Video evidence proves Cowboys were wronged before Lions
The Dallas Cowboys are catching shots from the NFL world after their controversial win over the Detroit Lions. An illegal touching call made on Lions LT Taylor Decker wiped away a go-ahead two-point conversion with under 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Moments later, the Cowboys stopped the Lions from scoring on the do-over, […]
The Dallas Cowboys are catching shots from the NFL world after their controversial win over the Detroit Lions.
An illegal touching call made on Lions LT Taylor Decker wiped away a go-ahead two-point conversion with under 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Moments later, the Cowboys stopped the Lions from scoring on the do-over, leaving the scoreboard at 20-19 in favor of the home team.
But while the frustration from the Lions' side of things is more than understandable, it's difficult to act as if the refs stole a win away from them. Especially because of what happened the drive before.
On first-and-10 at the Lions' 29-yard line, Tony Pollard ran for seven yards to set up second-and-three before the two-minute warning. A tripping penalty called on Cowboys TE Peyton Hendershot took the gain away, however, instead setting up first-and-25.
Instead of being at the Lions' 22-yard line with an easy chance at moving the chains and waltz into the red zone, the Cowboys were at the 44 yard-line. The problem? It wasn't Hendershot who was guilty of tripping on the play but rather Lions DE Aidan Hutchinson, who tried to trip Pollard. You can watch the play below.
It's not even that they missed a tripping call, that happens often in the league. But that's not what happened: Allen's crew straight up called it on the wrong team.
It's a game-changing call. The Cowboys likely move the chains on second-and-three but first-and-25 is a very different scenario as fans surely understand. And if they get it right, we never get to the controversial sequence that everyone is talking about right now.
If anything, the play above should be enough to squash away any narratives about the NFL "stealing" a win from the Lions. Did the refs mess up? Probably. But 1) Detroit never received feedback from the officials claiming Decker was eligible and 2) it all seems like a moot point as soon as you realize Hutchinson was the guilty party for a tripping call made on Dallas.
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Okay, then.
