PFWA Pool Reporter Ben Raven Interview with Referee Alex Moore
Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Question: Did the whistle blow before Wyatt tackled St. Brown? (Detroit 2nd-and-11, Green Bay 27, 7:46 remaining, third quarter)
Smith: “We ruled that the play was over. I can’t honestly hear if there was a whistle or not, but the tackler made the tackle, the play was over. Then, there was an additional action, and he basically tackled him again with force after the play was over.”
Question: So, it’s safe to say that the additional action is probably why he was penalized?
Moore: “It was exactly the additional action.”
Question: On the Jordan Love intentional grounding, why was Tucker Kraft not considered the intended receiver on that one? (Green Bay 1st-and-10, Green Bay 19, 15:00, fourth quarter)
Moore: “So we ruled that although the quarterback was outside of the tackle box, the pass did not make it to the line of scrimmage. So, that’s where the intentional grounding came in.”
Question: “So it doesn’t matter if Kraft was the intended receiver or not, the ball has to get to the line of scrimmage?
Moore: “Either to the line of scrimmage or into the area where he is. It just can’t be in the direction, it has to actually reach where he is if it doesn’t get to the line of scrimmage.”