Just curious. The replay I saw showed Bryant's knee hitting the ground and the ball hitting the ground about 1 yd line. When both he and the ball contacted the field, why was the play not called dead and the ball spotted where it landed?
Next play should have been 1st and goal.
- dallaswill
- 01-13-2015, 09:30 PM
- Boltfan
- 01-14-2015, 05:16 PM
Because of the way the rule is written. Pyramiders hate for the cowboy's not withstanding, the rule for being down and it not being a fumble is different than the rule for a completed catch.
- pyramider
- 01-14-2015, 05:24 PM
Read the rules and watch the replay and the truth comes out.
- Guest050619-1
- 01-15-2015, 01:16 PM
The rule, as currently written, is not a good rule.....and we all know it to be even after the (example) Calvin Johnson catch mandated such a rule. There's a myriad of problems that crop up when interpreting anything to "the letter of the law" (ie" see our current tax laws). After all, anything being interpreted (either on the field or in the replay booth) by humans....who are at best, flawed...is always subject to further scrutiny. We all have our biases, likes and dislikes (ie: see Pyramider as exhibit A) and we act upon them daily whether we realize it or not....it's how we are. Question....what was influencing Dean Blandino this past Sunday?
Before we address that, back to the play itself....the call on the field was a catch. Once called into question, the job of the replay booth was to find the irrefutable evidence to overturn the call that's made on the field. Cowboy "beer goggles" or not, I do not feel he saw the required evidence that was necessary to negate the call as viewed by the ref who was a mere 6 feet from the play with a full view of what had just transpired. Those watching all saw what he and the rest of the world saw....a great catch by a great athlete (not to mention an ice-in-the-veins throw by one Tony Romo on that 4th and 2 play.)
Those who are Cowboy-haters take great delight in the fact this call was overturned; they're totally convinced it wasn't a catch and Blandino's decision gives them the backing to claim "good call", screw you, Cowboys. However, had the play stood as called on the field, it's highly unlikely those same people would feel some huge injustice had been made or if there was Cowboy Conspiracy taking place. They'd chalk it up as "not enough evidence to overturn the call" and move on with the rest of the game. (Let's be real....this was a completely different situation than the blatant holding / PI in the Dallas-Detroit game the previous week, but were they connected? Was Blandino, by virtue of this decision, was he penalizing the Cowboys with a make up call? Who knows....)
That said, Cowboy fans, on the other hand, are still having a tough time moving on from this.....all we see is a marvelously gifted athlete who extended vertically 13 feet (approximate height where the ball was caught) combined with a super-human effort to extend the ball into the end zone for a score. Cowboy fans see the ball shifted from two hands to one (the left hand) and if anything, while making "a football move" (three feet / steps down) was then downed by the defender at the 1 1/2 yard line....resulting in what should have been, first and goal.
By the way....back to the imperfection of humans making critical calls when necessary.....league officials are acknowledging (behind closed doors) the Josh Cribbs (punt return) fumble in the following game was a blown call (by the replay booth official, btw)......the ball was never actually gathered in and "possessed" (like a reception is supposed to be) and should have been Denver's ball at the 30.
Watch the league over the following months as they "attempt" to clean this rule up even further, if that's even possible......with such talented receivers in the NFL as Megatron, Dez not to mention the newest sensation, Odell Beckham Jr, who the best is yet to come, they best find a way to bring clarity to an issue before such a play occurs late in the fourth quarter of a play off game. Oooops.....too late.
Before we address that, back to the play itself....the call on the field was a catch. Once called into question, the job of the replay booth was to find the irrefutable evidence to overturn the call that's made on the field. Cowboy "beer goggles" or not, I do not feel he saw the required evidence that was necessary to negate the call as viewed by the ref who was a mere 6 feet from the play with a full view of what had just transpired. Those watching all saw what he and the rest of the world saw....a great catch by a great athlete (not to mention an ice-in-the-veins throw by one Tony Romo on that 4th and 2 play.)
Those who are Cowboy-haters take great delight in the fact this call was overturned; they're totally convinced it wasn't a catch and Blandino's decision gives them the backing to claim "good call", screw you, Cowboys. However, had the play stood as called on the field, it's highly unlikely those same people would feel some huge injustice had been made or if there was Cowboy Conspiracy taking place. They'd chalk it up as "not enough evidence to overturn the call" and move on with the rest of the game. (Let's be real....this was a completely different situation than the blatant holding / PI in the Dallas-Detroit game the previous week, but were they connected? Was Blandino, by virtue of this decision, was he penalizing the Cowboys with a make up call? Who knows....)
That said, Cowboy fans, on the other hand, are still having a tough time moving on from this.....all we see is a marvelously gifted athlete who extended vertically 13 feet (approximate height where the ball was caught) combined with a super-human effort to extend the ball into the end zone for a score. Cowboy fans see the ball shifted from two hands to one (the left hand) and if anything, while making "a football move" (three feet / steps down) was then downed by the defender at the 1 1/2 yard line....resulting in what should have been, first and goal.
By the way....back to the imperfection of humans making critical calls when necessary.....league officials are acknowledging (behind closed doors) the Josh Cribbs (punt return) fumble in the following game was a blown call (by the replay booth official, btw)......the ball was never actually gathered in and "possessed" (like a reception is supposed to be) and should have been Denver's ball at the 30.
Watch the league over the following months as they "attempt" to clean this rule up even further, if that's even possible......with such talented receivers in the NFL as Megatron, Dez not to mention the newest sensation, Odell Beckham Jr, who the best is yet to come, they best find a way to bring clarity to an issue before such a play occurs late in the fourth quarter of a play off game. Oooops.....too late.
Because of the way the rule is written. Pyramiders hate for the cowboy's not withstanding, the rule for being down and it not being a fumble is different than the rule for a completed catch. Originally Posted by Boltfan
- Guest082824
- 01-15-2015, 01:33 PM
All I want to know is...where was all this complaining when the flag was picked up against Detroit.... 
Oh yeah, it worked in the Cowgirls favor so....
Having said that, I agree that the rule is fucked up but the call, according to the rule as it's written currently, is correct. Probably time to move on but that's just me...
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Oh yeah, it worked in the Cowgirls favor so....
Having said that, I agree that the rule is fucked up but the call, according to the rule as it's written currently, is correct. Probably time to move on but that's just me...
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- guinnessstout
- 01-15-2015, 05:40 PM
in the words of the great Artie Lange "Waaaaaahhhhhhh"
The sports world or the rest of it for that matter doesn't revolve around the cowboys.
The sports world or the rest of it for that matter doesn't revolve around the cowboys.
- pyramider
- 01-15-2015, 06:22 PM
Holy Tebow, the cowsheep are trying to rationalize everything. The Cowgirls lost, the Cowgirls lost ... say it over and over ... it gets sweeter everytime.
- DarthDVader
- 01-22-2015, 09:11 PM
- Chainsaw Anthropologist
- 01-23-2015, 12:45 AM
Interesting update ...It's a totally meritless suit about a situation that occurred in a game that the Cowpunkers shouldn't have been involved in.
http://wfaa.mlnwap.com/article.html#...bf4a06060359bf Originally Posted by DarthDVader
Get over it Cowbag fans!
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- threepeckeredbillygoat
- 01-23-2015, 02:22 AM
I'm a huge cowboy fan. And I haven't bitched once about the call, even though I believe it was a catch. 3 steps and a lunge is a football move, no matter what team makes it.
But there are bad calls made on each and every team every year. If it comes down to bitching about 1 call, the team obviously didn't play well enough to go all the way anyway.
A good team plays well enough to overcome a bad break, or plays well enough to not be put in that position in the first place. We did great this year. Better then 95% of people thought we would. But we just didn't play well enough.
Hell I'm already fired up for next year. GO COWBOYS!
But there are bad calls made on each and every team every year. If it comes down to bitching about 1 call, the team obviously didn't play well enough to go all the way anyway.
A good team plays well enough to overcome a bad break, or plays well enough to not be put in that position in the first place. We did great this year. Better then 95% of people thought we would. But we just didn't play well enough.
Hell I'm already fired up for next year. GO COWBOYS!
- Guest110416
- 01-23-2015, 05:00 AM
Its over and done with, I am not happy about it, just like any other Dallas fan, but I will say this, the agonizing of the Green Bay fans after that performance in the NFC championship game will far outweigh any that the cowboys fans do this off season!
- threepeckeredbillygoat
- 01-23-2015, 08:42 AM
Oh yea, I almost forgot.
To all the cowboy haters
To all the cowboy haters
- Guest050619-1
- 01-23-2015, 10:12 AM
Windows of opportunity in sports (especially the NFL) are open for only so many years (and before you know it, they are shut quickly).
Look at the Steelers of the 70's (4 Super Bowl championships in 7 years) or the Cowboys of the 90's (3 in 4 years). Those kind of runs at greatness are rare. Ask Dan Marino (after his first Super Bowl appearance) how many more he figured his Dolphins would play in?
Same could be said for Aaron Rodgers and the current Green Bay roster....and don't think the Packer faithful aren't aware of it. All they had to do was field that on side kick and the game would've been salted away. Difference in that "one play", Dez's play was decided not on the field but by a person making a judgment call based upon flimsy rules. In either case, opportunity was lost.
Green Bay will come back and be a tough out (again) next year but who knows if they make it to the NFC Championship game again let alone the Super Bowl?
Trust me.....there's much wailing and gnashing of teeth going on in Wisconsin these days.....this one will take some time to get over, if ever.
Look at the Steelers of the 70's (4 Super Bowl championships in 7 years) or the Cowboys of the 90's (3 in 4 years). Those kind of runs at greatness are rare. Ask Dan Marino (after his first Super Bowl appearance) how many more he figured his Dolphins would play in?
Same could be said for Aaron Rodgers and the current Green Bay roster....and don't think the Packer faithful aren't aware of it. All they had to do was field that on side kick and the game would've been salted away. Difference in that "one play", Dez's play was decided not on the field but by a person making a judgment call based upon flimsy rules. In either case, opportunity was lost.
Green Bay will come back and be a tough out (again) next year but who knows if they make it to the NFC Championship game again let alone the Super Bowl?
Trust me.....there's much wailing and gnashing of teeth going on in Wisconsin these days.....this one will take some time to get over, if ever.
............but I will say this, the agonizing of the Green Bay fans after that performance in the NFC championship game will far outweigh any that the cowboys fans do this off season! Originally Posted by davidfree986