On This Day 10 Years Ago: The Dez Catch That Wasn't

[MarcusRock]

No.

it was called a catch on the field.

3 steps plus football move.

3 steps was not part of the rules at that time. Therein lies the rub of those who use today's rules to try to apply backwards. Since going to the ground applied, the football move Dez needed to make was holding on to the ball all the way through the ground.

 

[gtb1943]

Just goes to show you how stupid things are when the idea of some so called football move is even part of the discussion.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

What always bothered me and showed me how much we are cursed is it was McCarthy that challenged that call.


I swear it feels like hes never won a single challenge here

Lol

 

[gtb1943]

IT was idiotic when they changed the rule that had been around for decades because of the Megatron Play. You do not change rules that have held steady for that long because of ONE play. That started a process where you are getting it all the time

 

[MarcusRock]

Dez clearly caught the ball. Switched the ball from one side to the other. Took multiple steps, and reached out to extend the ball over the goal line. A clear catch, even by the rules at the time.

Not when you're going to the ground unfortunately. None of that stuff you mentioned matters unless Dez could execute a proper lunger per the rules. He did not.

 

[gtb1943]

I have not heard one single WR that said that was not a catch and they would know

 

[gtb1943]

Not when you're going to the ground unfortunately. None of that stuff you mentioned matters unless Dez could execute a proper lunger per the rules. He did not.

just shows you how stupid the rules committee were to put that word salad in

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

We lost that day because the D, could never figure out how to get to a gimpy one legged QB the whole day. Not one sack on Mr. State Farm, who couldn’t even move in the pocket.

 

[CWR]

It's officially been a decade. And there have been many angles of debate from whether Dez did enough by the rules at the time to whether Romo made the right call in going for broke on a 4th Down. If the Cowboys had scored, would Rodgers had ruined it all anyway because that just what he did on the regular? Did Dan Bailey's blocked field goal (14-7 Dallas at the time) AND/OR Demarco Murray's fumble (14-10 Dallas at the time) keep Dallas from padding their lead that could have put the game out of reach? The no-catch gets all the press but there are questions upon questions that can be examined in that game. Take away the sting of the result and that was a great NFL playoff game. It's a shame that controversy obscures that fact. What say ye all these years later?

You must be feeling argumentative today.

 

[CWR]

We lost that day because the D, could never figure out how to get to a gimpy one legged QB the whole day. Not one sack on Mr. State Farm, who couldn’t even move in the pocket.

I take solace in knowing our defense would've folded like a lawn chair regardless. I dont feel like we got robbed of a win. We got robbed of a few more minutes of drama.

 

[shabazz]

I have not heard one single WR that said that was not a catch and they would know

If there was any WR that said it wasn't a catch it would be Keyshawn Johnson.

That guy argues something even if he agrees with it, lol

 

[Cowboys5217]

"I don't think he made a football move with it".......as he goes 14 feet with the football. Second biggest blown call in the history of football right behind Brady's fumble!

They changed the rules to justify screwing Dallas over. Plus, here's Cobb's "catch" in the first half. The replay ref fixed that game as clear as day.



It's ref culture to screw the Cowboys in big moments, often in direct opposite fashion from breaks they gave the other team like Cobb's "catch" that clearly hit the ground, and Dez's legit catch.

 

[Cowboys5217]

Also, you guys saying we would have lost anyway don't know that at all. We very could have won that game. Talk about the bargaining stage...

 

[MarcusRock]

You must be feeling argumentative today.

I'm out and about today. It's Cowboys history, is it not? What difference does it make whether I start a thread or someone else does that was inevitably going to to be made today given the milestone anniversary? I would've posted in either knowing the topic so well. Don't try to put that Rockport stank on me, lol.

 

[cowboyec]

he caught it.
he caught it 10yrs ago.
he caught it today.
he'll catch it 50yrs from now.
screw you goodell.
DEZ CAUGHT IT

 

[CWR]

I'm out and about today. It's Cowboys history, is it not? What difference does it make whether I start a thread or someone else does that was inevitably going to to be made today given the milestone anniversary? I would've posted in either knowing the topic so well. Don't try to put that Rockport stank on me, lol.

All I'm saying is you knew how this would go when you posted it. Lol

 

[Floatyworm]

Still a catch....Just another NFL sticking it to Dallas...any way possible moment.

 

[loublue22]

the murray fumble was the real killer

 

[MarcusRock]

All I'm saying is you knew how this would go when you posted it. Lol

Well sure but it would go the same way if another had posted it. I was just getting the party started early, lol.

 

[big dog cowboy]

fine=STILL NOT A CATCH, lol ref called it, league called it, rowdy called it, someone who matters says it's not a catch, it's not a catch game over!

Jebus.