How about some love for the refs on that Gallup touchdown?

[Pass2Run]

That was a huge call! Refs for the most part let these guys play with minimal penalities. Yes they let some holds go on both sides but rather them keep the flags in the pocket than slowing down the game with lots of yellows.

Not sure if the refs were so great, or if the NFL knew that it wasn't good for business to have an 8-9 team, even one led by the GOAT, advancing too far in the playoffs. Not the right climate right now for that. Something in the air after the pandemic, I suspect.

On the other hand, I hope they were just being fair and we continue to see that moving forward.

 

[sideon]

The reality is that a lot of Cowboys fan live in the Cowboys bubble. You literally have fans mad about dozens of calls every week, yet Cowboys fans swear that the league is out to get the team. Why would the NFL actively conspire against the biggest ratings draw in all of sports? They want the Cowboys in the Super Bowl.

 

[Danny White]

We have Bill Vinovich for the next one. All-in-all not a bad assignment. He calls it down the middle and doesn't throw a lot of flags.

 

[plymkr]

All year y'all doubted them.
All year y'all character assassinated them.
All year y'all pretended to see inside their heads to say they're biased.
And some pretended to know what non-Cowboys team they rooted for as kids to make them angry at us as adults.

But on that Gallup touchdown, while the whole world was squinting to see if Gallup stepped out of bounds or not, they pull the illegal touching rule out of the hat noting that even if Gallup went out of bounds (was not conclusive he did) the defender touching the ball first allows Gallup to then be eligible to touch the ball for the TD. Great teamwork by the refs (and maybe New York) to bring the rulebook to light. The broadcasters didn't know it, don't remember if they asked the broadcast rules guy, and fans surely didn't know it. Put some respect on the refs name! Lol.

Hey man I'll totally come clean. I'm a "conspiracy theorist, refs are out to get us" guy. I thought playing against Brady we would get no calls and screwed over. Well the refs were fair and it proved me wrong that we always get screwed. Stupid refs screwed me by not screwing us, lol. Now I have to come and eat humble pie for being wrong. But I'm happy to be wrong.

Refs were fair and did their jobs well. And I was waiting to pounce and I can't and I'm pretty happy about that. So I will put some respect on the refs' name.

 

[Nav22]

All year y'all doubted them.
All year y'all character assassinated them.
All year y'all pretended to see inside their heads to say they're biased.
And some pretended to know what non-Cowboys team they rooted for as kids to make them angry at us as adults.

But on that Gallup touchdown, while the whole world was squinting to see if Gallup stepped out of bounds or not, they pull the illegal touching rule out of the hat noting that even if Gallup went out of bounds (was not conclusive he did) the defender touching the ball first allows Gallup to then be eligible to touch the ball for the TD. Great teamwork by the refs (and maybe New York) to bring the rulebook to light. The broadcasters didn't know it, don't remember if they asked the broadcast rules guy, and fans surely didn't know it. Put some respect on the refs name! Lol.

I'll eat some crow on the refs. I was absolutely convinced they were targeting us unfairly last season, especially after the playoff loss, but I haven't seen it much this year. The no-call on the Lamb PI in Green Bay was still bogus, but it happens.

They've been very fair and last night was no exception. Great job to factor in the DB touching the ball on the Gallup TD.

Refs are either not talked about (when they do a phenomenal job) or ripped to shreds (when they miss 1 bad call), so I'm with you - they deserve some props for a job well done.

 

[shabazz]

We crucify them when they get the call wrong.

When they start getting their pay deducted for wrong calls we’ll stop crucifying them

 

[loublue22]

That was the point no crazy calls, the roughing call was bad but nowhere near the Cousins call bad.

I thought the roughing call was textbook, he landed on Dak with his full weight, that's exactly how Romo got hurt multiple times.

 

[gimmesix]

That was the point no crazy calls, the roughing call was bad but nowhere near the Cousins call bad.

I thought the roughing call was correct. The defender struck Dak in the neck and then landed his full weight on top of him. That's textbook roughing with today's rules.

 

[gimmesix]

I think the difference is that Micah didn't bring his arm up, and effectively place the OL's arm around his shoulders, which is the exception stated in the rule.

He was trying to rip free, though. It's the same move he's used over and over again to try to get the OT's arm off of him so he can get to the QB.

 

[G2]

First, I'll say that I don NOT think there's a conspiracy against the Cowboys with regard to the officiating. We have some who may be, but let's not lump all in one.

The Wildcard game was not a well officiated game. They missed/didn't call a handful of impactful plays. It may have flown under the radar because they favored Dallas in some cases. But we either got lucky, the refs blow etc, because we got away with some stuff.
I'm obviously glad we won in such fashion, but unlike some knee-jerk fans, I don't expect this to be the norm. Remember last year vs the 9ers? Good lord, the penalties. So don't be surprised if it happens again.

 

[glimmerman]

Maybe coaches knew the rules. But being that close MM maybe don’t challenge. Was good call by refs.

 

[lukin2006]

Unless they had a better view than we were shown then I doubt it was ever getting overturned…

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

I thought for the most part, this crew let them play. I would be more than happy if this became the norm instead of these crews that call every ticky tack thing they see.

 

[MarcusRock]

I think the difference is that Micah didn't bring his arm up, and effectively place the OL's arm around his shoulders, which is the exception stated in the rule.

He was trying to rip free, though. It's the same move he's used over and over again to try to get the OT's arm off of him so he can get to the QB.

I have to say, it didn't look like a hold to me. It does look like most other plays where Parsons uses a rip move. However, the only thing that was different here is the OL anticipated the rip and put his arm across Parsons' body first and Parsons did a rip as a reaction (it looked like he planned on it anyway since it's his favorite move). If you read the way the exception in the rule is written, it's the OL who is reacting to what the defender does and the D's action puts the OL's arms in that position. So if the rip didn't cause the placement, then it could fall under a hook/twist/turn, which is a hold. The other thing they flashed on the screen right after is that OL is the most penalized player in the league, not just OL, since 2015, and by a wide margin. So that doesn't help his case.

if, during a defensive charge, a defensive player uses a “rip” technique that puts an offensive player in a position that would normally be holding.

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[Creeper]

I did not understand the issue. It was clear to me that the defender almost picked that ball off so Gallup was not the first player to touch the ball. The announcers clearly forgot about the rule on that play and all their chatter about did he step out or not was irrelevant. Not once did they mention the caveat about reestablishing himself in bounds or that the defender touched the ball first.

Sometimes the announcers are boneheads. I bet they felt stupid after the TD stood as called.

 

[Doomsday101]

Glad to see him out there making big plays and glad to see Dak get him involved early in the game. Gallup has made a lot of big plays for this team. I really do not get this disdain some have for him.

 

[blueblood70]

It was going to be a TD either way. From the field view, it appeared he was never out of bounds, running on the balls of his feet, his heels never dropping down. From the endzone view, his balls of feet never went out, so comparing the two shots, there was no evidence he ever was out.

However, that would have been a “the play stands as called.” Because Gallup was clearly inbounds when he caught it and the defender clearly tipped the ball, it was a much more definitive call to say “it was a TD by rule….blah blah blah” than to say it stands, basically no evidence to overturn.

One way of calling it allows the TB fans to gripe. The other allowed a rule to state it doesn’t matter….it’s a TD either way. Both were correct, and it was never going the other way regardless.

right, would not have been overturned either way but to be clearer and leave no doubt toward the TB sideline, it was good either way, they wanted to convey that part to make the foot a moot debate

 

[aikemirv]

Doesn’t fit the conspiracy narrative. Neither does the mugging Mukwamu gave the Bucs reciever in the endzone that went unflagged.

That just follows everything we saw all weekend in all the games regarding CB contact. At least we did not get treated any different!

 

[aikemirv]

He was trying to rip free, though. It's the same move he's used over and over again to try to get the OT's arm off of him so he can get to the QB.

Parsons rip move is always secondary the the OL grabbing him because he is so fast that he always gets under the OL without a rip move. That's why Marcus point on this he has always been using is moot!

 

[MarcusRock]

Glad to see him out there making big plays and glad to see Dak get him involved early in the game. Gallup has made a lot of big plays for this team. I really do not get this disdain some have for him.

Gallup got paid so some fans are chomping at the bit to rake him over the coals and call him "Paid and satisfied" if he doesn't perform to their unanimous 1st Team All-Pro standards.