Has the league admitted screwing up by not reviewing Dak's TD?

[America's Cowboy]

When you look at this video angle, Dak is actually being touched by 3 Pats players (the NT touches him on the helmet first) and Judon on the other side pushes Dak's head towards the turf while he himself is being blocked by Jarwin. You see Dak's head get jerked downward which might actually be Bentley's first touch. So Dak wasn't being touched until the endzone? They were all over him before he got there and Judon is probably why he ended up sideways and not straight on. Like I said, this was way closer than people believe. When you look at this angle, he might not have gotten in before being down and struggled forward to end up in there from Jarwin and McGovern pushing afterwards.

Wow, the Packers fan trying to twist what the video is actually showing.

Look at his knees, Einstein. Dak's knees never touched the ground until his upper body and football were already in the endzone.

 

[MarcusRock]

I think McGovern was just grabbing his but

That made me laugh out loud.

 

[DogFace]

I didn’t single you out, I’m talking about all the fans who keep arguing about this. The only ones who are whining are the ones that keep complaining about a call in a game we won. It’s like some of you can’t be happy with the 5-1 start, you need something to complain and cry about.

Whether we won or not is irrelevant. And if we’d have lost you’d say we were complaining because we lost and are sore losers. So be real.

It was a very clear td and we are discussing how a play that was so obvious was officiated in a very odd way. That’s why it’s interesting to discuss.

Dak was laying in the damn end zone. Fans from teams all over in the blogging the boys thread were saying the same thing.

If you really do disagree then you are in small and extreme minority and facts don’t matter. Some people think the earth is flat too. Most know they are not well thought out and unable to recognize facts.

 

[KJJ]

Whether we won or not is irrelevant. And if we’d have lost you’d say we were complaining because we lost and are sore losers. So be real.

It was a very clear td and we are discussing how a play that was so obvious was officiated in a very odd way. That’s why it’s interesting to discuss.

Dak was laying in the damn end zone. Fans from teams all over in the blogging the boys thread were saying the same thing.

If you really do disagree then you are in small and extreme minority and facts don’t matter. Some people think the earth is flat too. Most know they are not well thought out and unable to recognize facts.

I never said it wasn’t a touchdown I’m just explaining why they didn’t call it a touchdown. If we lost because of a clear touchdown I would be complaining just like everyone else. When they peeled off all the players the ball wasn’t in the endzone. I didn’t see one Cowboys player arguing with the spot. They obviously saw what the officials saw that the ball wasn’t in the endzone. There wasn’t anything clear about that play.

 

[G2]

The laces were in!

 

[Runwildboys]

Like I said they’re not going to call a touchdown unless they see the ball. I can’t recall a touchdown being called in any situation where you can’t see the ball. No one is making an issue about that play but fans on this board. It wasn’t even brought up until this thread was started. Even the OP said no one is talking about this.

Actually, the OP said he didn't see a thread on the topic. He didn't say no one is talking about it.

 

[Runwildboys]

Didn’t the refs even spot it at like the 2ft mark? Not even the 2inch mark. Funny

If they place it where his hip is, as the tweet rightfully states: TD.

 

[Runwildboys]

Let's take a step back and look at this play another way. If it took place at the 50 yard line and Dak fumbled it and there was a scrum at the bottom of the pile and the other team recovered where would they have spotted the ball? Would they have moved it back to some random place on the field or would they have spotted it where the guy on the bottom of the pile ended up.. without their ever having seen how the ball got to where it is? I think we all know how that would have played out.. The on the field refs should have buzzed upstairs for a review. Or the booth ref should have buzzed downstairs to let them know he wanted to take a look. The play was too critical to be just left to chance which is basically what it ended up being..

RE: Your last 3 sentences...Exactly, that's all I'm saying. I wasn't debating whether or not it was a TD, just that it was way too close to go without a review.

 

[G2]

RE: Your last 3 sentences...Exactly, that's all I'm saying. I wasn't debating whether or not it was a TD, just that it was way too close to go without a review.

It's really strange.

 

[Runwildboys]

They saw the ball after they unpiled the bodies and apparently it was where they spotted it. None of the Cowboys players were disputing it. There were several of them standing there watching the bodies be unpeeled.

Look at the overhead shot of the unpiling. Do you honestly believe they found the ball lying 2 feet from the goal line...where Dak's feet are?

 

[Runwildboys]

It’s not just my take they were saying the same thing in the booth that you couldn’t see the ball. Some of you aren’t happy unless you have something to bellyache about. The Cowboys are in the middle of a great season and we have a 15 page thread with fans crying about a no call in a game we won. With 120 yards in penalties and 2 turnovers we should’ve lost the game. We were damn lucky to escape with a win.

I don't know who you're talking about, but my whole reason for posting this was to find out if the league ever admitted they should've reviewed the play. If they had reviewed it, I would've accepted whatever decision they made. As for whether or not the evidence shows a TD, I'll put it this way: If this were evidence in some weird criminal case, the evidence wouldn't be clear enough.
If it were a civil suit, I think it would be enough.

 

[MarcusRock]

I don't know who you're talking about, but my whole reason for posting this was to find out if the league ever admitted they should've reviewed the play. If they had reviewed it, I would've accepted whatever decision they made. As for whether or not the evidence shows a TD, I'll put it this way: If this were evidence in some weird criminal case, the evidence wouldn't be clear enough.
If it were a civil suit, I think it would be enough.

Not if there was a magic bullet.

 

[Runwildboys]

Not if there was a magic bullet.

Or a magic lugee.

 

[KJJ]

Actually, the OP said he didn't see a thread on the topic. He didn't say no one is talking about it.

Not seeing a thread on the topic usually means no one is talking about it. If something is worth discussing they’ll start a thread on it.

 

[KJJ]

Look at the overhead shot of the unpiling. Do you honestly believe they found the ball lying 2 feet from the goal line...where Dak's feet are?

They spotted the ball short of the goal line so they must have. Did you see any of the Cowboys players arguing about the spot?

 

[KJJ]

I don't know who you're talking about, but my whole reason for posting this was to find out if the league ever admitted they should've reviewed the play. If they had reviewed it, I would've accepted whatever decision they made. As for whether or not the evidence shows a TD, I'll put it this way: If this were evidence in some weird criminal case, the evidence wouldn't be clear enough.
If it were a civil suit, I think it would be enough.

All you have to do to find out something is Google it. I’ve come up with nothing in Google searches that says the officials screwed up. Had they reviewed it the no call would have stood.

 

[Runwildboys]

Not seeing a thread on the topic usually means no one is talking about it. If something is worth discussing they’ll start a thread on it.

It just means I didn't see a thread on it, and I have no idea who outside of this forum is talking about it...but that's an unnecessary argument.

 

[Runwildboys]

They spotted the ball short of the goal line so they must have. Did you see any of the Cowboys players arguing about the spot?

You know damn well they didn't find the ball at Dak's feet. Your whole argument about them placing the ball where they find it is wrong. They place the ball where they think it was when the player was down, not where it is once the pile is removed. Possession of a fumble is what they look for when they pull the pile apart. As for players arguing about the spot, or signaling a TD, I wasn't really paying any attention to that, so I don't even know if that's true.

 

[KJJ]

It just means I didn't see a thread on it, and I have no idea who outside of this forum is talking about it...but that's an unnecessary argument.

You wouldn’t have started this thread if we didn’t have a bye week. It took an entire week for this topic to come up because the Cowboys weren’t playing.

 

[Runwildboys]

All you have to do to find out something is Google it. I’ve come up with nothing in Google searches that says the officials screwed up. Had they reviewed it the no call would have stood.

"Had they reviewed it"...which is the whole premise of the thread. They didn't review it, and they should have, regardless of what they would have determined the outcome to be, because it was too close to just dismiss it that quickly.