I get the mindset, but to me it boils down to 3 questions
1) Why was that penalty called for the first time in what, 30 years? Does anyone think Dallas doesn't get at least 3 points with 1st and 10 from the GB 15?
2) Does anyone not think Witten was interfered with? Does anyone think Dallas doesn't get a TD on 1st and Goal from the 1?
3) On a 3 man rush, with barely any time in the game, how is a DL that gets triangle choked leading to a loss, not called?
And those are just the blatant ones. That changed the dynamic entirely. The story that the "team was asleep", doesn't quite fit when the 10 points in the first half were negated by bad officiating. Being up 23-21, or even being down just 21-17 at end of the first half, is a completely different game.
Yes, there was questionable game management, as there is in every game. But, even calling the obvious hold sends it into OT. In a game that was decided as time expired, bad officiating changed the game.
In a well called game, accurate game, we win. Even just a slightly "less bad" called game, and we probably win. There is no "plain and simple" if that's the case. Rodgers was easily the best player on the field, but the better team lost yesterday. And until someone can prove that's incorrect, those are the facts.
This goes beyond Cowboys football, this is a league issue. When "overcoming terrible calls" and discounting calls that directly influence the game becomes unimportant, the product that we all know and love is going to continue to be a big pile of garbage where Champions are crowned not by skill, but by how hard the officiating decides to screw you.
