Was there any way to get Romo's second "interception" overturned?

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should not matter- he had secured the ball when the impact knocked it loose.

But according to the rules he did not complete any football moves after he secured the ball.
As for review, they only review it as if a turnover. If it was going to be reversed as to a catch and fumble, that could be reviewed later by official score keeper. Then ruled differently for the stats.
Even though on the field at the moment it's ruled one way or the other.

See this a lot in baseball, it's ruled an error or a hit, to be changed later, or a passed ball or a wild pitch. The outcome is the same, just stats adjusted.
Use to see times for yardage, a RB ends up with 121 yards, but the next day they give credit for another yard, or take it away. A 6 yard TD, may become a 5 yard. stuff like that.
 

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Sorry this was not a catch and no other way but to put it down as int since the ball ever hit the ground. Street never had possession and had it hit the ground would have been ruled an
incomplete pass
 

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all QBs have some percentage of their interceptions fall into the general category of not being their fault.
And that percentage usually goes up in direct proportion to the number of targets to inexperienced receivers, which unfortunately is the situation we're in for a few weeks anyway.
 

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To answer the question in the original post, yes, statistics are reviewed and can be changed if there was an error. It happens every week.
 

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Sorry this was not a catch and no other way but to put it down as int since the ball ever hit the ground. Street never had possession and had it hit the ground would have been ruled an
incomplete pass


Agreed, we can argue whether he had possession but the fact that it never hit the ground means it's an interception. And would have been ruled incomplete if he didn't snag it out of the air...probably. Knowing the Cowboys, they would find a way to subjectively rule that he did make a football move and would rule it a fumble. But maybe I'm just bitter. LOL.
 

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Agreed, we can argue whether he had possession but the fact that it never hit the ground means it's an interception. And would have been ruled incomplete if he didn't snag it out of the air...probably. Knowing the Cowboys, they would find a way to subjectively rule that he did make a football move and would rule it a fumble. But maybe I'm just bitter. LOL.

Well if he had possession and then was hit and lost the ball then it would be a fumble. even if the ball does not hit the ground, he a guy come up behind you and rips the ball free into the waiting arms of a defender then it is ruled a fumble. in this instance he is hit before full possession takes plays and because it went directly to another defender it is an INT.
 

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Well if he had possession and then was hit and lost the ball then it would be a fumble. even if the ball does not hit the ground, he a guy come up behind you and rips the ball free into the waiting arms of a defender then it is ruled a fumble. in this instance he is hit before full possession takes plays and because it went directly to another defender it is an INT.

Yeah, I suppose you're right. Never mind. It's Friday!
 

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And that was clearly an illegal block in the back. Someone said that the DE hit Romo's shoulder so it was legal - bull. Yeah, the guy his his shoulder - the BACK of his shoulder.
 

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To those people saying it doesn't matter, it absolutely does matter. Like it or not, players get paid for stats and it's usually the main bargaining tool agents have, especially for rank and file players. Now it probably doesn't matter for Romo... but an unlucky season of 3-4 tipped fluke interceptions can drag a good season down to a middle of the pack season and absolutely affect the perception of that season, since no one remembers the details later.

In baseball, which admittedly is more stats heavy, players and teams lobby for corrections all of the time. Especially pitchers:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...eattle-mariners-shot-era-title-scoring-change
 

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First, it already goes into the receiver's catch rate -- it's just that fans pay less attention to stats like those.

Second, by your logic, a QB shouldn't get credit for passing yards if he just chucks it up and the receiver outjumps two defenders, or dumps it off to a guy who breaks a tackle and runs 30 yards after the catch -- after all, those positive plays were blatantly created by the receiver. It injects far too much subjectivity into record-keeping if a human has to dissect every play to assign credit and blame. Who gets credit if it's a great throw and a great catch? Who gets credit if it's a mediocre throw and a bad catch, but still complete? What if it's a great throw but the receiver ran the wrong route and it gets picked? What if it's a bad pass AND gets deflected off the receiver's hands for an interception (see: the Unga interception)? What if the QB leads the receiver directly into the path of an oncoming defender (arguably what happened on the McBride INT)? If we don't even trust NFL officials to consistently call what's a catch and what's pass interference and what's holding, why would we trust them to know each player's responsibility and assign blame subjectively? The potential for added controversy is just staggering.

Third, it's not like there's any tangible consequence of having an INT assigned to you. A turnover is a turnover. Coaches can already grade players based on their actual performance, and observers simply have to be smart enough to consider context when looking at any number. The only people this matters to are fantasy football owners and ignorant fans who talk smack about stat lines without watching the games.

ESPN tried to do this with their QBR stat instead of the Pass Rating.

They say they take the game situation, down and distance and a bunch of other factors into account.

I don't like it at all and is too subjective. For some reason Romo never seems to score that well using QBR(except last year).
 
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