Roger Goodell has the authority to overturn Detroit Lions-Dallas Cowboys' Week 17 outcome

[blueblood70]

Can you imagine if this actually happens. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...p&cvid=761b99dd6a944404a8e28ad40e0c9ffb&ei=19

there's no way it happens because you can go back into that same game the play before as far as the drive before with the ghost call the Cowboys can use that on appeal that if that tripping call had not happened the Cowboys would have still been running the clock it would have been second and three we'd have ran the clock down before the field goal and they probably would have only had 44 seconds to try to do that and it would have never happened you can't go back and cherry pick because there's plays all game but especially on that last Cowboys drive that affected the outcome of the game as well it forced the Cowboys to throw the football it was a bad call so they're gonna review the whole game Cowboys front office and coaches can go in and say hey look at that mistake are we gonna overturn that?

No way I'm allowing that to happen in my mind you cannot do that if you want to do that how about we do this we go back to the exact part of the game that they made the bad call on the tripping call put the same time on the clock line these two teams up let it be second and three Cowboys ball and finish the game again you wanna do that let's do it.. You don't think these players are gonna come out to AT&T during the middle of the week and play 5 minutes of football versus have the game overturned by a a suit?​

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That'd be the only way to settle it you literally have to go all the way back to that play because that is the only reason the lions got a chance to go down there and score that touchdown so you have to go back and reset the game put them on the field and let them play another 5 minutes of football exact scenario second and three around 5 minutes left... If not then back the hell off this has happened to a lot of teams I mean it happened to us in the Philadelphia game where we actually had an eligible guy they called it an illegal formation and took back a touchdown I mean we could go back to the Arizona game where they picked up a flag that changed the outcome of that game the one pass interference on Gallup would have been first and goal we can do this all day that's why they cannot overturn this because we've got screwed out of a couple games including the Same Philadelphia game I'm discussing literally not having pass interference on the 1 inch line I mean we could do this all day that's why league is not gonna overturn the game because the referees made more than one mistake in that same game..​

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Haven't the Dallas Cowboys heard this all year stop crying stop making excuses all this stuff evens out at the end of the 17 games but now they want to overturn one on us when we're supposed to shut up and take it??​

 

[BLEU3ASY]

It’s fine if he does this, but start at the obvious blown tripping call at the 2:05

 

[blueblood70]

The Lions tried to get cute with their eligible lineman declaration. The refs busted them! I don't care if the rest of the world doesn't see that. The refs got it right and Roger the Clown better stay out of it! The Lions lose, the Cowboys win! Who's with me?!

Exactly even if the referee made a mistake not hearing it he has the responsibility to tell the Cowboys defense that 68 is eligible that way they can cover him as a receiver and not a blocker and they did not so if he was gonna be a tight end the Cowboys would have needed to know about it you can't overturn the game because the referees are correct because even if they misheard the Cowboys were never informed that 68 was eligible therefore they couldn't play defense correctly,,

 

[blueblood70]

It’s fine if he does this, but start at the obvious blown tripping call at the 2:05

Yep if it comes down to it that's my solution bring everybody back on Wednesday or Thursday everybody no fans back AT&T reset the clock give us the ball second and three with the same time on the clock and let's finish the game from there where they made that bad call that actually set up the lions final drive it stopped the clock it put us behind the chains and forced us to throw the football... so yeah we can do this all year long like the az game MG flag flag that got mysteriously picked up in my opinion that affected the outcome of the game as well...

 

[pansophy]

I don’t feel bad about it because they told the defense 70 was eligible. Everyone is freaking out because 68 caught the ball, but we have no idea if the play would have worked had 68 been named eligible. They had 2 more shots at it and didn’t get it done, so they had their chances.

we also got hosed on that tripping call, which if called correctly probably ends the games right there.

 

[RonnieT24]

You can’t do it.

Even if the lions get it. Cowboys had 23 seconds, 2 timeouts and a kicker with a booming leg who hasn’t missed a FG yet.

The game wasn’t over even if the lions did get the 2 points.

It's amazing how few people recognize this. They act like the Lions scored with no time on the clock. 23 seconds with two timeouts is time enough to run 4-5 plays. Fair catch the kickoff and start at the 25. Basically you need only get to just past midfield to be in Aubrey's range. 30 yards in 4 plays the way Dak and his crew were cooking seems like a done deal to me.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

How can he? Let's assume the refs did make a mistake and get the number of the eligible player wrong. They announced it to Dallas and Dallas played the play as if 70 was eligible and 68 was not. To overturn the play would penalize the Cowboys for the refs mistake. Plus, there was time left on the clock after the 2 point conversion. Dallas would be deprived of an opportunity to run back the kick. Or get a long PI call or hit a big play to get them in FG range.

I have a very low opinion of Goodell, but I don't think he would take such a drastic action on this play. It is wishful thinking by Lions fans.

I think you're reading to much into it. The commissioner probably has some authority to exercise a reversal in especially egregious situations, but he isn't doing it. The media narrative is Detroit got screwed, but realistically the league and teams know that a reversal isn't warranted. Had the flag not been thrown, Dallas would be equally screwed over due to being told the wrong guy reported. Even more so when you consider the tripping call. Had that been called correctly, then we don't even get there.

And even if there was no other controversy and the play happened with no time left, if he didn't do it with an NFC championship game...Rams at Saints in 2018...he isn't doing it now

 

[lostar2009]

If this happens it would open a can of worms by the Goodell. And if I was the Cowboys and Jerry, I would tell him to kiss my ***, we are not showing up for 20 secs of football.

 

[duane33]

I think you're reading to much into it. The commissioner probably has some authority to exercise a reversal in especially egregious situations, but he isn't doing it. The media narrative is Detroit got screwed, but realistically the league and teams know that a reversal isn't warranted. Had the flag not been thrown, Dallas would be equally screwed over due to being told the wrong guy reported. Even more so when you consider the tripping call. Had that been called correctly, then we don't even get there.

And even if there was no other controversy and the play happened with no time left, if he didn't do it with an NFC championship game...Rams at Saints in 2018...he isn't doing it now

Never happen.

Peter King has a good take on 2 pt conversion today. Blames ref and Lions, because they sent 3 lineman to the ref trying to trick Cowboys and they tricked the ref

 

[Cydios]

Can you imagine if this actually happens. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...p&cvid=761b99dd6a944404a8e28ad40e0c9ffb&ei=19

He won't, because it's not the Cowboys fault either. When the refs announced 70 as the receiver, no one covered 68 because by rule, we didn't need to. So the outcome could have been different. So can we please close this thread and move on?

 

[doomsday9084]

It’s fine if he does this, but start at the obvious blown tripping call at the 2:05

I don't understand why this doesn't get more play. The 2 point conversion thing is muddy. Detroit tried to pull a fast one and there were all kinds of reasons why Dallas shouldn't be held liable for it.

The tripping call was clear as day that it was wrong. No sane person is going to debate that and it changed the rest of the game.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

You can’t do it.

Even if the lions get it. Cowboys had 23 seconds, 2 timeouts and a kicker with a booming leg who hasn’t missed a FG yet.

The game wasn’t over even if the lions did get the 2 points.

Yeah I was gonna say....the game wasn't even over there was plenty of time to go down there and get a field goal....and they showed they couldn't guard Lamb all day. People think that game was over but it wasn't.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I don't understand why this doesn't get more play. The 2 point conversion thing is muddy. Detroit tried to pull a fast one and there were all kinds of reasons why Dallas shouldn't be held liable for it.

The tripping call was clear as day that it was wrong. No sane person is going to debate that and it changed the rest of the game.

Well the argument is tripping calls get missed all the time.Holding calls get missed all the time. The 2 point conversion seems to be an error by the ref.

 

[CowboyStar88]

There were two defenders on 68.

Quit trying to change the events of the play to fit your narrative it’s getting old and worn out.

 

[JW82]

LMAO. You're on the wrong teams site.

 

[ksadler1]

What would have happened if our RB had scored on that tripping penalty play, it was called back, and the Lions went on to win on that 2pt conversion. Would Goodell be asked to overturn the game? I think not.

 

[VaqueroTD]

Click-bait

 

[doomsday9084]

Well the argument is tripping calls get missed all the time.Holding calls get missed all the time. The 2 point conversion seems to be an error by the ref.

I've seen lots of missed calls. I've never seen a personal foul get called on the wrong team. We are all on the same page with that, right? The ref saw the tripping attempt, called it and gave the penalty to the wrong team.

Remember that Damone Clark facemask against Miami? Imagine if he did it and the refs marked the penalty against Miami, killing the drive. The national uproar would be over the top. The fact that this is a footnote to that game just shows the national bias against Dallas.

 

[conner01]

This can't be real

Possible but not probable. It’s never been done and it would take something really extreme to even consider it

 

[conner01]

People forget that if not for the bogus trip this play doesn’t happen and there was also another penalty one the play