How was Escobar's TD catch not a TD?

[Nova]

As fans we can often be bias towards our Cowboys. Sometimes we criticize the refs unfairly....

This isn't one of those times. No angle makes taking away that TD a good call. Joe Buck and Troy were speculating that his Shin may have come down. Is that even physically possible?

I don't think it's possible when you're lunging forward.

 

[Risen Star]

Clear TD to me. It only has to break the plane of the beginning of that goal line. It doesn't have to go past it.

I'm fine with the original ruling of no TD, though I thought it was clear live. When you review it and still don't change it, that's when I have a problem. I'll bet we get a meaningless memo from the league this coming week apologizing for it.

 

[tecolote]

It was a TD but Escobar should've kept running to remove all doubt and not go to the ground by himself.

 

[nalam]

The call on the field dictated the ruling. There is no excuse for what followed.

Somehow it didn't affect the ruling on that Dez catch last year.

 

[FloridaRob]

the ball was crossing the plane of the goal line when his knee touched.. plus I don't even think he was touched by an eagles player

59 tripped him up. That us why he fell. Don't think there was ecmvidence to overturn it.

 

[Derinyar]

Clear TD to me. It only has to break the plane of the beginning of that goal line. It doesn't have to go past it.

I'm fine with the original ruling of no TD, though I thought it was clear live. When you review it and still don't change it, that's when I have a problem. I'll bet we get a meaningless memo from the league this coming week apologizing for it.

Come on Blandino isn't going to give us a sorry note. He made the call on it not being a TD on the replay. Working as intended!

 

[The Natural]

he's 6'6 250+ and he had a step on the defender, he should've lowered his head and ran through the endzone.

 

[Nightman]

Anyone?

From TV, it looked clear as day that he was in.

It wasn't close at all. Half of his body was over the line as the knee touched down.

It makes me wonder how anyone can trust the replay system afte a call like that.

Even Joe Buck had to keep moving the goalline to fight his anti-Cowboys take.

http://a.msn.com/09/en-us/AAexFb4?ocid=st

 

[tyke1doe]

Doesn't matter. We won.

 

[Nightman]

It wasn't close at all. Half of his body was over the line as the knee touched down.

It makes me wonder how anyone can trust the replay system afte a call like that.

Even Joe Buck had to keep moving the goalline to fight his anti-Cowboys take.

http://a.msn.com/09/en-us/AAexFb4?ocid=st

Peirara's own tape shows the ball breaking the plane before the "shin" goes down

When the tape changes angles you can see how far back they had to go to make it look like he was down. His leg continues going down well after the point Perriara says it was already down.

 

[Kevinicus]

I don't think it's possible when you're lunging forward.

His shin did hit before his knee. Whether or not that was before the ball crossed the plane, I couldn't say. It's crazy that Fox didn't have a better angle for their game of the week.

 

[Nova]

His shin did hit before his knee. Whether or not that was before the ball crossed the plane, I couldn't say. It's crazy that Fox didn't have a better angle for their game of the week.

I'm seeing it now. He didn't lunge forward as much as I remembered and so yeah his shin touches the ground first. But even still, it's pretty damn obvious the ball has broken the plane.

 

[percyhoward]

http://a.msn.com/09/en-us/AAexFb4?ocid=st

Fox should seriously consider giving Pereira a bow tie and a white goatee so he can review plays as Col. Sanders.

 

[SibannacRex]

Anyone?

From TV, it looked clear as day that he was in.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...d-not-score-for-the-dallas-cowboys/vp-AAexFb4

 

[Fontaine]

mainly because he plays for the Cowboys.

 

[Junglist]

It was a TD. It just didn't fit into the ref's agenda, which admittedly got better. It was out of control the first half.

 

[Bay10]

It was a TD for sure. Seems like every time Dallas is on Fox they go against us. I prefer CBS and NBC. NBC really show us love.

 

[coult44]

Because his knee hit the ground before the ball crossed the goal line.

There's always one of you. ALWAYS

 

[Floatyworm]

The same way Dez's wasnt a touchdown

Exactlly.....NFL screwing us again. The fact that this team over came this flag fest and the loss of the QB just goes to show the mental toughness that we built last year...is carrying over.

 

[DallasCowboys2080]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...d-not-score-for-the-dallas-cowboys/vp-AAexFb4

guy says you have to have indisputable visual evidence to overturn rule on field. yeh like they did with the Dez catch. they don't practice what they preach. BS.