So if you theoretically had Riddick in at RB because he's your best blocker, he sort of totally blew it there, huh?
If you're talking about the strip sack an outside rusher isn't generally a running back's priority to block but rather rushers shooting the gaps inside the tackles.
I just don't really see how a call/no call by the refs with that much time left and a real opportunity to still win the game somehow invalidates the Cowboys' win. Score a touchdown when it matters and the call is a non-story.
Suh cried at the press conference. Probably his last chance at a playoff win in Detroit. Can't imagine the team being able to pay both him and Fairley, and easy to see this being his last game there.
I'm pretty sure the reason they picked up the flag was because the other official came in and said that the Detroit receiver grabbed Hitchen's facemask and that didn't let him turn around.
The fact that the Skip Bayless and Pete fucking Prisco agree with me is probably a bad sign though.
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I'm pretty sure the reason they picked up the flag was because the other official came in and said that the Detroit receiver grabbed Hitchen's facemask and that didn't let him turn around.
The fact that the Skip Bayless and Pete fucking Prisco agree with me is probably a bad sign though.
even if that flag is picked up, blatant 15 yards on Dez Bryant for going on the field without a helmet
Maybe the league should stop doing this whole "Remember those other refs you worked with the other 17 weeks? Yeah, time to work with a bunch of guys you don't even know." crap.
I'm pretty sure the reason they picked up the flag was because the other official came in and said that the Detroit receiver grabbed Hitchen's facemask and that didn't let him turn around.
The fact that the Skip Bayless and Pete fucking Prisco agree with me is probably a bad sign though.
even if that flag is picked up, blatant 15 yards on Dez Bryant for going on the field without a helmet
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I'm pretty sure the reason they picked up the flag was because the other official came in and said that the Detroit receiver grabbed Hitchen's facemask and that didn't let him turn around.
The fact that the Skip Bayless and Pete fucking Prisco agree with me is probably a bad sign though.
even if that flag is picked up, blatant 15 yards on Dez Bryant for going on the field without a helmet
Not sure that's a penalty. They penalize taking your helmet off when you're on the field of play because it can start fights. Running on the field during a stoppage without a helmet and taking your helmet off in reaction to being hit isn't the same thing.
Fuck cancer, bungles gonna bungle, NFL officiating continues to make baffling decisions/calls, and why does a man as large as Chris Christie own the exact same sweater that Fat Albert wore?
Maybe the league should stop doing this whole "Remember those other refs you worked with the other 17 weeks? Yeah, time to work with a bunch of guys you don't even know." crap.
This is the second time this was mentioned and I'm apparently missing something.
I understand having a familiarity with your coworkers is nice, but how does it matter in the grand scheme of things? Don't refs look for infractions and whatnot? How does it matter if Bob's the back judge or if it's Jim?
It's more about a trust factor; if a guy you trust swears he saw something you didn't you call it, if a guy you don't know swears he saw something but you didn't you maybe don't
All I know is Benjamin and Sherman are gonna be running side-by-side damn near all game long and Cam is going to have to just throw it somewhere fucking else.
Fuck it, not really a bold prediction, but I'll call it now, Cam will throw a pick-6 to Sherman, intended for Benjamin.
It was faceguarding, which isn't a penalty in the NFL if there's no DPI which there wasn't. And any contact Hitchens made would've been offset by the illegal hands to the face which is what kept him from turning his head anyway.
All this salt wouldn't even matter if the Lions could manage to score more than 3 points in the second half, or keep playing defense like they did in the first quarter.
It was a generally poorly officiated game, but it went against the Cowboys just as much as it did the Lions, especially in the first half.
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Like I said, I don't care if they call the penalty and I know one play doesn't make the game. It pissed me off because it took what was a great game and gave it a controversy which means that's mostly what everyone will be talking about instead of the players.
People keep misunderstanding whether Dez on the field without a helmet on should've been a penalty too. Here's the rule for removing your helmet:
REMOVAL OF HELMET
(h) Removal of his helmet by a player in the field of play during a celebration or during a confrontation
with a game official or any other player.
Dez did not remove his helmet during a confrontation. He didn't have his helmet on in the first place, and when he ran on to the field it was not during a play, so also not a 12 men on the field penalty. What he did was the same thing as if he was checking in to the game between plays, having not yet put his helmet on, and decided to jaw at an official on his way to the huddle. Not a penalty.
People will get over it. It was a bad flag that shouldn't have been thrown, and then they wouldn't have had to pick it up. They probably should have Hochuli'ed it and explained picking it up so people would understand, but they're not required to do that either.
If anybody here is stupid enough to believe that it was some sort of pro-Cowboys conspiracy, please go back in time and tell the NFL to accept Jerry Jones' checks to make the Cowboys not dagger fans in the heart by missing the playoffs by losing games in week 17 the past few years.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
They need better communication so that they don't call the penalty then pick up the flag super late.
I can't remember ever hearing them announce a penalty then change their mind afterwards.
It was faceguarding, which isn't a penalty in the NFL if there's no DPI which there wasn't. And any contact Hitchens made would've been offset by the illegal hands to the face which is what kept him from turning his head anyway.
All this salt wouldn't even matter if the Lions could manage to score more than 3 points in the second half, or keep playing defense like they did in the first quarter.
It was a generally poorly officiated game, but it went against the Cowboys just as much as it did the Lions, especially in the first half.
It is a penalty when you run through the receiver without looking for the ball however. Which is exactly what happened. This faceguarding strawman is hilarious.
you are homering pretty hard if you don't think that's pass interference
but nobody would even be talking about it today if the flag wasn't thrown in the first place, so eh, whatever
Chris Carter's explanation on Mike and Mike as to why it wasn't PI was pretty good. I'm sure it's out there on ESPN.com somewhere.
My problem isn't that it was reversed. It's that it was announced, they moved the ball, and then reversed the decision and moved the ball back. That's bananas.
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I don't even care that they didn't call the penalty. It was probably pass interference but whatever. Just decide that before the Lions are basically lined up for their first down play.
It was interesting to hear Cris Carter's take on it this morning. He basically said that if Stafford throws the ball higher and/or Pettigrew stops in his route to at least pretend to go back to the ball, it's an undebateable penalty to the refs.
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I would argue but after that knife in the gut loss I just feel numb.
If you're talking about the strip sack an outside rusher isn't generally a running back's priority to block but rather rushers shooting the gaps inside the tackles.
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it was just handled weird.
If NFL officiating is anything, it's weird.
I would rather the lions lost big.
But of course they give me hope and I fell for it again.
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Pretty terrible job by the officials. Or great, depending on who paid them.
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The fact that the Skip Bayless and Pete fucking Prisco agree with me is probably a bad sign though.
even if that flag is picked up, blatant 15 yards on Dez Bryant for going on the field without a helmet
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Not sure that's a penalty. They penalize taking your helmet off when you're on the field of play because it can start fights. Running on the field during a stoppage without a helmet and taking your helmet off in reaction to being hit isn't the same thing.
Fuck cancer, bungles gonna bungle, NFL officiating continues to make baffling decisions/calls, and why does a man as large as Chris Christie own the exact same sweater that Fat Albert wore?
One of these things is not like the other ...
I'd laugh forever.
This is the second time this was mentioned and I'm apparently missing something.
I understand having a familiarity with your coworkers is nice, but how does it matter in the grand scheme of things? Don't refs look for infractions and whatnot? How does it matter if Bob's the back judge or if it's Jim?
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Fuck it, not really a bold prediction, but I'll call it now, Cam will throw a pick-6 to Sherman, intended for Benjamin.
I would never stop flipping the world the double bird.
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It was faceguarding, which isn't a penalty in the NFL if there's no DPI which there wasn't. And any contact Hitchens made would've been offset by the illegal hands to the face which is what kept him from turning his head anyway.
All this salt wouldn't even matter if the Lions could manage to score more than 3 points in the second half, or keep playing defense like they did in the first quarter.
It was a generally poorly officiated game, but it went against the Cowboys just as much as it did the Lions, especially in the first half.
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Dez did not remove his helmet during a confrontation. He didn't have his helmet on in the first place, and when he ran on to the field it was not during a play, so also not a 12 men on the field penalty. What he did was the same thing as if he was checking in to the game between plays, having not yet put his helmet on, and decided to jaw at an official on his way to the huddle. Not a penalty.
If anybody here is stupid enough to believe that it was some sort of pro-Cowboys conspiracy, please go back in time and tell the NFL to accept Jerry Jones' checks to make the Cowboys not dagger fans in the heart by missing the playoffs by losing games in week 17 the past few years.
I can't remember ever hearing them announce a penalty then change their mind afterwards.
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It is a penalty when you run through the receiver without looking for the ball however. Which is exactly what happened. This faceguarding strawman is hilarious.
but nobody would even be talking about it today if the flag wasn't thrown in the first place, so eh, whatever
My problem isn't that it was reversed. It's that it was announced, they moved the ball, and then reversed the decision and moved the ball back. That's bananas.
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