I have never denied the hypocrisy of being a fan. My point is Ive seen us catch some really tough breaks, the last few years in particular. I could go back and show you a dozen plus examples but clearly you think it all evens out. I could provide links to the packers 3rd and 20 + where the ref was staring directly at Irving while he got clotheslined and no holding was called. I could show you the completely improbable numbers against us not getting a holding call in our favor for like 12 games while leading the leage in qb pressures and I could scour up plenty Ive forgotten about. I dont believe it has evened out for us and I know it didn't even out yesterday. I dont know why things have gone this way, but its clear you have to not only be better than the opposing team but also good enough to overcome poor officiating. I realize we aren't the only ones who have missed calls as well. The quality of the product on the field is hurt by poor, INCONSISTENT officiating. I can accept human error, I only ask games be called consistently. Those tripping calls where completely unavoidable by us. They clearly had their minds made up to look for it and they managed to find it. How else can you explain it?
Idiocy is the only way to explain it. We actually agree on quite a lot but I just can’t get behind the idea that we are purposely “punished” by the officials when we’ve also had just as many calls go our way.
Just as you can point out several examples of how officiating has potentially cost us games, I can point out just as many that have helped win us games. Just look at the examples above, Cole Beasley was clearly over a yard short of a 1st down last year against the Saints and they gave him the first down. That roughing the passer call on GB for a hand slap on the helmet which gave us an extended opportunity to potentially score a TD was absurd. How do you explain those?
I agree that the officiating is horrendous across the league. I think it’s a combination of elderly, incompetent officials and the ever growing mess of rule changes. Most penalties are subjective and even with the new challenge rules the officials have refused to admit when they’re wrong. Look back at that non PI call clip on Engram that I showed, that was challenged by the Giants and they lost. i want to say something like 3 challenges have actually resulted in a reversal and I’ve seen some very bad PI’s, not including the one above.
Point being, if you watch a lot of NFL games, not just the Cowboys, these types of lame calls and non calls happen all the time but some Cowboys fans refuse to admit it or just like to use excuses and complain. I’m not defending the tripping call, it was bogus, but to act like we don’t get calls that go in our favor whether it be a phantom tripping call, too many men in the huddle, or a non legitimate roughing the passer call doesn’t matter because they are all crap and potentially game changing.
I don’t understand how you think we have to overcome officiating when I’ve already pointed out several calls or non calls that have benefited us and you acknowledged yourself that the officiating is inconsistent and we have had the officials make calls in our favor.
