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IRVING – Dallas Cowboys defensive line coach Rod Marinelli was quick to apologize to head coach Jason Garrett after drawing a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct in the second quarter of Sunday’s 31-16 win over Washington.
“He’s a stand-up guy,” Garrett said Monday of Marinelli. “As soon as the flag happened, he turned to me and apologized. But if everybody brings it like Rod Marinelli brings it, we’ve got a really good chance of being a good football team.”
The penalty gave the Commanders a first down after defensive tackle Jason Hatcher sacked Robert Griffin III, a play that would have put the visitors in a second-and-20 hole. The play was originally ruled an incompletion, which upset Marinelli, who claimed Griffin’s knee had touched the turf before he released the ball.
Replay reversed the call, but Marinelli had already said the magic words that prompted the flag.
“He had a short conversation with the official on the play that Hatcher got the sack,” Garrett said. “Initially, they ruled it that the quarterback had thrown the ball away, and we all saw his knee was down, and Rod was just trying to let the official know that, and I guess the official didn’t like how he said it.”
The penalty resulted in some good-natured ribbing being tossed Marinelli’s way.
“We got him on a grade sheet,” Hatcher said. “I think he got an F today for that penalty. He fought for my sack, so I got a sack. That’s my fifth one of the season. I thank him for that.”
Said Garrett, “Rod’s a very passionate guy who loves football. You see that in everything he does each and every day.”
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“He’s a stand-up guy,” Garrett said Monday of Marinelli. “As soon as the flag happened, he turned to me and apologized. But if everybody brings it like Rod Marinelli brings it, we’ve got a really good chance of being a good football team.”
The penalty gave the Commanders a first down after defensive tackle Jason Hatcher sacked Robert Griffin III, a play that would have put the visitors in a second-and-20 hole. The play was originally ruled an incompletion, which upset Marinelli, who claimed Griffin’s knee had touched the turf before he released the ball.
Replay reversed the call, but Marinelli had already said the magic words that prompted the flag.
“He had a short conversation with the official on the play that Hatcher got the sack,” Garrett said. “Initially, they ruled it that the quarterback had thrown the ball away, and we all saw his knee was down, and Rod was just trying to let the official know that, and I guess the official didn’t like how he said it.”
The penalty resulted in some good-natured ribbing being tossed Marinelli’s way.
“We got him on a grade sheet,” Hatcher said. “I think he got an F today for that penalty. He fought for my sack, so I got a sack. That’s my fifth one of the season. I thank him for that.”
Said Garrett, “Rod’s a very passionate guy who loves football. You see that in everything he does each and every day.”
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