Another game lost due to referee bias

[Everson24]

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

True. We did plenty to get ourselves beat but when the benefit of doubt calls on turnovers contantly go against you it ends up being too much to overcome. Let's face it, we were robbed of two turnovers last night in a game we lost by 3 points.

 

[Ultra Warrior]

"Another game we lost..." because we played like garbage for most of it.

 

[jimmy40]

yea the NFL doesn't want it's most popular team in the playoffs so they let the refs cheat against us. the idiocy never stops.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

we were robbed of two turnovers last night in a game we lost by 3 points.

True

 

[greatwallofdallas]

yea the NFL doesn't want it's most popular team in the playoffs so they let the refs cheat against us. the idiocy never stops.

NFL owners don't gain much by having Dallas in the playoffs. Other thank ratings but the playoffs sale themselves. Since Jerry decided not to split merchandise profits with the league team owners don't benefit by Dallas succes or failure.

 

[mahoneybill]

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,,,

Well stated in all regards...

 

[DogFace]

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...

As ridiculous as the whining about the whining

 

[dogberry]

Will there be video?

I watched the game on the radio

 

[DogFace]

The Decker fumble was clear. Hard to believe they didn't see it on replay.

Wait. No it isn't.

 

[cowboyblue22]

zack martins block in the back and holding call and Byron jones bad play at the end of the game really cost the boys big time they had 4 turnovers and still only lost by three .

 

[fifaguy]

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.

still would have lost. Cowboys don't know how to finish...

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

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...

What do you know about anything related to Cowboys fans? Your phrasing here is pretty revealing. Refs are bad all around. They've been particularly horrible against Dallas since they blew a flag pickup against Detroit.

 

[khiladi]

Jerry should do a better job and whine like Kraft and Mara.. It's his fault in my eyes from now on..

 

[coult44]

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.

Since the JJ's took the refs to the "xxx" part on the bus it's been this way. They have to prove to the world that was nothing.

 

[bud42]

What do you know about anything related to Cowboys fans? Your phrasing here is pretty revealing. Refs are bad all around. They've been particularly horrible against Dallas since they blew a flag pickup against Detroit.

Enough is enough! Team stinks, not prepared, Do the right thing Jerry and fire yourself! Starts at the top and then purge!!

 

[Beast_from_East]

Jerry Jones in his post game presser said that "we are not playing good enough to get calls".

Basically insinuated that if you are a scrub team like we are, you don't get the benefit of the doubt on close calls. He then kinda caught himself and said that he was not saying the calls were wrong or biased, but the cat was already out of the bag at that point.

So you want to know why we didn't get the fumble calls?

Because the Jets are in the playoffs and we are looking at a top 5 pick.......that is why we didn't get any calls last night, per Jerry

 

[thisiscowboyscountry]

Maybe the refs wanted us to lose the game to gain a higher draft position? Lol, hey it worked and it benefits the team headed into next season.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Maybe the refs wanted us to lose the game to gain a higher draft position? Lol, hey it worked and it benefits the team headed into next season.

Jerry didn't seem to upset after the game

Either he wants to tank or he has got used to losing and he just don't give a crap anymore

 

[ryanbabs]

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).

Dez Bryant disagrees...

 

[Everson24]

I'm just listening to Mike and Mike and they can't understand how the officials missed all the cheap shots/punches thrown by Odell Beckham. Dean Blandino is a Giants fan and they needed the win. Its probably as simble as that. Anyone who watched that game had to see the NFL/referee bias right there, Dez would have been thrown out in the first quarter for sure.