Personal Foul on EzE? Refs were helping the Packers?

[America's Cowboy]

What is up with such dirty officiating once again going against the Dallas Cowboys and helping out the opponent like the Green Bay Packers? Happens all the time. They called a Personal Foul on Donovan Ezeiruaku, yet someone please explain to me where the "personal foul after the play" happened?

 

[big dog cowboy]

It was a good call. There was a punch thrown. It just wasn't visible from the angle shown in that video. So the flag was warranted and the penalty not dirty officiating.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Those dastardly refs cheating and keeping us held down for 30 years.

 

[Creeper]

I watched the all-22 and it is very clear there he threw a forearm or punch as he was getting up after making the tackle. Good call, stupid play by the rookie.

 

[nate dizzle]

He definitely punched him as he was getting up off him

 

[MarcusRock]

Happens all the time.

Yes, refs making good calls happens all the time.

 

[Stak78]

I’ve watched the Cowboys religiously since the early 90s. After their third Super Bowl win it was very obvious that the officiating bias against the Cowboys had started. Pass interference on the DBs was usually a given at least a couple of times a game. I’m not sure if it was because Jerry was giving the league crap or was it just jealousy. Since then it hasn’t been as bad. Yet we still get some very bogus calls at times that seem just for us. 15 yard penalty on our kicker for catching Demarco Murray out of bounds when he was with Philly. 15 yards for 12 men in the huddle in a playoff game against Green Bay. I could go on and on. That being said. I’ve watched other teams play and sometimes the officiating is just bad and it seems the calls favor the one team. Eze punched the guy after making a great tackle by the way. I didn’t think he did anything either at first and the camera angle never caught it.

 

[MarcusRock]

15 yards for 12 men in the huddle in a playoff game against Green Bay.

12 men in the huddle wasn't the foul for that one. It was for a player moving onto the field past the numbers and not participating in the play. It's a pre-snap foul a team can get out of by calling a timeout but none of the coaches on the sidelines caught it either. Our bungling isn't the officials' fault.

 

[jrumann59]

Yeah was more a celebratory punch but he was too close and connected with the players helmet.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Yes, refs making good calls happens all the time.

What about this call was good or accurate?

 

[Kwyn]

What is up with such dirty officiating once again going against the Dallas Cowboys and helping out the opponent like the Green Bay Packers? Happens all the time. They called a Personal Foul on Donovan Ezeiruaku, yet someone please explain to me where the "personal foul after the play" happened?

It’s hard to see with that angle.

As he was leveraging up off him he punched the dude in the head.

I’m not sure why or it if was intentional, but that’s what it was

 

[thunderpimp91]

Here is a link to the all 22 of the play, both the sideline and endzone view. It's a little more obvious on the endzone view around 25 seconds in. Just a dumb moment by EZ.

 

[Kwyn]

Here is a link to the all 22 of the play, both the sideline and endzone view. It's a little more obvious on the endzone view around 25 seconds in. Just a dumb moment by EZ.

Yep. There it is

 

[America's Cowboy]

Here is a link to the all 22 of the play, both the sideline and endzone view. It's a little more obvious on the endzone view around 25 seconds in. Just a dumb moment by EZ.

THAT was called a foul??? WTH? That was nothing! Absolutely bogus crap to use just to flag the Cowboys.

 

[Coogiguy03]

These guys just have to think and not let their emotions take over

Williams
Liafau
Ez




Pickens after he gets paid!

 

[Kevinicus]

I'm not sure if he was punching the guy, or at the ball.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

I'm not sure if he was punching the guy, or at the ball.

as the guy just got tackled, it was a dead ball… so both are penalties. He’s lucky it wasn’t more clear and he didn’t get thrown out

 

[thunderpimp91]

THAT was called a foul??? WTH? That was nothing! Absolutely bogus crap to use just to flag the Cowboys.

I agree it wasn't much, but it's also completely unnecessary. Even if he was just punching at the ball, the play was over so the official has to call it when its right in front of him. The NFL has put a point of emphasis on calling taunting and violet gestures.....a punch as weak as it may have been is still a violet gesture. Nolan Smith got called in the opener just for standing over Miles Sanders after the tackle.

Fantastic play by EZ to read the screen, get out into the flats and a great effort after losing his footing to still recover and make the tackle....all erased because of a split second dumb decision by the player.

 

[Johannes44]

THAT was called a foul??? WTH? That was nothing! Absolutely bogus crap to use just to flag the Cowboys.

That is an act that will get called 100% of the time regardless of who is doing the punches. In fact @Aerolithe_Lion has it right - he is lucky he wasn't tossed out of the game.

 

[Zman5]

He was trying to punch the ball out but I can see how the refs could have seen it as a punch to the GB player's body.