So "you" could hear 68 and "you"'could see 70 not verbally communicate???
Don't know if you're being intentionally obtuse but you sure as Hades are avoiding my comment about the ref avoiding a direct question after the game to the tune of 3 or 4 times now. WHy haven't you addressed that?
That is it exactly. Catch the Cowboys defense napping in a pivotal moment of a big game. No assumption of it working, but just try it and see. You think our reputation of shrinking in big moments is only held by this fanbase? And as I failed to recall from the other poster, the Lions met with the refs prior to the game about this. If it were banned, I'm sure they'd have been told so. The Lions were mad because the refs flipped the script in the actual game. As the other poster has been avoiding, why would the ref avoid a question about what was said to him by the other players prior to 70 running out there and not even reaching the ref before being declared eligible? Forget about whether it would have worked on the field or not. That's not my point here. My point is the refs appeared to not follow their own stated rules and then had a ref avoid a question about it in the post-game presser. But folks are saying the refs got it right but also don't want to discuss the particulars. You have to know that to me in particular, that is hilarious that refs are both crooked and clean depending on who benefits.
Then why not tell the Lions what they attempted was wrong in the pre-game meeting that was held with them about this? If they were told it was wrong they wouldn't have attempted it, obviously. The ref either forgot the meeting or he wilted under pressure in the moment and then avoided a question about it after the game. You think that's not going to cause controversy? It caused so much that ref's crew was disinvited to playoff work. We all know if the reverse had been true, call options on tinfoil would have gone through the roof, lol.
Since when do Ref's have press conferences and answer questions to their decisions after the game???
if the Lions knew they had called the wrong guy eligible then why not stop the play? It seemed that what the lions wanted was the refs to report one guy and let the other guy remain eligible which is against the rules.
Lol. Avoid on, my man. Avoid on.
Someone on the sideline should have. The players are locked in on what they need to do. No, the Lions wanted the refs to report one guy and catch the Cowboys napping on the number confusion of 58, 68 and also throwing in 70 who usually reports. No rule against that and if it wasn't allowed, the ref should have told them in the meeting they had about that topic before the game. It seems to me the refs said it was fine to do and then did an about face in the actual game. So yeah, I'd be mad too if I were them. The refs didn't follow their own rules or honor their blessing they gave before the game even started.
There is nothing to avoid. The Lions tried to cheat and got caught. End of story. You can not report multiple Tackles as eligible receivers.
i dont think any rule was broken like i said the defense covered the guy who the refs reported, everyone just assumes the defense wouldn't have covered the other guy if the refs reported him which i think is highly unlikey. That plan was bad from the start and to me the Lions dropped the ball by not stopping the play...everything else is pure speculation to be honest.
100% correct.
Yeah, my take is not about what would have happened on the field. We have no way of knowing. It was a low percentage gamble but with the Cowboys' history, you have to try it. To me it's about the refs ignoring their own rules, a pre-game meeting on the rules, and a ref avoiding a question about the play itself. Then of course, it's about CowboysZone turning into ref lovers when they call them biased all the other times, lol.
do we know the refs broke from the pre-game meeting? Maybe i missed that (or dont recall it), seriously. But what if the refs said during the pre game meeting "Im good with it as long as the reporting follows these guidelines" and the lions didnt follow them...are we sure thats what happeneed?
Why was there a pre game meeting about a routine play that happens multiple times a game???
Why would the Lions be so angry like they were? Seems they thought they had an agreement on what they'd do. Based on what the coach and players have said, it's easy to piece together what they were trying to do and because of the reporting rules they tried to clear it with the refs before the game. There's really nothing else it could be unless folks have ideas. Why does the ref avoid a question about what went down with 58 and 68 approaching him? No one is touching that one on this board.
I mean now we are saying anytime a coach and players from a team who feel they got jobbed by the refs are correct.. as i said we dont know that happened it would be speculation..the refs could've have laid out very clear rules on how they wanted it reported and it didnt happen so the ref called it the way he did on the field...thats is just as likley as the the ref deciding to job the Lions to me. And as i have said many times i will happily admit im for the calls going my way anytime, they go against enough not gonna give the ones that go my way back...
The telling part is the ref avoiding a question about it after the game. If the rules are clear, state them and why the Lions were in violation of them, but don't avoid what your role was. Also telling that afterwards that crew was taken out of the playoff rotation.
