So Many Rules because of Dallas Cowboys!

[john van brocklin]

1. No hands to the face: Eric Williams
2. No Horse Collar Tackles : Roy Williams
3. No blows to the head: MB3
4. No markings for kick attempts : Maher ???

We seem to be the most heavily policed team in the entire NFL !

Has any other team even come close?

Comments, thoughts or any venting ?

 

[Boyzmamacita]

The can't remove your helmet rule: Emmitt Smith.

 

[john van brocklin]

The can't remove your helmet rule: Emmitt Smith.

Good one!
I had forgotten that!

 

[DFWJC]

1. No hands to the face: Eric Williams
2. No Horse Collar Tackles : Roy Williams
3. No blows to the head: MB3
4. No markings for kick attempts : Maher ???

We seem to be the most heavily policed team in the entire NFL !

Has any other team even come close?

Comments, thoughts or any venting ?

Don't forget
--visiting team now has its own special teams (K) balls (from Seattle inserting slick/new ball in 2006)
--update of catch rule (Dez)

 

[john van brocklin]

Don't forget
--visiting team now has its own special teams (K) balls (from Seattle inserting slick/new ball in 2006)
--update of catch rule (Dez)

Yep, we seem to be the center of the NFL universe.

 

[CWR]

Don't forget
--visiting team now has its own special teams (K) balls (from Seattle inserting slick/new ball in 2006)
--update of catch rule (Dez)

I think the push off rule was initiated due to Irvin as well. It does seem like it would've been there all along, but I seem to recall the league changing something directly because of how 88 was eating up dbs.

 

[ESisback]

1. No hands to the face: Eric Williams
2. No Horse Collar Tackles : Roy Williams
3. No blows to the head: MB3
4. No markings for kick attempts : Maher ???

We seem to be the most heavily policed team in the entire NFL !

Has any other team even come close?

Comments, thoughts or any venting ?

One of the reasons we’re America’s Team. Most loved, most hated, most polarizing, most everything! Daily topics on all sports shows:

1)LA Lebrons
2)Dallas sucks
3)Current most trendy ratings grabber

Rinse, repeat!

 

[MarcusRock]

Yep, this technically counts as a fear of the refs thread. That's 2. Over/Under 3.5 this week.

 

[CouchCoach]

Harvey Martin head slap rule.
Irvin didn’t create the push off but he did bring it to the foreground to be enforced.

 

[sunalsorises]

Completion rule modified because of Dez Bryant's catch
I think Michael Irvin started the now banned throat slash gesture
If the ball hits the scoreboard it is a redo

 

[DanTanna]

Laurent Robinson sort of ran towards the huddle and then went right back to the sideline. We were called for too many men in the huddle - something the announcers hadn't seen called since the 1970's. He never made it half way to the friggin huddle. That cost us dearly.

 

[JayFord]

its alot of unwritten ones too

such as unless you win by 3 touchdowns against an undefeated opponent the win doesnt count

 

[greatwallofdallas]

1. No hands to the face: Eric Williams
2. No Horse Collar Tackles : Roy Williams
3. No blows to the head: MB3
4. No markings for kick attempts : Maher ???

We seem to be the most heavily policed team in the entire NFL !

Has any other team even come close?

Comments, thoughts or any venting ?

Follow the money and you’ll get your answer.

 

[jazzcat22]

Which obscure, possibly made up rule will go against us in SF?

Anyway, just be better, eliminate mistakes and penalties, play smart. Then none of those rules or calls will effect the outcome.

I think the refs overall have done a decent job in all the playoffs games. I can't think of any calls, though some bad and missed, that actually effected the outcome of the games.

 

[DallasEast]

Yep, this technically counts as a fear of the refs thread. That's 2. Over/Under 3.5 this week.

An argument can be made of the OP stating the franchise is "most heavily policed team." However, the league has instituted rules following the actions of a player associated with this particular franchise. That is not debatable. What can be debated is whether any other franchise sparked a number of rules created in similar fashion exceeding the Dallas Cowboys.

I do not know. I have been watching the NFL since the early-1970's. This franchise began a decade earlier. The league is over a century old. I saw PLENTY of horse collar tackles before Roy Williams hurt several players doing so in 2004. A few of those horse collar tackles I had previously seen resulted in injuries also. Yet, it took until after the turn of the century before the NFL finally decided to say, "Whoa! Let's make that tackle illegal now because it ended up hurting players! I mean, it has hurt players in the past but it should not have hurt THESE players. I mean..."

Seriously. Other franchises have contributed to new stipulations added to the NFL rulebook. I am curious whether other organizations, some which have been around far longer than the Dallas Cowboys, have longer lists.

 

[atlantacowboy]

1. No hands to the face: Eric Williams
2. No Horse Collar Tackles : Roy Williams
3. No blows to the head: MB3
4. No markings for kick attempts : Maher ???

We seem to be the most heavily policed team in the entire NFL !

Has any other team even come close?

Comments, thoughts or any venting ?

Patriots are close. They have the snow plow game, Spy gate, and Deflate Gate. No snow plows allowed on the field now. No spying on opponents (which everyone did), and the air pressure in the football is now closely monitored and records kept. Until Brady started winning crazy numbers of playoff games, nobody cared.

 

[Jipper]

just watch...if the cowboys lose to the 49ers this week there will be something put in about teams in the playoffs having to play their games in a certain window to prevent an unfair competitive advantage due to one team getting extra rest (aka a monday playoff winner vs a sat playoff winner)...

 

[fansince68]

No jumping into the Salvation Army kettle compliments of Zeke.

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

--update of catch rule (Dez)

Which was originally the "Butch Johnson rule".

 

[diamonddelts]

Push off rule was created after Irvin interview with Madden where he described how he creates separation at the point of catch.