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I absolutely think he was just nonchalantly checking if the ref noticed the hold on the o-line. The play was on third down so, even if there was a flag, Pat would have needed to pick up a first down or the Lions would have just declined the penalty and made them punt. He wasn't going to just stop running if there was a flag. He was covering for his o-line.
I think the game has just slowed down for him so much that it wasn't a problem looking back. On another play, he got hit in the facemask after he threw the ball and had turned to ref and was patting his facemask before he even hit the ground (got the flag, too, iirc).
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