"This is biggest scandal in the sport": Craig Carton rips Roger Goodell for "fixing" games to favor Chiefs as Dan Campebll confirms NFL's intervention

Radio analyst Craig Carton has blasted NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, accusing him of "rigging" games in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs.

His comments came after Lions coach Dan Campbell said on "97.1 The Ticket" that the officials got a call from the league office in New York to overturn Jared Goff's touchdown on a trick play in the first quarter.

The touchdown was taken off the board and the Lions were given a penalty for illegal motion. They ended up losing the Week 6 game at Arrowhead Stadium 30-17.

Carton accused the NFL of trying to influence the outcome of games involving the Chiefs to help them make a Super Bowl appearance.

"You are now learning that everything I've been saying about the NFL rigging games on behalf of Kansas City through the officials is happening in real time," Carton said on his show on Thursday. "The officials confirmed it to Dan Campbell. Because Dan Campbell just said on an interview on the Ticket in Detroit that when he was questioning, we just scored a touchdown, why are we being forced to wait one minute and 14 seconds to kick the extra point?

"Because the NFL in New York picked up the phone, buzzed into the officiating crew, and told them 'overturn the touchdown.' And created a penalty that was not called by any official on the field. ... This is the biggest deal of all. Because this is the NFL controlling the outcome of games to favor a team that they think they need to make it to a Super Bowl. This is everything wrong with the NFL as led by Roger Goodell. Outside of fixing games by players, this is the biggest scandal this sport has ever had.

... Now the NFL's caught red-handed. So, you can no longer wager on Kansas City Chiefs games unless you're wagering on them cuz their games are now fixed. What a shame. An absolute shame."

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Referee Craig Wrolstad explains why Jared Goff's TD against the Chiefs was overturned

After the game last Sunday, reporter Matt Derrick interviewed referee Craig Wrolstad. He questioned the referee about the decision to overturn Jared Goff's first-quarter touchdown.

"There was a lot of moving parts on that play," Wrolstad said. "We had a quarterback go up the line of scrimmage. He paused momentarily in the the quarterback position, didn't get under center, but he walked up and they threw the ball to him for a touchdown. If the quarterback assumes the quarterback position and then goes into motion, he has to then stop for a second before they snap the ball.

"Because he gets out of the view of some of the officials, we had to piece it together as a crew as to whether he stopped initially and then whether he stopped when he went in motion. It was determined after a lengthy dicussion that he stopped at the quarterback position and then went in motion. But when he does that, he has to stop when he goes in motion."

Wrolstad denied the involvement of the league office in New York in this decision. Campbell's comments contradict those of Wrolstad regarding the involvement of replay assist. There were several other calls made by the officials that went in favor of the Chiefs in Week 6.