We're getting jobbed both ways on holding calls. It's a clear double standard.
Dallas is tied for first in holding calls against its offense and has the second most holding calls against its defense. NFL ranks. of 1 & 2.
There is only one other team that is in the top 10 for both which is Cleveland who has NFL ranks of 6th (O) and 9th (D).
No other teams are in the top 10 for both and Dallas is top 2 for both. Yeah, right.
BTW, only Myles Garrett and the Browns have anywhere close to the gripe that Parsons and the Cowboys do. While Bosa and Watt don't get many holding calls either,
BOTH are ref darlings when it comes to holding calls against their offense.
The 49ers have been called for 12 Offensive Holdings and the Steelers 8. You have to combine both to equal the same calls against the Cowboys (20).
So, the Bosa and Watt equivocation attempts fall flat when we look at the overall holding picture. Their teams at least get the even out benefit of their offenses getting away with holding.
Meanwhile, Dallas is under a ref microscope at all times and gets called on both sides heavily. No respect given either way. No evening out the calls as with SF and Pittsburgh.
https://www.footballdb.com/stats/penalties.html?sort=dh
I'd like to challenge anyone to see if SF, Pittsburgh, or Cleveland have a documented history of getting the shaft on this like Dallas does. Do they have anything like this:
2017
https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...ink-there-is-an-nfl-conspiracy-against-dallas
"It’s been 33 quarters since a holding call was made against the offensive line of the Cowboys opponents. That’s eight games. That’s seems almost absurdly impossible in today’s NFL. You could call holding on every other pass play in the NFL, yet the zebras can’t manage to do it once in eight games for the benefit of the Cowboys? It’s almost enough to make you believe in some kind of conspiracy."
2018
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profo...had-holding-penalty-on-pass-play-since-week-2
"The Cowboys are aware they have gone nine weeks without opponents being penalized for holding on a pass play. That’s 325 passing plays if you’re keeping track at home."
That's back to back years of this before 2023 and you all already know the stats about penalties over 2000-2023 that I have posted previously.
This cannot be explained away due to mere incompetence as with incompetence the Cowboys would not ALWAYS be getting the shaft, year after year. Incompetence would result in the calls evening out over a long period of time. That clearly isn't happening.
Also, anymore "whataboutism" attempts will need to bring the hard receipts like I just did.