Taylor Decker reporting his eligibility to the refs

[DuncanIso]

So you’re telling me the ref can’t see 68 here

I agree that Detroit had the responsibility of clarifying.

I don’t believe that the ref didn’t screw up. The ref screwed up and it probably cost Detroit the game.

Thank you ref!

 

[DuncanIso]

You seriously wanna argue that the play was designed for all three to be eligible?

Jumbo package.

 

[DuncanIso]

Seems like you're listening only to the people who are saying what you want to hear. Lots of pundits including the booth ref have stated it was the right call and in reality the Lions committed multiple penalties on that play.

Come on man.

We all saw what happened.

I will take the win.

But we didn’t deserve it.

 

[DuncanIso]

58 was right there . Did he report as well ?

3 of them.

 

[Silverz1972]

You can only have 6 elligible players on offense. There were already 5 skill players so only one of the three lineman can be elligble.

 

[Kevinicus]

Jumbo package.

All 3 can be eligible, but not if they're all on the line. Only two eligible can be on the line.

All 3 of those guys were on the line.

 

[RonnieT24]

Come on man.

We all saw what happened.

I will take the win.

But we didn’t deserve it.

Why not? After they screwed us out of the tripping call against #97 instead calling it against Hendershot. Are you saying if they screw us and the other team wins then they deserve it?

All 3 can be eligible, but not if they're all on the line. Only two eligible can be on the line.

All 3 of those guys were on the line.

Yep if the argument is that all three reported then #70 covered up #58 and made it an illegal formation. No matter how the haters try to twist it the Lions got just desserts.

 

[Silverz1972]

You can only have 6 elligible players.

Detroit had a qb, two wrs, a te, and a rb. That means they could only have one lineman elligible with that lineup.

They reported 70 who was covered up. That should have been a penalty in itself.

 

[DuncanIso]

You can only have 6 elligible players.

Detroit had a qb, two wrs, a te, and a rb. That means they could only have one lineman elligible with that lineup.

They reported 70 who was covered up. That should have been a penalty in itself.

Their formation was legal.

The 3 players all reported.

Everyone saw it.

There are tons of replays going over it.

 

[DuncanIso]

Why not? After they screwed us out of the tripping call against #97 instead calling it against Hendershot. Are you saying if they screw us and the other team wins then they deserve it?

Yep if the argument is that all three reported then #70 covered up #58 and made it an illegal formation. No matter how the haters try to twist it the Lions got just desserts.

4 teams all won/lost playoff seeds because of that play.

Niners locked the 1 seed.

Dallas is likely the 2

Detroit is 3rd.

Phily is likely the 5th.

 

[Silverz1972]

Their formation was legal.

The 3 players all reported.

Everyone saw it.

There are tons of replays going over it.

What part of you can only have 6 elligible player do you not under stand. If all three reported then that would be a penalty in itself be ause they would have had 8 elligible players. That is why dan campbell told the media the ref told him he couldn’t have two reporting.

 

[BigD_95]

What else would he be doing, wishing him a happy new year?

We got a break. It's okay to accept it. I know it flies in the face of popular conspiracies here but a win is a win.

so all 3 linemen report eligible? Maybe he said the other guy was or they all 3 went to the ref to try and confuse the Cowboys. Who knows what he said or what any of them said. But your standards they all said they were eligible which means it was illegal formation

 

[RonnieT24]

so all 3 linemen report eligible? Maybe he said the other guy was or they all 3 went to the ref to try and confuse the Cowboys. Who knows what he said or what any of them said. But your standards they all said they were eligible which means it was illegal formation

People who hate the Cowboys will never be convinced that the call was correct since it benefitted the Cowboys. Forget the other penalties on that play and the completely bogus tripping call on Hendershot which was the only reason the Lions ever got the ball back in the first place. Had that call been made correctly the Cowboys would have had first and goal with under two minutes left. Two runs eat up 5 seconds each and both Lions timeouts. The 3rd run eats up 40 seconds and we kick the FG with under a minute left in the game. Squibb kick it to eat up 10 more seconds and the Lions get the ball with maybe 35-40 seconds to go the length of the field. Hell with the way the running game picked up late we might have even punched it in to put the game away at 24-13 with under a minute left. But haters don't wanna hear any of that.

 

[Nova]

Could never be mad at fans of Jerry's kids, theres so much to laugh at.

So much to laugh at, yet here you are, seeking our approval.

Get a job

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Their formation was legal.

The 3 players all reported.

Everyone saw it.

There are tons of replays going over it.

And yet only 70 was announced. We all actually did hear that.

 

[pentatwirl]

What part of you can only have 6 elligible player do you not under stand. If all three reported then that would be a penalty in itself be ause they would have had 8 elligible players. That is why dan campbell told the media the ref told him he couldn’t have two reporting.

ESPN trying to find a new anti-Cowboys angle:

 

[irishline]

Come on man.

We all saw what happened.

I will take the win.

But we didn’t deserve it.

We didn't deserve to have first and 25 at the 44 at the two minute warning. We deserved to have first and 10 from the 11 after they tacked on half the distance to the goal after correctly penalizing Hutchinson for tripping a couple minutes earlier.

Three run attempts and a FG after that would have left Detroit with 45 seconds less than they had after that wrong call.

Lets not act like it was one sided. Hey, maybe different refs were rigging it for different teams? Only explanation.

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

It was a rhetorical request. We all know you Cowboy fans can't stop flapping your gums.

Guess 9ers fans are a bit less noisy with mouths full of rice-a-roni

 

[ConstantReboot]

Hey everyone. Lion fan here. Wonderful game last night. That was the most exciting 7-3 first half I can remember, but probably because my team was in it.

So the play. First, it was only illegal formation because the refs screwed up the eligible report. If the refs correctly report 68 eligible instead of 70 then it is not illegal formation.

The botched call robbed us of a truly exciting ending to that game. Maybe Dallas defends the play and it doesn't execute. Maybe Dallas defends the play and Goff is forced to pull off a miracle. Maybe the play executes and Dallas goes downfield in 23 seconds and your otherworldly kicker bombs a 71 yards to set a game ending kicking record for the third time in Lions history.

Thing is, we will never know.

With any luck, we face each other again in the playoffs. After last night, the next game could be epic.

Yeah I truly hate that the refs had something to do with the outcome of this game, intentional or non-intentional.

 

[RonnieT24]

Yeah I truly hate that the refs had something to do with the outcome of this game, intentional or non-intentional.

The refs have something to do with the outcome of most games.. There's nothing unusual about this at all.