Thoughts On Wild Card Games

[LogicIsForSquares]

No way that the picked up flag has anything to do with the head of officiating being chummy with Jerrah's son, right?

[TexasAg1969]

@walterwhite said:

I don't think the players or coaches are in on it but league officials and referees who steer games towards a given outcome. They want Green Bay/Dallas and will favor anything to boost ratings for the big markets or big time QB's.

LOL. So now we know why the Browns have been down so long. Repent ye sinners! (if you can remember what the original sin was).

[Zombo]

@diehardbrownsfan said:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2319215-jerry-jones-box-awkwardly-celebrates-cowboys-playoff-win-over-lions?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming

Chris Christie is a Cowboy hugger?

I bet all those Giants fans that voted him into office loved seeing that.

Zombo

[jrb12711]

Eh, if the game was heavily rigged the Cowboys would have won another playoff game since 1996 before yesterday. What I don't doubt for a second is that refs are highly encouraged to throw flags more quickly for star players including franchise QB's.

[Tour2ma]

@browns149 said:

The NFL doesn't comment on ref calls

They do if a call/ missed call was egregious. They've even issued apologies in the past.

No sure if the interference call/ non-call qualifies, but no call on a helmetless Dez on the field has to be addressed.

[Mudfly]

Well...I have to say that there was a lot of questionable stuff going on in that game....first time I ever felt like a team(Detroit) wasn't gonna be allowed to win without an extraordinary effort.....did not seem like a level playing field to me.....

[DieHardBrownsFan]

Zombo said:

Chris Christie is a Cowboy hugger?

I bet all those Giants fans that voted him into office loved seeing that.

Zombo

I know. I figure Jerrah is a big contributer. Thats why he was sucking his dick.

[Mudfly]

I think the refs were just trying to protect the city of Detroit......because, had they won, they woulda burned the whole city down celebrating

[mohican]

It seemed that the Lions receiver was pushing off as much as the Dallas DB was mugging, and may have started to push off before the DB "interfered". I've seen much worse non calls. If the flag was never thrown then it would probably not be as much of an issue.

[miktoxic]

but it WAS thrown and even if they picked it up, where was the flag on dez bryant without his helmet?

don't be giving dallas a pass on this shit. the fact that jerrah junior is good friends with the head of officiating?????? (remember the video of the guy getting off the dallas party bus with him?)

[tml1138]

Really dumbfounding is they threw the flag, ANNOUNCED THE PENALTY, then took it back.

I forgot the Dez helmetless thing.

I'll have to keep an eye out for the NFL's response to all of this.

[hoorta]

@texasag1969 said:

LOL. So now we know why the Browns have been down so long. Repent ye sinners! (if you can remember what the original sin was).

"We" you're one of us now Ag.

@tour2ma said:

They do if a call/ missed call was egregious. They've even issued apologies in the past.

No sure if the interference call/ non-call qualifies, but no call on a helmetless Dez on the field has to be addressed.

They sure do, and you'd have to go back to Bottlegate to see something as bad. Should have been unsportsmanlike conduct on Dez- and BTW no defensive holding on that play either. Those refs should never do another playoff game.

[The Gipper]

Zombo said:

Chris Christie is a Cowboy hugger?

I bet all those Giants fans that voted him into office loved seeing that.

Zombo

Are the Cowboys the Darlings of the Repulicans?

[Axe]

[WalterWhite]

@everlastingxxx said:

It wasnt pass interference. Dez on the field is not an automatic flag.

You've got to be fucking kidding me? I fucking hate people with such devotion to an idea/team/philosophy they just can't admit the truth.

That was pass interference and yes he should have.

[WalterWhite]

That was pass interference and anyone who can't see that is visually impaired.

[WalterWhite]

HMMMM Could you be more full of shit?

[hoorta]

@walterwhite said:

HMMMM Could you be more full of shit?

If nothing else, it was offsetting penalties, and replay the down.

E, too bad 90% of the rest of NFL fans don't agree with you, and think the Lions got majorly hosed.

[TexasAg1969]

The fact is they could have called both holding on the D and face masking on the O. The rest was chicken fighting started by the O player which is usually a non-call, especially on a pass that had no chance of burrowing through the back of the defender for a completion. It was a bad call in the first place for the wrong thing. I'm not a Boys fan but Walter you are showing your own prejudice against 'em by insisting there is no other way to see this but yours. Trent Dilfer can be added to your list of idiots since he thought it was no call and that gutless decision making by Detroit led to the loss.

[Zombo]

@everlastingxxx said:

It wasnt pass interference. Player was going away from the ball and he had his hand on the Cowboy players face mask. Face guarding is not a foul either. Dez on the field is not an automatic flag. Defensive holding could have been called. Either way game was far from over.

Tony Romo is proving his haters wrong.

Was a tough game. Detriot played great. My Cowboys never give up. They are mentally tough.

btw, thank you Zombo for fixing my screen name.

I should have changed it to "Delusional" if you don't think that isn't pass interference.

Take the googles off.

Doesn't mean they don't deserve the win, it is only one play ... but, c'mon you'd have more cred if you admitted they shouldn't have picked up the flag.