Collinsworth: Church Was All Over Giants Receiver on Eli Goof Play

[links18]

Just rewatched the game: On the play where Eli goes full brain fart mode and throws the pass out of the endzone, Collinsworth claims Church was mugging a Giants receiver and PI would have been called if Eli had thrown a catchable ball.

 

[Beats_By_Zeke]

Just rewatched the game: On the play where Eli goes full brain fart mode and throws the pass out of the endzone, Collinsworth claims Church was mugging a Giants receiver and PI would have been called if Eli had thrown a catchable ball.

so was he?

 

[Staubacher]

Yeah so? It wasn't catchable. Bet u can find a ton of calls/no calls watching game tape.

 

[Nightman]

The guy looked like he blocking Church because he thought it had to be a bootleg, right??? We can't be throwing it here???

 

[DallasCowboys2080]

Yeah so? It wasn't catchable. Bet u can find a ton of calls/no calls watching game tape.

exactly. the PI on Dez that wasn't called. the crackback on fredbeard that wasnt called. the blatant late hit on Romo that wasn't called... the major ones.

tit for tat.

 

[big dog cowboy]

so was he?

Yes. Absolutely no question it was a full mugging.

 

[Noryb]

I believe that anytime a QB leaves the pocket the DB is allowed to make contact with a receiver. Church made a heck of a play.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

The TE engaged him as blocker, so Church took advantage and fought the block,,,

 

[StarBoyz83]

After seeing that cheap shot on Romo that could've ended badly not get called I don't care. That not being called is crazy. I don't even care about the pi call that gave dallas 4 extra points. That dirty play could've ended romos career.

 

[Kaiser]

A big Thank You to the OP for making Collinsworth the first word of the thread so I could tune out then. Saved me from ready an entire thread in three syllables, a new record!

 

[trickblue]

Wasn't catchable... just like a few others... these analysts are morons...

 

[ConstantReboot]

Yeah so? It wasn't catchable. Bet u can find a ton of calls/no calls watching game tape.

THIS!

Ball was uncatchable. I hate how Collinsworth always finds a way to point out suspected penalties on the Cowboys not being called. Yet when other teams doesn't something flagrant - like that foul in the endzone by Cromartie he turns the other cheek.

 

[Nav22]

Collinsworth was right, but it's not like he said a flag SHOULD have been thrown.

He said a flag WOULD have been thrown if Eli threw it near the TE. But he didn't, because Eli was clearly hell-bent on making every poor decision a QB could possibly make in the last 2 minutes of a game when protecting a lead.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Wasn't catchable... just like a few others... these analysts are morons...

Collinsworth said that. He noted that IF Manning had thrown that way, he could've drawn a flag, but because he just threw it away, there was no flag.

 

[AbeBeta]

He was. But Eli just needs to run and slide. Take a sack even. He did everything wrong

 

[AbeBeta]

Wasn't catchable... just like a few others... these analysts are morons...

But had he thrown it that way, it goes differently. That's actually a smart comment. There are so many ways Eli could have made a better play... Run, take a sack, throw near the guy being held. He did the only thing that could possibly favor the Cowboys - toss outta bounds

 

[jazzcat22]

Collinsworth isn't all that bad, he is 1000% better than he was before he started on SNF. Well, the first few years he wasn't that good, but improved. He changed about the time Dez was drafted to be more positive.
He usually seems to favor the Cowboys IMO for the most part. Not favor, but not a hater like he used to sound.
When everyone was ragging on Dez in his first few years and all the off the field stuff. Which really wasn't an issue. Collinsworth actually defended Dez. Said the Cowboys have something here and he just needs to mature a little bit. And the off the field stuff was nothing to be concerned with.

Now Aikman on the other hand is more biased ugainst us on broadcasts. Though not always as bad as made out to be either.

 

[JohnsKey19]

If Eli throws it near the TE, it's a flag. No question about it.

 

[Jarv]

The TE engaged him as blocker, so Church took advantage and fought the block,,,

I just rewatched the game this morning and that is exactly correct. Play action bootleg, the TE ran into Church and was blocking him. Church was using his hands to disengage.

 

[percyhoward]

Hard to believe that every NBC employee directly involved in the telecast missed Moore's late shot on Romo.