Controversial Call in Detroit hung around longer

[cowboyvic]

I guess you can call it "classy" that our organization is not showing outrage.....but I am sorry...I feel outrage! That kid climbed the ladder and made the catch of the year....sure odell beckhams looked better...but this was playoff football....4th down....on the road...and we were behind. How you can take that from this kid....i am outraged. Everything Dez has been through....everything Romo has been through...all the crap we take as a fanbase....everything this organization has been through trying to get back on top....and some suits in New York just reduce to nothing in a matter of seconds! Who knows if the defense would have stopped Rodgers...but you do NOT say Dez didn't catch that ball!!!!!!!!!!! I am a fan and I lost faith in this game after that...imagine what the players are going through!!!!

I Have lost interest in watching this weekends game...I GUESS I will watch the Super Bowl! Who knows. But when they say Dallas has not done such and such in X amount of years....or Romo has never won a big game...yada...yada...yada. How obvious is it that they want to advance that narrative...milk that storyline....as long as they can!!!!

I have had about enough of the Cowboys are being classy crap. they should be outraged by this screw job, just like most cowboys fan are. this may have been the last chance for guys like Romo and Witten. and to have it taken away because of these fools trying to make up for the Lions picked up flag, is a disgrace. they owe it to their players and fans to be throwing a fit about this BS. yet they are just letting this BS go without any outrage. it's pitiful.

 

[burmafrd]

Anyone who ever played football knows that Dez made the catch. You notice NO former WRs are willing to say otherwise.

 

[links18]

Most people believed the reversal in the Detroit game was wrong.

Most people believe the reversal in the Green Bay game was right.

Source? I saw a poll somewhere on Monday that said the opposite.

Yes, someone actually did a poll. Was it scientific? I don't know..

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[dallasdave]

Anyone who ever played football knows that Dez made the catch. You notice NO former WRs are willing to say otherwise.

Well said, stay thirsty my friend.

 

[cowboyvic]

Anyone who ever played football knows that Dez made the catch. You notice NO former WRs are willing to say otherwise.

Chris Cater is. but that fool hates the cowboys. and is just glade it cost them the game. ESPN and the rest of the cowboy hating media are a disgrace. they push this Lions were cheated BS all last week. and the NFL was hell bent on screwing Dallas this week. the refs and their boss came into that game with an agenda. and that asgenda was that if their is any close call.do not give it to the cowboys. it's a disgrace. and Garrett,Jerry and Stephen Jones need to be showing outrage. yet they are just letting it go.THIs IS NOT RIGHT. cowboys players and fan deserve better..

 

[cowboyvic]

Source? I saw a poll somewhere on Monday that said the opposite.

Yes, someone actually did a poll. Was it scientific? I don't know..

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Anyone in that poll or else where who says that was not a catch is a cowboys hating fool. PERIOD!

 

[Idgit]

I consider completing a pass that would give us 1st and goal at the 1 for the lead with 4 minutes left, handling our business.

It was bound to be a close game trying to win in GB. Both teams had one turnover and a handful of plays they would do differently.

We handled our business by being in a position to take a very late lead and it was flat out stolen from us.

I will not forget it.

I don't think anybody is going to forget it. It was a horrible call. But officiating is part of the game the same way the size of the field or the shape of the ball is. If you're not good enough to win when horrible calls go against you, then you'r not getting it done, period. Garrett's right: we had 56 minutes before that call and 4 minutes after. If you have a touchdown inexplicably taken away from you, you have to go get another. You can't just take the benefit of poor officiating and then complain about it when it works in your favor. You have to work around the fact that it happens. So make sure you cover that muffed punt. Hold onto the ball tighter in traffic. Control that unexpected snap on third down. Don't whiff on that block that gets your QB slammed.

We had chances to win that game. We were the better team that day, too, I believe. So we had a higher hurdle to clear that day because of the officiating. It wasn't an even playing field. It was unfair. That really doesn't matter. We still could have gotten the job done. It's more productive to set that expectation than it is to say we were good enough to win if everything were fair and to just complain that it wasn't.

 

[tyke1doe]

Wait. Why would the Detroit call spark a rule change? The referee who threw the flag was going to penalize Hitchens for faceguarding. Faceguarding is not a penalty in the NFL. Has discussion centered upon the NFL adopting the college rule because of Detroit call?

Dean Blandino, NFL vice president of officiating: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...-chief-pass-interference-right-call/21299713/

I would describe the inclusion of faceguarding in the NFL rulebook as an rule amendment, not necessarily a rule change. I do think the current pass completion rule should undergo certain revisions. That would more define a rule change in my opinion.

Huh???
I think you misread my response.

I merely said that the Detroit call isn't likely going to result in a rule change. But there is discussion that the Dallas no catch call may. Faceguarding is not a penalty in the NFL. I've heard no discussion to make it one. Furthermore, Hitchens wasn't penalized for faceguarding. He was penalized, initially, because it appeared he made contact as Pettigrue was coming back for the ball. From a different angle, it shows Pettigrue didn't make contact with Pettigrue.
So I really don't understand what your issue is with respect to my statement.

 

[tyke1doe]

Anyone in that poll or else where who says that was not a catch is a cowboys hating fool. PERIOD!

I guess that settles it.

 

[tyke1doe]

I don't think anybody is going to forget it. It was a horrible call. But officiating is part of the game the same way the size of the field or the shape of the ball is. If you're not good enough to win when horrible calls go against you, then you'r not getting it done, period. Garrett's right: we had 56 minutes before that call and 4 minutes after. If you have a touchdown inexplicably taken away from you, you have to go get another. You can't just take the benefit of poor officiating and then complain about it when it works in your favor. You have to work around the fact that it happens. So make sure you cover that muffed punt. Hold onto the ball tighter in traffic. Control that unexpected snap on third down. Don't whiff on that block that gets your QB slammed.

We had chances to win that game. We were the better team that day, too, I believe. So we had a higher hurdle to clear that day because of the officiating. It wasn't an even playing field. It was unfair. That really doesn't matter. We still could have gotten the job done. It's more productive to set that expectation than it is to say we were good enough to win if everything were fair and to just complain that it wasn't.

 

[dallasdave]

That's flush that steeler down the toilet, been around too long and starting to smell.

 

[cowboyvic]

I don't think anybody is going to forget it. It was a horrible call. But officiating is part of the game the same way the size of the field or the shape of the ball is. If you're not good enough to win when horrible calls go against you, then you'r not getting it done, period. Garrett's right: we had 56 minutes before that call and 4 minutes after. If you have a touchdown inexplicably taken away from you, you have to go get another. You can't just take the benefit of poor officiating and then complain about it when it works in your favor. You have to work around the fact that it happens. So make sure you cover that muffed punt. Hold onto the ball tighter in traffic. Control that unexpected snap on third down. Don't whiff on that block that gets your QB slammed.

We had chances to win that game. We were the better team that day, too, I believe. So we had a higher hurdle to clear that day because of the officiating. It wasn't an even playing field. It was unfair. That really doesn't matter. We still could have gotten the job done. It's more productive to set that expectation than it is to say we were good enough to win if everything were fair and to just complain that it wasn't.

Are you a fool, r just playing one? wehave only 2 playoff wins in 18 years. when you get a chance like this it could be your last.that's why this BS call has to be met with outrage. all this crap about we could have won anyway is just that, CRAP! Green Bay left plays on the team too.this was never going to be a blow-out. so stop the crap that we should have blown them out. that was a BS game changing call on Dez catch.

 

[Idgit]

Are you a fool, r just playing one? wehave only 2 playoff wins in 18 years. when you get a chance like this it could be your last.that's why this BS call has to be met with outrage. all this crap about we could have won anyway is just that, CRAP! Green Bay left plays on the team too.this was never going to be a blow-out. so stop the crap that we should have blown them out. that was a BS game changing call on Dez catch.

Honestly, vic, if we didn't disagree, it would concern me. Like, really concern me. I'm neither a fool nor an emotional wreck just because a call goes against us.

For the record, nobody's saying we shouldn't' be outraged at the horrible call. I'm saying you don't blame a loss where your team makes multiple game-changing mistakes on the officials.

And nobody said anything about blowing anybody out.

 

[CowboyGil]

I don't think anybody is going to forget it. It was a horrible call. But officiating is part of the game the same way the size of the field or the shape of the ball is. If you're not good enough to win when horrible calls go against you, then you'r not getting it done, period. Garrett's right: we had 56 minutes before that call and 4 minutes after. If you have a touchdown inexplicably taken away from you, you have to go get another. You can't just take the benefit of poor officiating and then complain about it when it works in your favor. You have to work around the fact that it happens. So make sure you cover that muffed punt. Hold onto the ball tighter in traffic. Control that unexpected snap on third down. Don't whiff on that block that gets your QB slammed.

We had chances to win that game. We were the better team that day, too, I believe. So we had a higher hurdle to clear that day because of the officiating. It wasn't an even playing field. It was unfair. That really doesn't matter. We still could have gotten the job done. It's more productive to set that expectation than it is to say we were good enough to win if everything were fair and to just complain that it wasn't.

That's why I say the more opportunistic team won. Not the better one.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

I don't think anybody is going to forget it. It was a horrible call. But officiating is part of the game the same way the size of the field or the shape of the ball is. If you're not good enough to win when horrible calls go against you, then you'r not getting it done, period. Garrett's right: we had 56 minutes before that call and 4 minutes after. If you have a touchdown inexplicably taken away from you, you have to go get another. You can't just take the benefit of poor officiating and then complain about it when it works in your favor. You have to work around the fact that it happens. So make sure you cover that muffed punt. Hold onto the ball tighter in traffic. Control that unexpected snap on third down. Don't whiff on that block that gets your QB slammed.

We had chances to win that game. We were the better team that day, too, I believe. So we had a higher hurdle to clear that day because of the officiating. It wasn't an even playing field. It was unfair. That really doesn't matter. We still could have gotten the job done. It's more productive to set that expectation than it is to say we were good enough to win if everything were fair and to just complain that it wasn't.

Agree with all this and my immediate reaction was similar. Only contend that they didn't actually have that much time because the refs doubled down on their stupidity by jacking an extra 40 seconds as well.

 

[links18]

Anyone in that poll or else where who says that was not a catch is a cowboys hating fool. PERIOD!

Well, most people said it was a catch......

 

[Everson24]

The game Dallas was "gifted" by the refs against Detroit was the lead sports story until probably around Thursday....the game where the refs "stole" the game from Dallas in Green Bay is no longer a national story! I'm just sayin............

I am getting so sick and tired of hearing people say that "it was not a catch according to the rule and the rule needs to be changed". Bull Crap! The whole issue that is being swept under the carpet is the fact that the officials/league had no business overturning the call on the field and that is where there should be a huge outcry right now. I am getting really frustrated that everyone seems to be accepting the "Calvin Johnson rule" as an acceptable explanation.

Dez Bryant, Tony Romo, the fans and all the Dallas Cowboys were robbed of an epic play that would have led to a great finish on the field by the players. All fans should still be mad about that. I certainly am.

 

[DFWJC]

The more I look at it, the more I question how it's so indisputable that the catch wasn't a catch that the call on the field was overturned. I just don't see it.

https://vine.co/v/ODZTaF23VwH

It was a catch and that was a football move.
it's just the nerds in the replay booth can't comprehend that kind of athleticism

 

[Idgit]

Agree with all this and my immediate reaction was similar. Only contend that they didn't actually have that much time because the refs doubled down on their stupidity by jacking an extra 40 seconds as well.

Good point. It was a really one-sided game in terms of the officiating mistakes. Like, rarely one-sided.

 

[USMarineVet]

You either love us or hate us. The NFL has shown that it is more advantageous to rile up the Dallas haters than to defend the Dallas lovers. For the most part, although angered and upset, JJ, coaches, players and fans alike have been very classy through this whole debacle. If the call wasn't reversed, and we had won the game, we would still be hearing about how we were given both games to advance to the NFC Championship. They are the Dallas Cowboys, and history shows we will always be the team that everyone loves to hate.