Another game lost due to referee bias

[Everson24]

Both fumbles that we recovered should have been allowed to play out (all turnovers are reviewable now and the officials have been instructed to let them play out) and even the first one by Eric Decker was initially ruled an fumble and recovered by Dallas. But no, some official on the opposite side of the field comes in and talks the referee into changing it to "down by contact". Jason Garrett now has to use his challenge and because it was ruled "down by contact" on the field the play stood, If it had been called a fumble it would/should not have been overturned either. The same thing basically happened on the Jets game winning drive when Ryan Fitzpatrick fumbled. These bad calls were a 12 point swing in the final score.

If it was just this game I could overlook it, But it has been happening now since early 2014 when nearly every potential turnover was ruled in favor of the opposition and not allowed to play out (we lost quite a few defensive TDs last year because of this). If you watch the Steelers or Giants they almost always get these benefit of doubt calls in their favor. This officiating bias has cost us more than a few games this year and just contributed to what has become a dreadful season.

 

[The Quest for Six]

There's no crying in Baseball, I mean Football,..

 

[jobberone]

The last fumble was a fumble. How they failed that is a mystery to me.

 

[Everson24]

There's no crying in Baseball, I mean Football,..

That philosophy is what allows the NFL to get away with it.

 

[Everson24]

The last fumble was a fumble. How they failed that is a mystery to me.

If it had been ruled a fumble on the field (as it should have been) there was no way they could have overturned it without violating NFL replay rules. (Not that it hasn't happened against us before though).

 

[The Quest for Six]

That philosophy is what allows the NFL to get away with it.

Sorry but the constant daily and weekly whining Threads/postings from Cowboy fans complaining how Espn, NFLN, the refs, the league etc are in some conspiracy against Dallas is ridiculous...

 

[Future]

This thread conveniently leaves out the totally botched horsecollar call that directly lead to Cowboys points

 

[ohiocowboysfan25]

I also wondered about the intentional grounding on an int? I don't ever remember that being called before but I'm not anywhere near an expert on the rules so I don't know. I'm not trying to blame the refs for the loss because obviously this team is not playing very good right now so the refs don't matter much. I was just wondering about that flag.

 

[gmoney112]

This thread conveniently leaves out the totally botched horsecollar call that directly lead to Cowboys points

That play was a first down anyway though. No really telling if it had that significant an impact.

Both fumbles were fumbles. They make a big deal out of "in process of losing possession", if Decker wasn't losing possession when the millisecond after his knee touched his one hand literally came off the ball in the process of throwing it on the turf, then that whole argument is stupid.

 

[cml750]

The official were bad for both teams last night.

 

[SDCowboy]

Huh, I would have thought the 4 INT's would have had something to do with it. lol

 

[egn22]

The refs... Well that's a different angle on the loss. Sure, why not

 

[daveferr33]

Sorry but the constant daily and weekly whining Threads/postings from Cowboy fans complaining how Espn, NFLN, the refs, the league etc are in some conspiracy against Dallas is ridiculous...

Well there has to be some explanation as to why franchise's playoff victories over the last 20 years consist of two wildcard games.

 

[nalam]

If it had been ruled a fumble on the field (as it should have been) there was no way they could have overturned it without violating NFL replay rules. (Not that it hasn't happened against us before though).

By that same token , Deckers fumble should have been a fumble , since the referee nearest signaled its Cowboys ball first

 

[Alohawg1]

Simple, they changed they ruling on the field before the review knowing good and well they couldn't change the ruling on the field base on the review. The result being Dallas we hate you.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

This team has a lot to overcome every week. The biased refs. Red's scheme. No QB.

 

[DABOYZ]

Can't blame the refs for the ****** play calling. Moore's INT in the end zone should have never happend. In a close game like this you have to walk away with at least a field goal.

 

[Everson24]

Sorry but the constant daily and weekly whining Threads/postings from Cowboy fans complaining how Espn, NFLN, the refs, the league etc are in some conspiracy against Dallas is ridiculous...

Is it? I'm not convinced. Watch a few more Giants and Steelers games and get back to me. In fact I suggest you go back and watch the entire Super Bowl XL game again against the Seahawks and tell me the NFL isn't rigged.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

That Decker fumble ruling was a shocker. I sat there and slow mo'd the thing and the ball was floating in the air before his knee hit. The NFL is kinda like our government, they can break any law or rule they want in full view of the public and there ain't a 'dang' thing we can do about it,,,

 

[StarBoyz83]

Is it? I'm not convinced. Watch a few more Giants and Steelers games and get back to me. In fact I suggest you go back and watch the entire Super Bowl XL game again against the Seahawks and tell me the NFL isn't rigged.

The seahawks one was beyond obvious and the cardinals one was also pretty suspect. The stealers only have 4 superbowls in my eyes. Plus dallas gave them one so it should be 3 but I can't fault the stealers for the boys giving it away.