Replay ref Gene Steratore should be fired tonight

[DFWJC]

If you're going to overturn that Dez catch, you need to also overturn the Cobb catch. That ball hit the ground as well. Are you telling me that he made a football move?

True, but the same.
Cobb never fully had possession and Dez beyond any doubt did.

 

[speedkilz88]

I find it hard to believe that it was specifically biased against Dallas because there is no team more popular. However....I do give some weight to the Vegas line of thinking that this somehow paid out in spades for them.

I think the Cowboys covered.

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

I find it hard to believe that it was specifically biased against Dallas because there is no team more popular. However....I do give some weight to the Vegas line of thinking that this somehow paid out in spades for them.

I don't disagree with your Vegas sentiment, the spreads are so close almost every week...fortunately today the spread was already covered. Unless there was money on the over/under...the touchdown would have put it over lol

 

[Nightman]

I find it hard to believe that it was specifically biased against Dallas because there is no team more popular. However....I do give some weight to the Vegas line of thinking that this somehow paid out in spades for them.

I think it's like Aikman announcing, they go out of their way to make sure that don't show any bias towards Dallas. I don't think the refs conspired to screw the Cowboys over, but they will always rule against them if it's even remotely close. I know the League office is no fan of JJones.

 

[Daillest88]

Hmm so where are these refs from? Philly?? Lol

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Never saw a single replay, but why was the 3rd down Cobb catchat the end not reviewed?. It was certainly close to hitting the ground that it should have been looked at.

 

[AshyLarry06]

Hmm so where are these refs from? Philly?? Lol

Close- Steratore is from PITTSBURGH, not Philly, not AS bad but damn near it. Another weird coincidence is that Steratore was the ref in the 2010 Lions-Bears game from which the idiotic "Calvin Johnson Rule" was created. Steratore was the ref who ruled CJ did not in fact complete the TD catch because he didn't "complete the process of the catch" or w.e the **** that rule says.

 

[Derinyar]

Never saw a single replay, but why was the 3rd down Cobb catchat the end not reviewed?. It was certainly close to hitting the ground that it should have been looked at.

Was reviewed. Wasn't over turned. Terrible call.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Was reviewed. Wasn't over turned. Terrible call.

No, I mean the one at the end of the game where they got the 1st down to run out the clock.

 

[Don Corleone]

Blandino, which mafia is he a part of? I ask as the Don.

 

[mugsybows]

Dudes always been a terrible ref.

 

[Echo9]

The NFL will affirm the call this week... make no mistake...

Of course they will, even though they know it was wrong. Funny thing. Mike Perieria called it as an incomplete. I wonder if the refs in the booth heard his call on the air and just went with it. That would mean a Fox employee actually changed the outcome of the game.

 

[Don Corleone]

Anybody that truly believes there is a bias against the Cowboys, need to quit believing conspiracies so readily.

The NFL referees are asked to do too much for a PART-TIME job, and have been on the decline since before the hold out. Too many ticky tack rules have been made over the last 10 years. Making the game almost impossible to ref correctly all the way through.

Also, allowing the refs far too much "interpretation" power leads to difference in calls due to the crew working the game..

I dunno. I think the interpretation is there to give them more influence on the outcome of games. The rules are vague on purpose. I sometimes wonder if they're reading the Vegas lines under the hood.

 

[Derinyar]

No, I mean the one at the end of the game where they got the 1st down to run out the clock.

I'm guessing because they didn't see enough to look at it again. Frankly that one looked good from first watch.

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

I dunno. I think the interpretation is there to give them more influence on the outcome of games. The rules are vague on purpose. I sometimes wonder if they're reading the Vegas lines under the hood.

With NBA I agree. I just feel like it would be too difficult to rig a game with 22 players on the field.

 

[Don Corleone]

With NBA I agree. I just feel like it would be too difficult to rig a game with 22 players on the field.

Rig is a strong word. I do think they influence outcomes in close games based on calls they make, or don't make.

That's why I respect teams that run up the score and play 60 minutes. Never leave anything to the refs.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

That would be admitting the mistake. There's one rule officials have on games like today. never admit you were wrong.

you can admit it...a week later.

 

[Joe_Fan]

If you're going to overturn that Dez catch, you need to also overturn the Cobb catch. That ball hit the ground as well. Are you telling me that he made a football move?

That is, and has been, my issue with the call. If you're going to call Cobb's catch which clearly showed the tip of the ball hit the ground and caused it to move a "catch" then there's absolutely no reason why Dez's catch should have been a catch also. Apparently maintaining possession while making three steps and then reaching for the goal line isn't making football moves now but trapping it on the ground is.

 

[Joe_Fan]

Never saw a single replay, but why was the 3rd down Cobb catchat the end not reviewed?. It was certainly close to hitting the ground that it should have been looked at.

It was replayed by the officials AND upheld. That is what's so infuriating about that.

 

[StarBoyz83]

I only saw 2 replays but it looked like cobb caught it to me!?