NFL informed Jets that refs “should not have” penalized DE John Franklin-Myers On Prescott

[Cowboys5217]

It's nice to be on the other side of this for once. Many times in the recent past the Cowboys were the ones who got the apology letter.

 

[McKDaddy]

League supposedly spends time with the refs as a group trying to make sure that each official goes by the same rules & guidelines. Yet you have such wide disparity between crews and even within a game.

You would think that officials could do better with their "judgement" than silly calls like this.

 

[leeblair]

I guess Jerry owes them another one of those obscene checks.

 

[conner01]

About a quarter of roughing calls are bad to me. It happens every Sunday you see a bad one. But I’d rather have them be for us than against us lol

 

[Flamma]

Two things:

1. It appeared that initial contact was on Dak's upper quad and then he comes downward as he's falling. If you look at the video, the DL's helmet is actually in Dak's rear as his shoulder contacts the upper outside quad.
2. The rule you quote says "A defender cannot initiate..." whereas Steele did fling the DL after he got beat so you could say the DL didn't initiate it. At least that's what Jim Nance mentioned and what the Jets head coach is claiming.

Your number 1 has the best chance. Because being contacted by another player doesn't mean anything.

You know the ref the commentators go to during the game? In regard to hitting a player where you shouldn't, it's the defender's job to avoid the contact.

 

[Runwildboys]

When they call an illegal huddle or false start against their long snapper on the game winning field goal wake me up.

Or call a QB sack, when he's in the arms of his own OL.

 

[plymkr]

I agree with NFL...it shouldn't have been a penalty. I'm sure the refs will make up for it later against Dallas though.

I was happy with the call but at the time I felt it was cheap. I'm glad the NFL said the Jets got screwed on that call because they did.