NFL inadvertently put itself on blast after screwing the Cowboys
We have already discussed how the refs played a factor in the Week 9 game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys game. If you missed it, you can check out all the evidence we outlined for several plays that swung the game in the Eagles' favor (even though the team lost for many reasons […]
We have already discussed how the refs played a factor in the Week 9 game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys game.
If you missed it, you can check out all the evidence we outlined for several plays that swung the game in the Eagles' favor (even though the team lost for many reasons beyond officiating).
In one of the biggest missed calls, was a headshot on Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott by defensive tackle Jalen Carter.
Apparently, this wasn't the only missed call against a quarterback this past weekend, because NFL Football Operations resurfaced a detailed video description of the foul amid recent controversies surrounding its enforcement. The video goes over what roughing the passer looks like.
"It is a foul to forcibly contact the passer's head or neck area or to lead with the helmet contacting any part of the passer's body," the video explains.
Well, that is exactly what happened in the clip of Dak Prescott being hit. And yet there was no flag. If you want a better look at it, how about this screenshot?
That is Jalen Carter "forcibly" ramming his shoulder into Prescott's head.
Now, you might think it shouldn't be a roughing the passer foul. But with the way the refs have been calling it for years now, a flag could've been thrown for this play. You can argue you don't like the fact that it's usually called but it is. Refs take the definitions of these calls extremely literally because the NFL directs them to. Just take a look at this Commanders' play that was called roughing the passer because of the defender "using full body weight."
Cowboys fans have every right to be mad, as the refs will face no repercussions for their mistakes. They can only help that refs become more consistent. Which frankly seems like a more difficult ask after each week.
Evidence proves Cowboys faced two opponents in loss to Eagles
Tough to win like that.
