DeMarcus Lawrence: We have to play against opponents + refs

Rayman70

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We have all seen a ref looking right at a blatant penalty before his eyes and not call it. Explain those? We all saw Cee Dee 's pants about yanked off him last game in the end zone but nope not a single ref saw it. Those are the maddening no calls.
we witnessed a rigged outcome. If that call was properly made, it saves precious time on the clock, and we might have another chance to get the ball back and win it. We need full time refs. NFL is either complicit or they will revamp the officiating next year.
 

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You're watching stats but are you watching film? They are not even running on Law's side lol. Notice that those big runs typically happen away from Lawrence.
Yeah I watch the games and I see a guy producing little from a position that typically produces while his teammate typically on the opposite side commands 2 blockers nearly every snap. I don’t understand why you think Lawrence is special. He is middle of the road.
 

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Yeah I watch the games and I see a guy producing little from a position that typically produces while his teammate typically on the opposite side commands 2 blockers nearly every snap. I don’t understand why you think Lawrence is special. He is middle of the road.
I didn’t say he was special. Though I think he does show flashes and Sunday was one of those guys. The thing about Micah is that on rushing downs he doesn’t have 2 blockers on him….
 

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He's right but you gotta stop worrying/talking about it. Just play through it coz at the end of the day there's not a damn thing you can do except play your can.
That's all you can do, but we should acknowledge the effects of it. Contending teams are hard enough to beat without having calls go their way. When they do, expecting our team to just be able to overcome it and win anyway is wishful thinking. Few teams are good enough to do that. Now, to be fair, there are really only two games this applies to this season, the first Philly game and the Dolphins game. We weren't close enough in the 49ers, Cardinals and Bills games for the bad calls to really matter. A couple of different calls might have change how much we lost by in those games, but not likely the outcome.
 

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I feel like the other 31 teams, and their fanbases, would also claim they have to play against the refs as well. I promise you if you listen to the fanbases of the other 31 teams every single one of them thinks this way. I do not understand the love of having a victim complex but they all have it.
absolutely. i'm on a facebook nfc east trash talk site and Eagle fans say the exact same thing as Cowboy fans. Everyone gets "cheated" by the refs:
 

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He’s not an edge rusher lol.
But gets paid to be one. Plays DE in the NFL. Drafted as an edge rusher. Here in Dallas we make excuses when we have a DE that can’t sack the QB. We say he isn’t an edge rusher and is good against the run. We say can’t go by his stats. Players like Lawrence, from over substance, is why this team hasn’t done a damn thing in 30 years. You play DE in the NFL to make splash plays. He doesn’t.
 

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He's right, and I hope the players are all this candid. Coaches and Jerry too.

Maybe, just maybe, if we shine a bright enough light on the POS refs jobbing us on a regular basis, we'll only get screwed like 5 times per game instead of 10.
:thumbup:

It's over. Tank is now whining about it. He's the 'unofficial leader' of that Front 7. Let the finger pointing and blame game ensue. Yes, it's all one big conspiracy against the beloved Dallas Cowboys.

Entitled. :facepalm:
 

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It's over. Tank is now whining about it. He's the 'unofficial leader' of that Front 7. Let the finger pointing and blame game ensue. Yes, it's all one big conspiracy against the beloved Dallas Cowboys.

Entitled. :facepalm:
Tank also said "F the refs" back in 2017 when we couldn't buy a holding call for like 8 straight weeks.

Doesn't have to be a conspiracy. Most NFL refs likely grew up hating the Cowboys like 90% of NFL fans. That subconscious bias could be enough to swing things against us.
 
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