"The tripping call that the refs made before that was also a total miss. " Aaron Rodgers

[Cowboys5217]

Well, if they called it right, it would have been second-and-3. Hutchinson attempted to trip but whiffed.

It would have been 1st & 10. Tripping by the defense is a personal foul and 15 yards, so Pollard would have kept the 7 yard gain, plus 15 gets tacked on with automatic 1st down.

Game would have been over at that point. The refs, as usual, screwed the Cowboys to historically bad proportions on our last drive to give the Lions the chance at victory on silver platter they didn't earn or deserve.

 

[MarcusRock]

Where was his sense of ref justice at Lambeau in 2014? Am I right Dez?

Well that call was correct. And McCarthy magically knew how to throw a challenge flag then too. Lol.

 

[MarcusRock]

The talking points went out to shut up the Cowboys fan who have been providing years of historical data showing we don't get a fair shake at officiating and this Lions game was NO DIFFERENT with the tripping double screwjob coming on our last drive to put the game away. These screwjobs ALWAYS seem to happen on our drive to put the game away, get the last stop, or score to take the lead and win.

When they gifted Dallas the game later, what did it matter? Lol.

 

[MarcusRock]

Did the Cowboys get screwed on the tripping call?

Yep. And the refs made it up later.

 

[doomsday9084]

In my entire life, I have never seen a set of referees mark off a personal foul on the wrong team. Its gaslighting by the major media to dismiss this. That was nuts. It would be like if Micah picked up Goff and suplexed him and they called the 15 yards personal foul on Goff.

 

[Proximo]

Glad to see at least some mainstream media pointing out the absolutely ridiculous phantom tripping call.

Everything else I’ve seen since the game ended (granted I don’t watch much mainstream/national sports coverage) was making it seem like the Lions were victimized by the refs more than any team in history.
No mention of the tripping call.
No mention of the fact that the Lions were trying to exploit the rules and procedures that literally exist to make sure the defense knows who is eligible and who isn’t eligible to catch a pass.
No mention of the atrocious decisions made by Campbell following the illegal touching call.

 

[MarcusRock]

In my entire life, I have never seen a set of referees mark off a personal foul on the wrong team. Its gaslighting by the major media to dismiss this. That was nuts. It would be like if Micah picked up Goff and suplexed him and they called the 15 yards personal foul on Goff.

Goff would deserve it for being a lightweight.

 

[GoCowboysGo]

It’s almost as if some kind of curse has been lifted

I kid, I kid!

 

[Chasing6]

Hard not to like Rodgers, unless we are playing against him.

 

[Buzzbait]

It would have given Dallas a first and 10 at the 15 yard line instead of 1 and 25 from the 45 yard line. Big difference.

BIG difference for sure.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Rodgers also claimed through the power of positive thinking he was able to immunize himself from bad calls.

 

[Mcsports]

I think it's obvious to most of us here. They called a clean game and stayed out of it for the most part and then somebody decides to jump in at the last minute and throw a game-altering flag based on guesswork. Now the whole crew is getting thrown in the fire.

Yes the game was refreshingly enjoyable to watch . Refs let them
Play until that
Phantom tripping call

 

[Mcsports]

Yes

Where was his sense of ref justice at Lambeau in 2014? Am I right Dez

That’s a good one .

Rodgers also claimed through the power of positive thinking he was able to immunize himself from bad calls.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Name one other person who has made mention of it in the hundreds of hours of talking about it, aside from Schefter. It should be obvious but apparently its not.

Actually, it was all over twitter. They just didn't write whole articles about it.
The narrative was more about the Lions goofs because they flubbed the 2pt conversion two more AFTER that call. smh

 

[LifetimeBoysFan]

Well that call was correct. And McCarthy magically knew how to throw a challenge flag then too. Lol.

Accept when years later the NFL apologized for the blown catch call. LOL

 

[perrykemp]

I never thought Rodgers would defend a McCarthy-coached team.

Rodgers doesn't hate McCarthy, he just doesn't respect him.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Name one other person who has made mention of it in the hundreds of hours of talking about it, aside from Schefter. It should be obvious but apparently its not.

I saw something about it on ESPN and NFLN both Saturday night and Sunday morning. There was talk about it on ESPN this morning also. Not to mention several on Twitter talking about it.

 

[McKDaddy]

Accept when years later the NFL apologized for the blown catch call. LOL

Exactly. Deflect & deny for years then subltly acknowledge knowing that the fan base will have largely moved on.

 

[Risen Star]

Rodgers has been acting like a Cowboys fan lately.

 

[gimmesix]

It would have been 1st & 10. Tripping by the defense is a personal foul and 15 yards, so Pollard would have kept the 7 yard gain, plus 15 gets tacked on with automatic 1st down.

Game would have been over at that point. The refs, as usual, screwed the Cowboys to historically bad proportions on our last drive to give the Lions the chance at victory on silver platter they didn't earn or deserve.

Yes, but they shouldn't have called tripping on anyone. An attempted trip is not tripping. It was one of those situations where the officials needed to pick up the flag and say there was no foul on the play. But yes, if they had called tripping on Detroit, it would have been a first down. But then they'd still be saying we won on a bad call by the officials. At least this way, some are pointing out the bad tripping call.