility?” Where did I fall short?” And that’s how you grow as a team. So that’s what we have to do.”

Seahawks QB Geno Smith, at Ford Field: “It wasn’t that hostile. We were out there doing our thing, as you can see. But hats off to the Lions, they beat us today.”

Campbell on Brian Branch's illness: “No, he passed the protocol, he was sick and so we don't know what that is and it's not worth it. I don’t know what it is, I know he’s sick so that’s it.”

Campbell, at the time of the bye week: “Yeah, I think it was good. When you see it, you don't often feel that way at first. They'd rather have it at the end of October or November, but – it's us, we're a bit confused. We play a pretty physical brand of football, we've played some physical opponents in the first four weeks and so I think it's coming at a good time. And it's good to get the three. It's good to make it 3-1 with this bye. We rest, we heal, we freshen up and then we make a big push.”

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