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@echodun7 ай бұрын
Dan Campbell wasn't confused. He was merely communicating what the referee told him.
@austinholler80947 ай бұрын
And also trying not to get fined in post game comments
@mynameisgladiator19337 ай бұрын
Lions f'd around and found out. This type of deception the Lions did has been used for a long time.
@dmoneyas247 ай бұрын
Exactly
@dusty_burkhalter7 ай бұрын
I believe they are referring to the post game press conference where he messed up the players number but corrected himself. Regardless as a Cowboys fan we deserved to lose the game because of poor clock management and leaving our defensive game plan on the final drive. Personally I would have rather lost because these teams will likely meet again and Detroit will have some extra fire, not that they need it but they will have it.
@Morassabe7 ай бұрын
@@dusty_burkhalter I appreciate that as a Lions fan. My problem is, is that it will be another Home game for Dallas. Detroit just got screwed out of the 2 seed at best, and it was possible they could've gotten the 1 seed. Now, they will be the 3 seed, and have to play in Dallas. And while I don't view this as something that Dallas did dirty (the team) I will note, that they are 8-0 at home, and 3-5 on the road. Had the call been made correctly, Dallas plays in Detroit. This one call, should've had the flag picked up, and the 2 pt conversion awarded. Its Bullshit that, that didn't happen. Refs make mistakes all the time, they pick flags up all the time. But in this game, Brad Allen's crew made at least 4 bad non-calls, and 3 bad calls. And that's just what I saw from watching the game on TV. I was told, but didn't see this, but the flag didn't get thrown till roughly 15 seconds after the 2pt conversion was called, seemed there was a gaggle of refs off to the side discussing it, then the flag comes out. I want the mic from Brad Allen, or anyone that was near enough to pick up Deckard reporting. If we get that, then the game is a lions win, and should be recorded as such, and Dallas can deal with the ref fallout for a change, instead of it ALWAYS being the Lions.
@RedHoodFH7 ай бұрын
Next week a player is gonna tackle a referee to the ground and yell REPORTING!!!!!!
You understand that by rule, the defense has to be informed of all reports, right?
@robertcappa4647 ай бұрын
Just a thought from a Cowboy fan. When Dez made the "catch" and the ref's got it wrong - everyone told us (the Cowboy fans) to shut up and get over it and move along. So... this goes down as a W in the Cowboy schedule and everyone should just "shut up and move along."
@cmgonzalezsnsd7 ай бұрын
Yip.
@hizzle18857 ай бұрын
The debacle was when Hendershot was called for tripping giving the Lions another possession.
@noeltaylor35947 ай бұрын
Look at this. They don't wanna address this. Had Dallas lost, it would have been " you blew the game" andvstop blaming the refs. These guys are on Allen's ass, but all he did was make them drive 55. He saw 58 and 68 coming over. He knows about gamesmanship. So, he went with the letter of the law. Don't TELL me you're reporting. Make the motion AND get my attention. 70 made the motion and got his attention.
@thecentralscrutinizer3047 ай бұрын
The Lions did it by the book and did nothing wrong. This is an outrage.
@petergonzalez52397 ай бұрын
It might of been a make up call for the tripping call
@lukerice31227 ай бұрын
@@petergonzalez5239those don’t even out 💀
@55rhill7 ай бұрын
No, they were trying gamesmanship and it backfired. Tough!
@SonnyJim9077 ай бұрын
@@55rhillthat’s a crock of shit. They literally executed it and the ref robbed it!
@jamesarango91847 ай бұрын
By the book you mean by the fucking magazine
@tompasch24477 ай бұрын
Rex Ryan didn’t hold back on the refs, I figured he will be in trouble now for speaking out.
@jamesjay67177 ай бұрын
From who? He can’t get fined or suspended from the NFL lol the network won’t do anything
@RubensBarrichello.7 ай бұрын
He doesnt work for the NFL anymore. Thatd be like you criticizing your old job
@eurofritz46177 ай бұрын
They mentioned multiple times about #70 reporting as eligible all day but he had a snap count of 2 for that game, so he was only on field once before that play. The Lions tried to confuse the Cowboys with 3 players talking to the ref, instead they only confused the ref.
@wreckim7 ай бұрын
And the refs confused the Cowboys...Lions lost this game fair and square IMO.
@Jimmy_12187 ай бұрын
68 went in his face if you can’t tell who is speaking you shouldn’t be a ref
@freedomthefreeman4877 ай бұрын
@@wreckimhow did the Lions do the right thing and successfully complete the play and “lose the game fair and square” 🤣 🙃🤯
@Jimmy_12187 ай бұрын
@@Lantana20 he didn’t say a word, interesting that these refs can’t be in playoff games probably because they were wrong g
@chrismarble857 ай бұрын
@@freedomthefreeman487 the cognitive dissonance around this is insane. decker clearly leaves the huddle and reports. the 'they tried to trick the refs' narrative is hilarious.
@ryandundas28517 ай бұрын
70 was not "reporting throughout the game". He is a backup lineman. That was his second snap of the game.
@Marsonis2ya7 ай бұрын
You sure about that (that he didn't report in multiple times/have multiple snaps)? Reason I ask is because Campbell said as well, he reported in multiple times and the Lions official response says multiple times also.
@ryandundas28517 ай бұрын
@@Marsonis2ya I can't find those stats to confirm for sure. I heard it another video. But I do know for sure that he is not a starter and both starting tackles (Decker and Sewell were healthy and played the entire game. And I heard on major sports shows that Skipper only reported eligible one other time and that was in the first quarter.
@freedomthefreeman4877 ай бұрын
@@Marsonis2ya100% sure that Skipper reported only once prior.
@LiamBriggs187 ай бұрын
Skipper reported twice for the entire game: - Q1 12:28 2nd & 3 DAL 34 - Q4 00:27 2-PT Attempt static.www.nfl.com/gamecenter/cbb026b9-f053-11ed-b4a7-bab79e4492fa.pdf
@vollste7 ай бұрын
It’s not a “miscommunication”, it’s an F up by Allen.
@commonwealthcommunitywatch60367 ай бұрын
no, he gnored him on purpose so they can say he isn't eligible if he does score, the fix was in.
@Cujobob7 ай бұрын
The ref acknowledged Decker after he said “reporting” and responded back to him. This was not at all a case of the ref not knowing who was speaking. He made a mistake. This ref is horrible, most likely not corrupt, but who can say? He calls insanely more penalties on all away teams each year.
@negativghostrdr7 ай бұрын
Well yeah, giving Allen the benefit of the doubt, at the very least we can admit that the Allen should be the one making sure he understands what he is being told if he has any doubt. For something like this, why would it be an issue to verify via looking at the video who approached the ref so that they make sure they got it right? They are FULLY capable of doing that 'upstairs'. They could have done that live and said the play was under review.
@thurstonhowelliii95017 ай бұрын
@@negativghostrdr I agree with your logic and just found out you can't reverse the call because the ref announced #70 as eligible.
@joshlewis5757 ай бұрын
If this were the case you think he'd bring that up when the refs huddled up for 2 minutes before they threw the flag. " Hey, 68 kept yelling reporting". I don't think he heard anything he just assumed it was 70
@SuperBald-et1ho7 ай бұрын
Wow, even Cowher thinks it’s the players fault the ref doesn’t realize who is speaking to him? That’s disappointing to say the least.
@chriskurtz87447 ай бұрын
Yeah, this video is way to much making excuses for the refs. Didn't finish it.
@sandorclegane42087 ай бұрын
Liberal logic
@negativghostrdr7 ай бұрын
To say the least! Let's be real here. Dallas was always going to win this game because that was the script. Lots of money involved.
@mikeduffey40147 ай бұрын
Agree, the ref’s effed up!!
@mikehaynes857 ай бұрын
Because these shows are extensions of the NFL. They’re never going to say anything bad about teams or refs.
@user-yw5mu3kv8u7 ай бұрын
Everyone try and keep up. The COACH said, a day later, he was trying to confuse the Cowboys (who is eligible??). The ref had TWO linemen declaring eligible (68 did NOT get confirmation from the ref) (70 who was declared eligible several times during the game came running up to the ref giving the 2 handed brush sign that he was eligible) the third player was there to Lord knows what except to add to the confusion. The ref went to the Cowboys and said 70 was to be eligible (because 70 declared eligible several times during the game). As coach Cower said, 68 failed to get the REF to acknowledge. The Lion's trickery failed. They also failed to score on the last play. Take your lumps coach.
@BI-qg2dv7 ай бұрын
Please don't forget the messed up tripping call on Hendershot
@stubby11227 ай бұрын
Says the obvious cowgirls fan.
@BI-qg2dv7 ай бұрын
@stubby1122 it'll be ok you're going to be just fine buddy 👌🏿👌🏿
@anthonycaruso22487 ай бұрын
There have been too many Sundays where we talk about officials instead of teams. This one single call changed the top of the entire NFC, this did not just affect the Lions. If the Lions win they take at least the #2 after the Philly loss. Who do you think Seattle and LA would rather play? Everyone has their take and, it's much more simple. The ref heard 68 but said 70 since 70 had been reporting all game long. He told the Cowboys 70, he has no choice but to throw the flag after the play is done, that's why the flags were so late. I'm quite sure the Cowboys instantly reminded him he said 70, even though he had 68 in his head. When you spend all game telling a team that 70 is eligible it's easy to say that number again by accident. This is reinforced by the fact that the coach went over the play with the ref before the game. He just said the wrong number by accident and because of that he had to throw the flag. You can't penalize the Cowboys because you told them the wrong number. I would rather him be a man and own up to it than be a coward and pretend he did not screw it up.
@Raider_12667 ай бұрын
Well said one more thing to is why are we always talking about the officials in an NFL game.Seems to me the other sports don’t have this big of an issue as the NFL has with poor officiating
@Chief5057 ай бұрын
@@Raider_1266 In the nba they just accept the fact that refs get to decide whats a foul and whats not
@autojohn-pu1vf7 ай бұрын
Took 17 seconds to throw the flag. No ref on the field thought he did not report ot the flag would have been instantly thrown. The penalty call came from upstairs 17seconds after the score. No Cowboys were screaming he did not report No ref on the field thought there was a penalty. RIGGED! The call came from upstairs.
@ramm81967 ай бұрын
All that may be true but you can't overlook either the fact that the Lions had plenty of opportunities to win.. they opted to go on 4th down rather than kick a field goal and get the for sure 3 points. You can't bitch about just that one play when you made poor decisions the whole game. This loss is on the coach not the refs.
@Samuel-I7 ай бұрын
How can you be “ quite sure “ he heard 68 and the Cowboys told him he meant 70? 😂 That’s a pretty big presumptive leap.
@vytasrauckis67037 ай бұрын
Bill should remember when his own player called heads and the official says tails.
@peacefrog05217 ай бұрын
…thus resulting in a rule change now applied in many other sports that use a coin toss. 😅
@seankiesling20547 ай бұрын
Also against the Lions
@marvinmange48057 ай бұрын
Because Bettis said "Hea-Tails" ;)
@dajuandavis59217 ай бұрын
Not the players job to make sure the Ref is doing there job correctly. If the player walks up and reports, He reported!
@mikeduffey40147 ай бұрын
Yup!!!
@justinharper69097 ай бұрын
Surely does not help if you send 3 players to the ref.
@kevinleewilliams51197 ай бұрын
@justinharper6909 3 people!?! That's so many people! A lot to handle at one time! 3 people!? Wow!
@nikig23827 ай бұрын
@@kevinleewilliams5119As a Dallas fan, I have to admit there are a lot of good points in these comments about why the ref is at fault. However, that isn’t one of them. Three guys is enough to cause confusion, especially when they are trying to deceive the other team. It sounds like he was told about this play ahead of time though, so it probably shouldn’t have mattered.
@davidroman16547 ай бұрын
@@nikig2382 Another factor is the PLAY CLOCK you never see it on this play. Ref is trying to get everything done to even allow the play. And again why send THREE players toward the Ref? And #70 was clearly going toward him.
@nymack667 ай бұрын
During crucial moments like these, devoted spectators eagerly observe the games, scrutinizing every close and decisive play. It deeply unsettles me to witness referees consistently making errors like this.
@c2itccase97 ай бұрын
You, nor me, have ever seen this situation.
@joshgordon24847 ай бұрын
Wwll now, that was clear as mud.
@jamesandrew38117 ай бұрын
Including the bad tripping penalty that would have sealed the game for the Cowboys?
@Sideler747 ай бұрын
you think this was just an "error"?
@RoyalMela7 ай бұрын
Well, how about you go out there and be a referee and show how it is done.
@highwaymaintainer7 ай бұрын
Even if there was a mistake, it got compounded by the fact that their second attempt was also nullified by a penalty, by that point the coach should’ve understood it’s not meant to be and just kick the extra point
@CuThUlUiSbOsS7 ай бұрын
Makes no difference, they blew the call. Can't blame the Lions for going for 2 again? How does that impact the ref blowing the call?
@SteveSmith-fp9gn7 ай бұрын
@@CuThUlUiSbOsSthe lions fucked up why send 3 players to the official, plus when the official announced that #70 was reporting over the speaker system the lions STILL threw to #68 basically the lions had hoped to sneak that one in but got caught. The lions and the head coach are to blame for them losing
@wjatube7 ай бұрын
I agree. At a certain point you gotta call a timeout and cool off the emotion and think about the third attempt.
@Tyrone1817 ай бұрын
@@wjatube...of which they had none.
@Summer_Sausage7 ай бұрын
So now players have to make sure the ref can see and hear. F’ing embarrassing. Treat refs like children from here on out.
@scoobydrew23117 ай бұрын
Running damage control... what a joke
@dansloan41697 ай бұрын
This ^ right here.
@georgetsokanis35427 ай бұрын
What part of " I'm reporting"doesn't the ref not understand .
@davidroberts27777 ай бұрын
I hope Brad Allen and his group of joke never have another opportunity to officiate in another NFL game. He is a disgrace not to mention I think they were bought by another corrupt organization. Goodell is involved. The seed don't fall far from the tree.
@texasstadium7 ай бұрын
What is lost in all this is that Decker (forever in history #68) was screwed out of that rare moment of glory that lowly offensive linemen live for. On the other hand, Decker will always be remembered in NFL lore as the man that caused the tweaking of the ineligible reporting rule which WILL come up at the winter meetings.
@user-zx3zi1rc5o7 ай бұрын
Dude would have been covered by the defense. The refs would have told them he was eligible. Once it was called on the PA Detroit should have corrected the refs. Detroit got cute and it cost them.
@JM_Solo7 ай бұрын
You’re assuming a lot of things. The only reason he caught it was because the defense thought he was ineligible.
@stevesosebee58607 ай бұрын
He wasn’t screwed, the coach screwed up and didn’t correct the ref before the snap 😊
@phinehas687 ай бұрын
I think the issue here is that the Lions were deliberately trying to confuse the Cowboy's defense by having 70 come running over to the referee *as though* he was about to report just like he had before even though he was not doing so this time. Unfortunately for the Lions, what was intended to be confusing to the Cowboy's defense was a bit too successful in that it confused the official as well. Should the official have been confused? Probably not. But must the Lions bear some responsibility for the confusion? Probably. The entire point of having linemen report is to *avoid* potential confusion. I think the Lions were trying to use this particular who-reported-and-who-didn't scenario to cause confusion, and it ended up biting them in the butt.
@chrisa32897 ай бұрын
Absolutely. They tried being all deceptive and got caught up. Boo hoo Lions fans are such crybabies. And they apparently don't care about their team trying to cheat.
@phinehas687 ай бұрын
@@chrisa3289 To be fair, even Steratore says what they were doing was legal, so I think it is unfair to accuse them of cheating. I think it is more fair to say they were trying to confuse, and they confused too well. But what does the internet care about fairness? :P
@trjohnson577 ай бұрын
If 68 is announced as eligible then the Cowboys probably cover him (they had a LB and a Safety in his area but he was a tackle). If Detroit wants to win they need to not give up a 92 yard TD pass when their linebacker had a shot at Dak in the endzone.
@platoniczombie7 ай бұрын
Are we just going to ignore the fact that Dan went over this with the refs pregame...?
@derrickbeaubearic41007 ай бұрын
Exactly
@55rhill7 ай бұрын
That has nothing to do with what the players actually did or said.
@johngrant38367 ай бұрын
They CLEARLY didn't present the play in the same manner that it was EXECUTED... ding ding ding!!! In other words.., they shouldn't have sent THREE Players at the Ref in an attempt to confuse the Cowboys' Defense. They obviously confused the Officiating Crew as well... HA!!!
@platoniczombie7 ай бұрын
@johngrant3836 it's weird that everyone is literally sticking up for people doing their job poorly. The refs are paid to pay attention and get things right. This call wasn't a judgement like holding or PI. It's literally a ref not paying attention at a crucial moment.
@donobedabest84467 ай бұрын
Or the not calling gholding on Micah parsons getting held by his facemask or any other time or when they called tripping on Cowboys TE when Hutchinson tried to trip the Cowboys running back
@T-bone97 ай бұрын
I'm sure we'll have the Taylor Decker rule implemented next year just like the Calvin Johnson rule was. The Lions seem to be at the forefront of creating new NFL rules
@Golf057 ай бұрын
Brady has first dibs on that.
@MarkLeBay7 ай бұрын
They need to stop making excuses for the officials: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rtd6f7mgybnOkZc.htmlsi=h0FIfhc5RjWo0YNQ
@Fanculo527 ай бұрын
Always on the cutting edge of being screwed.😡
@GeorgeVanderveen-gk6hh7 ай бұрын
Brad Allen lied plain and simple! He's laughing and lying all the way to the bank! He's basically a stooge to fight the battle to make the officials full time paid employees. The bottom line is that the Lions get screwed again and hypocrite Roger Goodell gets to eat his cake and have it too. Maybe it's time to boycott the NFL until they clean up their act!
@Embur127 ай бұрын
To this day most people have no clue what the process is and the definition of a catch.
@pepesilvia35737 ай бұрын
Steratore (ex NFL ref) said it correctly. It was great gamesmanship by Lions. It was Brad Allen's fault for assuming. Decker said he was reporting, but Brad made an assumption it was 70.
@DrAceGikmo7 ай бұрын
Later video actually showed Skipper (70) making the eligible signal to the Allen so the ref wasn't just assuming, he even saw Skipper make the eligibility indication before 68 verbalized his eligibility.
@icemanred7 ай бұрын
@@DrAceGikmo Exactly. If 70 comes in and making the recognized hand gesture for reporting as eligible and 68 never makes any hand signal for reporting as eligible, it is completely reasonable that the ref recognized the person making the correct gesture with his hands. The Lions gamesmanship backfired. Also, if 68 didn't hear is number announced as eligible, why didn't he say something to the ref?
@spacebound33507 ай бұрын
Brad Allen fucked up and 70 did not report . The Lions practiced that play all week you could tell it was a set play. Fak dem cowgirls
@markwalden66827 ай бұрын
@@DrAceGikmoliar. Watch the video. Allen was walking away from decker BEFORE skipper was even on the field . It was physically impossible for Allen to see anything skipper was doing.
@markwalden66827 ай бұрын
@@icemanredliar. Watch the video
@tyjones50197 ай бұрын
Dallas defended as they were supposed to, having the ref declare 70 as eligible. If the ref would have declared 68 as eligible, they most likely would have adjusted to cover him like they DID cover 70. It's not a given that Detroit would have converted had the ref not made the blunder, but it was a bad blunder.
@travisengle2247 ай бұрын
And because of Parson's offsides on the next try they essentially got a redo, which is as fair as it could get, and they failed...ended as it should have.
@TickleRippREAL7 ай бұрын
70 didn’t go out for a pass dude
@FoxDieSolid5087 ай бұрын
@@TickleRippREALDoesn’t matter if he went out for a pass. You still have someone assigned to him in coverage. That’s why 68 was so open… no one was assigned to cover him.
@jdgolf4997 ай бұрын
Nobody covered #70, because he was a lineman, and not eligable as a reciever. He was lined up in a position that could not be a receiver, which is why one of the other flags was thrown.
@FoxDieSolid5087 ай бұрын
@@jdgolf499 It was announced over the PA that 70 reported eligible. The Cowboys accounted for 70 in their coverage. Doesn’t matter if he was actually eligible or not. It still tilted the coverage.
@Droahh7 ай бұрын
Every former ref I've seen speak on this has been high heart rate and super punch-backy to every criticism of this
@Aaron-kj8dv7 ай бұрын
They're like cops. No matter how wrong one of them is they just circle the wagons and go into "why didn't he just listen?" mode as if it's out of their hands.
@ksmooth19737 ай бұрын
yep they are a JOKE. Get rid of them and start over. Hire all new ones and get rid of the biggest excuse making sell out Steratore
@Knightmessenger7 ай бұрын
I think people would be more understanding and respectful of the officiating profession if they would just be candid about a major screw up like this. Look at how much respect Jim Joyce got after admitting he blew it.
@neoxfreeworld7 ай бұрын
@@Knightmessengerexcept they'll never admit this one
@youandme95697 ай бұрын
Because the Lions purposefully tried to confuse the ref and achieved their goal. So why waste time blaming the refs when everybody knows that that's what happened.
@timothyehrler43257 ай бұрын
When you have a huge sports betting influence things tend to go awry. 🤷
@Jw307827 ай бұрын
You don't say
@GENOBURRITO17 ай бұрын
If they had called the tripping penalty correctly against the Lion player and not the Cowboy, this series of plays would have never happened. Dallas would have either scored or ran the clock out
@myarose23477 ай бұрын
Dallas, terrible clock management. Why are you throwing the 🏈 , instead of running out the clock . 🦁 Had one timeout?
@wreckim7 ай бұрын
@@myarose2347 Dallas tried to lose this game in so many ways. I agree on that.
@ericradford21427 ай бұрын
I wish Dan Campbell would just kick the extra point to send the game into overtime instead of going for two. He could’ve saved himself and everyone else all the time and trouble.
@Commonsenseiscommonsense7 ай бұрын
Because of this, we're now going to have players screaming at the top of their lungs at refs to check in and then somehow that will end up being a penalty.
@sasquatchmtb7 ай бұрын
I REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE I'M ELIGIBLE GUYS!!! I'M ABOUT TO CATCH THE GAME WINNER!!!
@xixBenjixix7 ай бұрын
I'd laugh so hard
@thewatchmen49207 ай бұрын
Then he'll get a 🟨 from the reft for raising his 🗣️💨. Unless ✉️💵
@dansloan41697 ай бұрын
Their going to have to get the ref's signature.
@sasquatchmtb7 ай бұрын
@@dansloan4169 😂
@austinholler80947 ай бұрын
Bill Cowher blaming players for this somehow is absolutely brutal
@erikmichal5257 ай бұрын
Especially when the former ref would not back him up.
@justinharper69097 ай бұрын
But he is right. If I wanna run this play, I listen to who the ref calls. He called 70. Yes, ref made a mistake, but so did the Lions.
@jc-xo8yd7 ай бұрын
Lions made no mistake tool@@justinharper6909
@gordons-alive49407 ай бұрын
What's a player supposed to do? Go up to the ref again, and double check? The ref looks at him and nods.
@Aaron-kj8dv7 ай бұрын
"The ref just assumed 70 was checking in" so if he was coaching and a QB threw a pass instead of handing it off like the play call and said "we were passing all game, I assumed it was a pass" he would think that's a fine excuse? I find that very hard to believe. Why do refs need to be handled with kids gloves when they're obviously wrong?
@tunatony7 ай бұрын
It's not about the officials knowing about the play. It's about the officials knowing about the pre-snap effort to confuse the Cowboys as to which of three different linemen were reporting as eligible. The Lions haven't said that they reviewed the pre-snap shell game with the officials. So we asked Blandino if, in his experience, officials would ever go along with an effort by a team to confuse the defense as to which lineman will be eligible. "If a coach told officials that, the officials would tell them they couldn’t do it," Blandino said. "The referee would never go along with that and would make sure the defense knew exactly who was reporting." In other words, the insistence that coach Dan Campbell went over the play with the officials doesn't matter. The problem arose from what happened before the play. And the Lions surely did not try to share that part of the plan with officials.
@humanbeing24207 ай бұрын
Folks are missing the key point that *the play succeeded because of the ref's error* - the ref erroneously told the defense that 70 was eligible, so they ignored 68, which left him wide open for the pass.
@forgivenglenn77727 ай бұрын
which was another penalty for illegal receiver down field.
@JBSpine0077 ай бұрын
It is the refs job not to be confused. These are not high school refs these are professionals that worked their way up the ladder to be in the NFL. This was a big game. If Brad Allen loses focus that is not the Lions fault. If 70 was reporting all game and then 68 reports then the ref needs to be listening. The NFL needs to review this and once again call out the officiating team. I certainly hope there will be an investigation into this. Campbell said we will see them again in a few weeks and it will be in Detroit. This is extra motivation for his players.
@rdc80897 ай бұрын
Exactly right!
@davidcorliss7 ай бұрын
The refs in the NFL are not professionals they are part timers
@petergonzalez52397 ай бұрын
It might of been a makevup for the tripping call
@calvinjefferson85527 ай бұрын
Steratore said there was gamesmanship; the lions tried to deceive the cowboys but instead fooled the official. Cowher is right, once 70 is announced, 68 has to make sure the ref knows it’s 68 and not 70. There was a tripping call prior that Detroit actually committed but was called on Dallas, if that’s called correctly, game over and Detroit never gets the ball back.
@justinharper69097 ай бұрын
I am glad you never make any mistake, JB. You must be the human being of the century.
@jeffreyborski19227 ай бұрын
These guys 😂! Especially coach talking about Dan Campbell being confused with number? No he wasn’t confused he was talking about the explanation the ref gave. SMH
@chrisoakley58307 ай бұрын
They gotta cover up for the league.
@Adam-xo5iq7 ай бұрын
I completely agree with Nate. The referee needs to do a post game press conference just like coaches and players. Not to beat them up, but they need to give an account so the fans have an understanding about what happened.
@johnvinga54467 ай бұрын
This is the last thing we need; referees cannot be expected to do post game reports and subject themselves to fan, press, and public scrutiny. The fans can understand what happened by listening to the countless rehashes done by the sportscasters and analysts. It is clear the Lions were trying to use gamesmanship; it is clear the referee got confused. The rule will have to be streamlined so only players "reporting" can go to the referee before the play, and the referee will have to write the player's number down in his little book, and then this number will have to be given to the opposing side. It is either this or just make the defense responsible for being more savvy and covering all players who may or may not be eligible to receive a pass.
@Adam-xo5iq7 ай бұрын
@@johnvinga5446 I agree with you on the rules part - that the defense should just pay attention. It’s weird to me kids have to learn this and pay attention to formations to determine eligible receivers but professionals don’t.
@Candide17767 ай бұрын
68's responsibility isn't to make sure the ref knows how to do his job. He did what he needed to do.
@MrBluesMessiah7 ай бұрын
So, why not have a play where the offensive lineman comes up behind the ref, does the hand signal without saying anything, and then runs the play as an eligible reciever? If it's only the responsibility of the player to report, but not make sure that the ref heard/saw him report, why not just do that and be extra sneaky?
@undisclosed38637 ай бұрын
So Super Bowl Champion Coach Bill Cowher doesn't have a clue I guess.
@eXHackeR7 ай бұрын
Well I guess he cost his team the game huh lol 😂
@rodneytrotter37257 ай бұрын
its on the LIONS to correct the Officials to make sure they get the right number.
@rickjeffjeff7 ай бұрын
To cheat,involve the ref like a player.When the deception was over,those 3 guys body language looked as if it said,I don't think he understood us.
@alecrichardson72907 ай бұрын
“But they should’ve been more clear.” how do you defend the ref in this situation? It’s not the lions job to baby the ref like he’s a kindergartener. Maybe he should learn how to do his job because this looks like a rigged ending with that call
@usdarkejo7 ай бұрын
Right. As if the lions could hear the ref tell the cowboys who reported. Blaming the players is ridiculous. 100% of this bad call was on the refs.
@RockPolitics7 ай бұрын
@@usdarkejo LOL. Are you a child? The announcement gets made over the loudspeaker. THAT'S how the Lions were supposed to know. The fact is, it's not the ref's job to help Campbell pull off a gadget. It's their job to make sure that they tell the defense who has reported. What was the point of deceive the defense, when you KNOW that the ref is just going to tell them the truth anyway?
@usdarkejo7 ай бұрын
LMAO...Okay. I take it you don't watch sports. You are one of the ONLY people with that opinion -- Including many analysts that are cowboy fans. I'm pretty sure the only child here is the one thinking they are always right. @@RockPolitics
@tgkoski3067 ай бұрын
Did you hear it? If players have to listen to PA announcements then that is just silly. They should have a physical sign who is eligible, The ref should go over to the lineman eligible and do a reception sign with his hands, The would show everyone who they are calling eligible. They do it on every other call why not the one they have the most trouble with. Goodell is too stubborn and cannot admit when he makes bad decisions. @@RockPolitics
@ernestjackson66397 ай бұрын
They could go for a extra point they had chance after chance
@stephenjupp9097 ай бұрын
Boomer bro, The second flag was thrown because 70 was covered after "reporting eligible" But it was 68 who reported as eligible. Both flags were due to the refs mistake.
@samk48017 ай бұрын
OK. Here's where it gets interesting. 70 was clearly covered. And you're saying only 68 reported and not 70. We don't have audio but it looks like BOTH 68 AND 70 reported as eligible. Why else would 70 be running over to the ref? To say he WASN'T eligible on this particular play? I don't know man. This just doesn't really make sense. What I think happened is that Detroit tried to get real slick to disguise their trick play and that contributed to this debacle. NOTE: I am NOT defending the refs; only trying to sort out the truth from the fiction.
@mattfoley60827 ай бұрын
Nah, 70 reported eligible. We all saw it.
@christopherharris32297 ай бұрын
@@samk4801Campbell even said that this was part of the deception.....make it look like one OL reports when the other OL actually reports. Yes, the refs missed this one but to me it's meh........Campbell took the chance and it backfired on him.
@llGhost1ll7 ай бұрын
Like the incorrect tripping call the drive prior
@samk48017 ай бұрын
@@christopherharris3229 Yeah, that's how it looks to me.
@luckydraw17797 ай бұрын
Decker DID make eye contact and the ref acknowledged him. Whether or not there was confusion, ultimately the responsibility lands on the referees. And the reffing crew knew before the game about the play.
@RockPolitics7 ай бұрын
Eye contact isn't reporting. You don't have audio... you don't know what was said and what wasn't. Ultimately, it's the players' job to inform the refs, and then it's the ref's job to inform the defense. What would be the point of all that attempted deception, when you know the refs are just going to go tell the defense the truth anyway? That play was designed to fool the refs. Campbell thought he could browbeat the refs after the fact, just like he tried to do. The refs were strong enough not to cave in. Just curious - what do you think Skipper was doing by running up to the ref like that? He said "something", we just don't know what. His job was to make the ref think he reported, without "technically" reporting. It's a stupidly convoluted plan, worthy of a junior high sandlot team.
@Xamaza7 ай бұрын
@@RockPolitics The real problem is they sent 3 people for 1 to report. They were TRYING to confuse the defense and confused the refs as 70 had been reporting all night. They got the confusion they wanted. Had 68 reported and was announced as eligible, the cowboys would have covered him. They had 2 people RIGHT THERE covering no one.
@MrBluesMessiah7 ай бұрын
When? where is the proof?
@Xamaza7 ай бұрын
@@MrBluesMessiah proof of what? that they [the refs] called 70 as eligible? There is audio of it and thats who the defense had to cover, not 68. The real question is why did they send 58,68, 70 and only 1 report? Because they were trying to confuse the defense and confused the refs instead.
@MrBluesMessiah7 ай бұрын
No, proof that Decker DID make eye contact and the ref acknolwedged him, as you stated. And proof that the ref who made the call knew. Thre was only 1 ref who needed to know, and Dan Campbell didn't tell him. He relied on others to do it. @@Xamaza
@kirksmith20517 ай бұрын
Yes, Detroit got screwed by the ref's mistake. But let's not forget that following the penalty against the Lions in which the ball was moved back 5 yards, Dan Campbell should have cut his losses and had his team kick the extra point to tie the score, then try to win the game in overtime. Instead he had them go for the 2-point conversion TWO MORE TIMES.
@dave.23.7 ай бұрын
You are a fool if you think Detroit got screwed. Dallas received a tripping call on their last drive, when in fact Detroit was the culprit. This "bad call" is chaos for sure but when all is said and done it only makes up for that horrendous call against Dallas. However I do think this entire ref staff should be fired yesterday.
@freddylawson52117 ай бұрын
NFL proved your Lions screwed up and didn't do it right. Get over it it happened and it's not going to be reversed. You have to put your hand up and rub your stomach and Decker didn't do it.
@davidmcpherson13477 ай бұрын
So fuckin WHAT?! Fact of the matter IS, HEAD linesman blew it!!!! KARMA is HERE!!! For MATTY, RAMS, AND DALLAS. 😊
@davidmcpherson13477 ай бұрын
Double standard, fuck DALLAS & RAMS. KARMA is RIGHTEOUS"""
@mccoyology7 ай бұрын
So everyone is to blame except for the white hat… who should have taken his time to get it right! This was an untimed down, just wow. Where is the accountability?!
@donaldinnewmexico7 ай бұрын
BY RULE, IT IS UP TO THE PLAYER TO GET THE REF'S ATTENTION AND DECLARE HIMSELF ELIGIBLE.
@user-cn2tr2kw1r7 ай бұрын
@@donaldinnewmexico Plus there were 3 Lions all walking towards the ref telling him something and it looks like 70 was the last. 68 and only 68 should have been the one talking to the ref. Lions were trying to deceive by having multiple players talking to the ref and it came back to bite them.
@alg45607 ай бұрын
Why has no one addressed the fact that the ref announced the incorrect player over the intercom, at which time the Lions should have called timeout realizing that the ref told everyone in the stadium that the wrong player is eligible?
@MrBluesMessiah7 ай бұрын
1) Because I'm sure the Lions were focused on the play and not the intercom, and 2) Done What? They had no timeout. Do you know what happens when you call a time out and doin't have one? It's a penalty. Not snapping the ball in time is another penalty. @@alg4560
@tgkoski3067 ай бұрын
He did that. He was standing right in front of him Allen ran away from him and Sewell. It is the officials job to get it right. @@donaldinnewmexico
@ftworthtexan90827 ай бұрын
NFL wasn't going the let Detroit ruin Jimmy's going into the ring of honor game. Nothing to see here folks. Keep it moving.
@donobedabest84467 ай бұрын
The refs almost ruined it with that egregious tripping call where Aidan Hutchinson tried to trip Tony Pollard and and they called it on his own blocker. This play never even should’ve happened
@andressandoval90437 ай бұрын
@@donobedabest8446stfu, that was a call on a drive where Detroit would’ve still got the ball back. This called determined the outcome of the end of the game.
@darkcash55207 ай бұрын
It was okay for them to do it on Barry Sanders day though!
@AL-rf2fr7 ай бұрын
68 didn’t visually notify by raising arm and patting chest as is required by tackle eligibility rules plain and simple. 70 runs on the field doing it and the ref saw that and declared him and announced over the PA with plenty of time for Campbell or the players to say wait 68 is the tackle eligible . They tried to be tricky and got caught
@elessarbane777 ай бұрын
There is audio and the Lions never corrected it.
@lukewo50677 ай бұрын
The Lions had to make sure the refs didn't F up???? That's the take? Lol
@padinfain17 ай бұрын
Yep
@foodpedlarofficial20197 ай бұрын
Former NCAA official here: This is 100% on the ref. The ref blew it. Please stop with "the player should have done a better job." When you sign-up to ref @ the pro level you sign-up for another level of excellence. Time to publish the Vegas odds and over/under by quarter before, during and post-game!
@rchydrozz7517 ай бұрын
With the crowd noise, The player should of done a better job to make sure the ref heard him, he didnt. Stop blaming the refs, thats too easy and wrong.
@GeorgeVanderveen-gk6hh7 ай бұрын
Using the reasoning (excuse) that the official was confused is bogus. At best the ref(s) made an unfortunate mistake (boo boo); at worst the ref (maybe criminal) knew exactly what he was doing & profited greatly for it. The real "evidence' supporting that theory is that this official AND crew are in real danger of being broken apart and not going to be used in the post season. I even heard that there are previous very serious formal complaints against them by teams other than Roger Goodell's favorite punching bags - The Detroit Lions!!!
@rebeccacontreras59977 ай бұрын
Illegal formation: The Lions got caught b4 they tried to confuse the cowboys. looks like they confused the refs too
@davidroman16547 ай бұрын
Dude you do not have a clue what is correct here on who should be sure of what. This CAN NOT EVER HAPPEN IN NCAA per the rules, or have you simply forgotten that little tidbit about the game you formerly called?
@dynamicvoltage97657 ай бұрын
Idiotic thing to say. You're talking like this was somehow helping the Cowboys. How exactly does that work? They were told the wrong guy was eligible. It's not like they got the ball back after this penalty. They just replayed it. Let's be crazy and pretend like the game was rigged and the ref wanted the Cowboys to win. You seriously think that was the way to do it? You seriously think they wouldn't have found something else BEFORE the TD? Ya'll really need to take off the tin foil hats.
@bandman837 ай бұрын
Anyone forgeting about the tripping call against the Cowboys which was really against Detroit? That blown call would have sealed the game for the Cowboys.
@stvcolwill7 ай бұрын
100%. Go watch the replay! game over at that point. Clock drains, no need for Cowboys to throw to get back into field goal range. They would have been on the 15. Kneel for three plays then kick it, detroit would only have 20 seconds at most to march all the way down for their necessary touchdown without any time outs, rather than 1:45 left for the Touchdown run. Anyways, with the ref announcing to Dallas that 70 reported, that plays into how Dallas defends.
@kevintims15197 ай бұрын
No because he didn’t trip anyone so no flag should have been thrown
@stvcolwill7 ай бұрын
@@kevintims1519 yet Dallas got called for the tripping putting them out of field goal range and setting up 1st and 25 at the 44 instead of 2nd and 3 at the 22 with 2:15 left to play in the game.
@llGhost1ll7 ай бұрын
@@kevintims1519doesn’t matter bro the call alone was a wrong call, tripping whether it connected or not still gets called
@BoomerTex7 ай бұрын
If you go back to the replay, about 2 seconds before the start of the replay they show here and from a different angle you see #70 running onto the field signaling that he is reporting as eligible. The ref looks and points at him just as this replay starts and #70 drops his arms down (you can see the arms drop and the official pointing in this replay) and the two other players (58 & 68) are not yet close to the ref. The refs job at that point is to immediately go over to the defense and tell them the reporting player (70) so that the defense has time to make an adjustment (which they do and #2 goes out and another player comes on) and then the ref announced to the stadium that #70 is eligible. The Lions sideline had to hear that announcement and could have corrected it, but they didn't. The refs did not miss any call here, they weren't confused, they did exactly what they were supposed to do when a player comes on the field signaling that he is eligible. If anyone screwed up here it was #70 coming on the field signaling he was eligible, or the Lions coaches not telling #70 he wasn't going to be eligible on this play. But also #68 didn't make sure he was reported to the ref. If you watch the play you can see that Cowboys #4 is covering #70 waiting for him to go out and noone covers #68 because he is ineligible. That is the only reason the play worked like it did. This is why there were 2 penalties called on the play: Illegal Touching #68, and Illegal Formation #70. I don't understand how these guys can study the play and not see this unless the only thing they looked at was this camera angle.
@Blt-rr2lm7 ай бұрын
Why didn’t Allen inform the crowd and television audience who was eligible. It’s done all the time.
@stubby11227 ай бұрын
Look again, 58 & 68 were right next to the ref, 70 never got close to the ref. The problem was they ref was looking at 70 running from the sidelines and completely ignored the two other players directly in front of him. Get your glasses checked cowgirls fan.
@evanhernandez15437 ай бұрын
Idk why they keep saying the ref didn’t see 68. That his eyes were only on 70. You can clearly see him look at 68 and acknowledge 68.
@joshadams88777 ай бұрын
Well they gave us a fancy peripherial cone to show us that the ref was looking at 70 because we cant see with our own eyes that the refs hat never actually turns toward 70 lol
@postive-vibes7 ай бұрын
Lots of "we want to maintain our good relationship with the league" takes from the major media players.
@anamariaacevedo88647 ай бұрын
Let's get this straight....the Lions would never have had a chance at that last drive if the officials FIRST hadn't called that BS tripping call on Hendershot. But no one is talking about that bad call. Lions were gifted a chance to win. If it was the other way around everyone would be saying how the Cowboys should have never allowed it to be that close and how they should have closed the game out indefinitely so it doesn't come down to a "decision" win. Goal posts are always moved when it comes to the Cowboys.
@BearIslandComics7 ай бұрын
Dan Campbell was NOT CONFUSED after the game. He was reciting the EXPLANATION the ref GAVE HIM after screwing up the call.
@stephencalvird72767 ай бұрын
This is the best thing to happen to the lions before the playoffs start. Mark my words, this is the chip on their shoulder they needed.
@brucebedrock42747 ай бұрын
I'm a die hard Lions fan and I absolutely agree 💯
@kennymccormick92927 ай бұрын
If the stafford beats the 9ers next week, now what?
@DaveWunderlich7 ай бұрын
Totally agree, it will be good for us. But the way that ended last night was a disgrace to the sport. There needs to be accountability. The fact there hasn’t been a statement from anyone out yet is concerning.
@richardkelly45287 ай бұрын
@@kennymccormick9292it’s because the 49ers have nothing to play for lmfao
@jchung15067 ай бұрын
I agree. They will have that ‘us against the world’ mentality now.
@dynamicvoltage97657 ай бұрын
Yes, the ref messed up, but it didn't really matter to the outcome of the game. They had to replay it. You can't just give them 2 free points when the Cowboys aren't told 68 is eligible. That would be infinitely worse than what did happen. The Lions SHOULD have taken it as an omen and kicked the extra point.
@cmgonzalezsnsd7 ай бұрын
I agree.
@briansherwood35957 ай бұрын
Best opinion I've read. Absolutely right.
@kohmsl83107 ай бұрын
1. Illegal Formation if not Illegal Touching. 2. There's no audio proving he said reporting. 3. In every single clip they show, Decker never brushes his chest. His arms stay at his side. 4. Detroit was only in that position because they refs called Tripping on the wrong team. 5. They were given 3 attempts at scoring, due to drawing Parsons offsides. 6. The choice to take a Field Goal and go into Overtime and attempt to win there was always an option. 7. It was announced throughout the entire stadium that #70 was reported as eligible. There was never a call for #68. There were a lot of factors that took place, but this one penalty should not have even been a discussion, as the game would have been over had the Tripping penalty been called appropriately. Detroit Fans, feel free to be upset - but stop misdirecting your anger at the refs. Both teams had a bad call against them within the last 2 minutes of the game. If Dallas was in that position and this happened to them - You know your entire fan base, as well as the Media would be mocking them endlessly over the course of this week. The fact that everyone is up in arms truly goes to show the double standards that exist within this league when it comes to winning and losing.
@anaashb98387 ай бұрын
Notice the ref added extra info to his answer. When asked, "Why was a penalty called on the 2 pt conver...?" (Only asked about 1 play.) Allen said, "#70, who had reported a couple times during the game..." ~Prior plays have nothing to do with this 1 play. IMO it shows the ref was thinking #70 regardless of who reported.
@badmojamma7 ай бұрын
The League will shield officiating every time. No comments, no explanations, no accepting responsibility for a glaring mistake. Cowboys bias on Jimmy's day in Jerry's house or not, the ref flat blew this call badly. Megatron is shaking his head somewhere right now.
@mikeduffey40147 ай бұрын
Protecting the shield above all else!!
@polopolo81057 ай бұрын
What the refs tried to give the game to Detroit,they just blew it.
@badmojamma7 ай бұрын
Which Detroit/Dallas game were you watching? The refs tried to give the game to Detroit? SMH
@stewartwhitten90367 ай бұрын
Every team gets burned by the refs.dez caught it remember,the cowboys have been burned for years,so boo hoo hoogo cowboys
@peacefrog05217 ай бұрын
This is gonna be the most rewatched video taking place in Dallas since the Zapruder film.
@rclines0017 ай бұрын
New video released by the NFL on reporting after the game shows how Skipper was registered as reporting and Decker wasn't. All game, Skipper had been the only one reporting, and every time, he ran off the sidelines toward the official with his left arm raised and right arm tapping his chest(as that is a universal symbol for reporting), and every time the ref recognized it as him reporting, because he was. On the 2pt play, he did the EXACT SAME THING(as another video angle shows), and the ref DID turn and see him running in before Decker ever got close to the ref. Skipper was recognized as eligible before Decker ever got to him because that was how Skipper had been reporting ALL game.
@eudymaverickmentor7 ай бұрын
You can even see the ref looking directly at Skipper and pointing at him as he checked in.
@CyD-X7 ай бұрын
Dallas was also told that 68 was ineligible to be covered as a reciever. Anything could have happened. The assumption is that they got the touchdown free and clear. No one covered him because he was a lineman
@xiaochief3187 ай бұрын
Watch the replay my friend, 68 was covered. If he wasn't cowboys defenders would throw their arms up in the air due to the confusion (which they did not)
@CyD-X7 ай бұрын
@xiaochief318 he wasn't accounted for period. I did watch it. If they had announced the right player, Dallas would had emphasized guarding him just because he was announced. Nothing was sure in that, but no one got robbed. Rewind a bit and they also got the tripping on the wrong team. Game would have ended there.
@xiaochief3187 ай бұрын
@@CyD-X watch again and tell me what #6 was doing from cowboys defense if he wasn't covering 68. I guess maybe he just needed to take a shit and decided to cover 68 to the bathroom?...
@bryanhuseboe5397 ай бұрын
Take off your biased homer glasses and watch it again
@killgoretrout90007 ай бұрын
@@xiaochief318 watch the aerial shot no one is covering #68 he runs slightly to the left while everyone else is moving right. All directions given are as if facing the endzone. Donovan Wilson is a few yards in front of and to the right of #68 with his back to #68. #28 for Dallas is at the back middle right part of the endzone and sees Goff look at #68 before throwing and runs towards #68. When Goff throws Wilson turns his head sees #68 wide open and backpedals towards him. Neither player could get close enough to effect the catch even though Goff threw a bit of a floater. While all that is going on #14 for Dallas is staying in front of #70 the player Dallas was told was eligible not rushing the passer just keeping eyes on #70.
@SuperBald-et1ho7 ай бұрын
This is disgusting, huge blown call, blamed on the player who reported as he was supposed to. Playoff seed changing blown call, and the NFL will either ignore this, or more disgustingly, defend the official.
@JohnAnderson-ze2hu7 ай бұрын
Like the tripping call that's getting ignored.....
@jcoats12037 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@commonwealthcommunitywatch60367 ай бұрын
yup
@gordons-alive49407 ай бұрын
Allen was on autopilot and assumed the new lineman coming into the game was going to be the eligible one. Just a fuckup by the ref.
@DaveWunderlich7 ай бұрын
Dudes on autopilot at the most pivotal moment of the game. He was briefed on the play beforehand. The NFL trying to pivot the conversation to blame the players, if you watch the video, the evidence is irrefutable. Choosing to defend and protect an egregiously poor job by an official is part of the officiating problem. No one is held accountable and it sets a standard of mediocrity. Shame on Roger Goodell for not releasing a statement on this. The whole country saw it. It’s a disgrace to football and you’re enabling it. #FireGoodell
@jay-rebuild-collins82147 ай бұрын
How many games does this crew have to ruin before the shield does something, oh wait. Dumb question, Fuck the shield
@Supaflydiscostick7 ай бұрын
I know right. Like just a few plays earlier where they called tripping against Dallas when it was actually Detroit that negated a Dallas first down. Terrible calls all the way around.
@jay-rebuild-collins82147 ай бұрын
@Supaflydiscostick agreed! Lions, Cowboys and refs all had a bad day.
@mikeanderson92667 ай бұрын
In short, the referees fucked up by not listening to the right player, costing the Detroit Lions, the game
@MartinFWhite7 ай бұрын
Big Bill, defending a guy who never looked at 68 while standing in front of him, but acknowledged 70, who was half a field away.
@thud97977 ай бұрын
Decker said he said REPORT and that's the way they practiced it all week and what coach told him to do. But seeing that the ref really didn't look at him and got him confused with 70 it might have been better to say 68 REPORTING to avoid any confusion. A real shame and a huge blow to the Lions reaching the promised land.
@caseyjohnson59377 ай бұрын
This situation kind of reminds me of when wide receivers don’t get the nod of approval from the sideline referee when checking to see if they are lined up on the ball. If you check with the ref in any situation, it’s your job to lock eyes and 100% know that you’re acknowledged. We don’t have the audio of him and the refs interaction, but something in me makes me feel like he was the least adamant, out of the 3 linemen who walked up to the ref, to let him know he’s eligible. However, the ref still has some negligence. Hopefully we see this match up again in the postseason.
@joeblog26727 ай бұрын
Absolutely have the player announce his number EVERY time otherwise it doesn't count. I don't care if there isn't another offensive player within 50 feet of the reporting player. "## Reporting as eligible". Ref then repeats that back to the player. Player is then announced on the PA. All done very quickly but concisely. No miscommunication errors.
@InbredSpanishKing7 ай бұрын
The ref did look at him and he even nodded. There’s a better clip I saw where it’s zoomed in more
@kennethknott91387 ай бұрын
@@InbredSpanishKing Link?
@ricknelms7 ай бұрын
The refs are paid not to be confused
@hipirish7 ай бұрын
Watching them try to defend the ref is laughable. Detroit literally did everything right
@Brent64377 ай бұрын
Yup. What a joke.
@moonrich34927 ай бұрын
They didn't pay attention when Allen informed the defense that 70 was eligible. It would've been an easy correction, but would've messed up their "gamesmanship."
@hipirish7 ай бұрын
@@moonrich3492 what?
@LackToesInTallOrRent7 ай бұрын
Maybe I can put this in perspective for you. CAMPBELL - practice this play all year. Strictly for this instance. Here's how to construct this play. All game 70 you report. When it's time to run this play 70 I want you to come in yelling report report report. Simultaneously 68 I want you to walk up but you say report at the same time in a low voice. Say it but say it with 70 who has been coming in all game yelling report report report. Now the refs mind is trained on 70 reporting all game. So in this moment in the video 70 is yelling report so you see him immediately announce it on the loud speaker and run toward cowboys to let them know. He doesn't even look at 68 once. This was the lions playing a brilliant mind game hoping it would work. And I'll tell you how it would've worked. Have you heard the new ref talk "After further discussion yadda yadda" Like what is that seriously lol. Well if you're CAMPBELL you're grabbing the side ref or some ref saying "hey look 68 is going to report". Or you use the jumbo screen to show one of the refs the replay. Now the side ref goes up and says... I did see him come and report. Ok... "After further" That's what they was hoping for. This was so brilliantly failed. I applaud them seriously. Sadly that's just one of the penalties. Coincidentally 70 covered up the tackle so it's illegal formation they loose anyway. But you have to admit how I put this literally makes a ton of since as a possibility. Lions anger did look like a made up anger.
@hipirish7 ай бұрын
@@LackToesInTallOrRent wrong. Your confused or lost on what actually happened.. Campbell told the ref pregame and then they told the ref before the play. You should applaud them. They did everything right… but your confused
@Robjohnson23207 ай бұрын
This is not on the players, Brad Allen needs to be held accountable for his mistake, but yet the NFL puts his crew on national television this week between the Steelers and Ravens smh. Allen started running toward the Cowboys DL before Skipper even got to him, so wtf was Allen's thinking during that time? doesn't he hear a voice saying reporting coming in front of him yet looks right at Skipper who's lips were probably not moving? NFL should be ashamed of themselves for allowing Brad Allens crew to continuously go out their and determine the outcome of games. I get it is a "judgment call" in certain circumstances, but Allen and his crew are just plain stupid at this point.
@south_paw7 ай бұрын
I don’t understand why Dallas was passing, especially after their last first down, instead of running the ball. They had somewhere around 3 minutes left on the clock, if I remember right the Lions didn’t have anymore timeouts, yet they continued to pass stopping the clock at every incompletion while they were in the lead. Run the clock out and we don’t have the controversy. If the Lions would’ve went for the extra point after the penalty who knows who would’ve won in overtime. 🤦♂️
@stephenjupp9097 ай бұрын
Dan Campbell went through this play with the official before the game.
@calvinhobbes61187 ай бұрын
CBS is fake news with ignorant, fake news corporate mouthpieces repeating what they have been told.
@johnet227 ай бұрын
Did Campbell review the tripping call with the ref pregame as well??
@Ellersbee7 ай бұрын
I’m not a fan of either team..something was incredibly wrong there. To much video proof. Refs are in someone’s wallets ✋🏼🎤
@petergonzalez52397 ай бұрын
It might of been a make up call for the tripping call
@shawnzinator7 ай бұрын
Make up call on end game deciding play? Your a 🤡
@charleyking89317 ай бұрын
@@petergonzalez5239 If that's the case, it' overcompensating by a pretty huge margin. Very similar to my fellow Packers fans saying that the missed PI call BY THIS SAME GROUP OF REFS was making up for the BS unnecessary roughness call earlier on the drive. In both situations, one call helps/hurts the team's chances of winning, while the second bad call completely screws a team's chance of winning.
@user-kd2db8oc6c7 ай бұрын
@@charleyking8931 thats the point if the tripping call was correct cowboys has the ball inside the lions 20 enstead of the 40!! Cowboys runs the clock down winning 17-13! at least or they end up scoring going up 24-13 winning regardless! yall act like the refs bunched tripping call didnt effect the cowboys with less than 2 mins left!!
@johnb49057 ай бұрын
Yeah, it can’t be human error. SMH
@uTubeNoITube7 ай бұрын
I love how you left out the part where Dan Campbell told the refs in detail about this play before the game. 🙄
@Adrenaline747 ай бұрын
Love how the tripping call never gets talked about. That was the real debacle
@stephenbueschleb94057 ай бұрын
I remember in the past hearing that eligible players were announced by the referee over the p.a. system
@jlobiafra7 ай бұрын
There is audio and the refs told dallas that #70 was eligible not #68 who caught the TD.
@moonrich34927 ай бұрын
@@jlobiafra Shouldn't a Lion have moved to within earshot and then corrected Allen?
@jlobiafra7 ай бұрын
@@moonrich3492 yep that's what I'm saying it was a mistake. It wasn't rigged
@marvinmange48057 ай бұрын
It was announced twice over the PA that #70 was Eligible.
@strikerz29127 ай бұрын
You can break it down all you want, the fact is lions got robbed. Also it took 16 seconds before the flag was thrown, never ever does it take 16 seconds to throw a flag
@chrisoakley58307 ай бұрын
Exactly, they just invented a way for Dallas to win the game.
@FernicusShred7 ай бұрын
You're wrong, it took 38 seconds. I saw the video. It's absolutely pathetic.
@brant1187 ай бұрын
Bro, the tripping penalty that was egregiously called on Dallas would have sealed it for Dallas. Lions would have never had a chance
@jetsamperes57627 ай бұрын
@@brant118 Which is why this crew should be working games that are meaningless in December - not national games that have consequences. You're right - that penalty should have been called on Hutchinson not Hendershot. The ref read the script wrong.
@xgumbo_stir_fryx_87817 ай бұрын
@@brant118well don't forget about the blatant pass interference not called by Dallas that caused a field goal
@kevintims15197 ай бұрын
Dan Skipper (70) only played 2 out of 69 offensive plays in the game before this play. So it’s not as if he was reporting all day long.
@RoyalMela7 ай бұрын
Players never said the number who is reporting as eligible. 68 just said "reporting", 70 was running towards the ref from the sideline.
@DadsBoyz7 ай бұрын
Detroit was too deceptive…tricked the ref too 😂
@tgkoski3067 ай бұрын
It is the officials job to get it right. I was a HS official for 20+ years. Allen had terrible mechanics which caused him to get it wrong. Then he calls people liars to save his own butt after the game. That is the travesty.
@robertmyers73837 ай бұрын
Deception and greed is a very bad combination and Campbell found out the hard way. They should have went for the extra point and went into overtime.
@rdc80897 ай бұрын
Lions WON, but Dallas gets the W because the ref didn't do his job PERIOD! Absolute BS that is incredibly consequential for the postseason ...
@chrisoakley58307 ай бұрын
Exactly, the league is already trying to help Dallas and the playoffs haven't even started yet.
@lovethe5597 ай бұрын
So the penalty to help the lions even get the ball back doesn’t mean anything? The tripping call called on the cowboys when it should’ve been on the lions which would’ve gave cowboys the first down and run the clock out soooooo the 2 points don’t mean anything. The refs are garbage but at the end of the day Cowboys should’ve won without this controversy
@alg45607 ай бұрын
Why has no one addressed the fact that the ref announced the incorrect player over the intercom, at which time the Lions should have called timeout realizing that the ref told everyone in the stadium that the wrong player is eligible?
@matt75hooper7 ай бұрын
The reason a Player has to make a hand gesture & verbally communicate to the Ref is- the hand gesture will be on video. Case Closed. Lions tried some sneaky shit and got caught.
@tehhazard90297 ай бұрын
Im 32, life long steelers fan. Watched Bill cowher for years, love the guy. Bill cowhers is a sellout, didnt apeak the truth and EVERYONE knows it.
@saifonlawrence20447 ай бұрын
Bill Cowhead is an idiot.
@TheOfficialFactor7 ай бұрын
Bill Coward
@blaznshark75737 ай бұрын
Go watch the replay of the tripping call on Dallas . It was actually Hutchinson that was trying to trip pollard. Complete blown call . And should of been 15 yards the other way. Media doesn’t want to talk about that.
@ungadunga54417 ай бұрын
Considering you found out about it a day later through the media, I'd disagree.
@glostonandersoniii24437 ай бұрын
Detroit just wants to cry like the Eagles. Dallas got robbed first...on that bogus tripping call.
@stevea36267 ай бұрын
Actually nobody tripped anyone. Hutchinson whiffed and there’s no penalty for attempting to trip. Should have been nothing called.
@brandenvibez60517 ай бұрын
Go check out the illegal contact on St brown the series before that
@MrKarma217 ай бұрын
Stop. Just stop. You cannot compare a potential live-action missed call with an untimed down 6 ft 9 330 lb man in front of you declaring eligible
@atanaka10697 ай бұрын
Looking at the video replay I think 68 dd the right thing and reported but 70 was running up behind him so when the referee nodded and said ok, he(68) thought it was for him but it actually was for 70. At least that's what i think.
@dillo125677 ай бұрын
If everyone was saying you only walk over to the ref if you are reporting, why did 3 people walk over, including one that has been reporting all game?
@N594107 ай бұрын
You have to love all of the word salad side stepping player-blaming and when you get right down to it, the answer is Detroit did nothing wrong.
@johngrant38367 ай бұрын
They confused the Refs as well as the Cowboys. So, it's their own fault... LMAO!!!
@N594107 ай бұрын
@@johngrant3836 right they literally say"they didn't break any rules, they used good gamesmanship, they went over the play beforehand and did everything they were supposed to do" and then just shrug, laugh, and also in classic form, get a jab in at Dan Campbell like hes a big oaf doofus.
@johngrant38367 ай бұрын
And you believe them???@@N59410 In reality.., we don't know what was said before the game. Sure, they went through the play BUT did they mention that THREE players would approach the Ref as a signal that the Trick Play was coming???? I bet they didn't... LMAO!!!! Bottom line: they tricked the Officiating Crew as well as the Cowboys based on the fact that Number #70 checked in on several plays as an Eligible Receiver... ding ding ding!!!
@Asiaguydude7 ай бұрын
The lions thought they were gonna confuse the cowboys. They ended up confusing the refs.
@calvinhobbes61187 ай бұрын
Ummm, they confused the Cowboys too.
@bradcrawford19987 ай бұрын
You are exactly right here. The Lions were a little sneaky about this vs being animate to the ref that Decker himself is an eligible receiver. I think both the Lions and the ref were at fault. Allen should have went over and confirmed with the Lions players who was eligible vs running away so quickly like he did.
@look2leap47 ай бұрын
💯 bitch ball. Trying to get their tackle in at tight end without the cowboys noticing is bitch ball. Gtfoh
@dadweight7 ай бұрын
The ref usually goes on the intercom saying who’s eligible. Where was that?
@tsrgoinc7 ай бұрын
Sorry, the onus is on the offence to make sure they report correctly, the fact Skipper runs directly to the ref as Dekker shouts “reporting, reporting” was an attempt at confusion, if they wanted to avoid it he should shout 68 reporting. Dekker had not reported eligible all game but at that moment does its the moment Skipper who had been reporting all game runs to the ref as well. Brad Allen looks at Skipper as the reporting shout comes and he announces 70 eligible, why didn’t Detroit correct the ref? As much as Brad Allen might have made a mistake, Detroit were as guilty of try to confuse and they got burnt. However they then had 2 further chances to kick the PAT but elect to continue going for the 2-point I have no sympathy.
@jscott58477 ай бұрын
Ref clearly speaks and nods to Decker. Don't blame the players. This has been done a million times without confusion. Players can't know what ref may or may not be thinking.
@pw94047 ай бұрын
When a diversity hire female ref calls a tripping against the wrong team that sets up the opposing team for td. The refs sucked on both sides stop with the delusion that the refs just screwed up with the lions Edit: breakdown of Hutchinson tripping. kzfaq.info1S2FFWOXFLU?si=qiPaPfQOuj23A75C
@thefpvlife77857 ай бұрын
Exactly
@giarc39087 ай бұрын
but when he announces the wrong player they 100% should have done/said something. ref screwed up then the lions screwed up.
@garya.martin46247 ай бұрын
And the Tripping call that wasn't against Dallas when it was Tripping by a Detroit Defensive Lineman that allowed Detroit to even get the Ball is an OUTRAGE!! Crickets! 👂
@SunshineSolice7 ай бұрын
That part!!!
@brandenvibez60517 ай бұрын
What about the illegal contact that wasn’t called on St Brown the series before that! CRICKETS
@MrBluesMessiah7 ай бұрын
Dan Campbell never went over it with the ref. By all accounts I've seen, the ref wasn't in the meeting. He might have explained it to an umpire or someone else on that officiating team, but the person who needed to know he did not actually talk to. He trusted somoene else to relay it.
@screwdriverman5-kf2ui7 ай бұрын
Now do a breakdown of the trip they called on dallas but was clearer than my positive hiv test, that a lion player tried to trip pollard. None of this happens if they get that call right because dallas either runs the clock out or attempts a field goal with a guy who hasnt missed all year long
@anatomyofamurder19597 ай бұрын
Glad to hear these officials at the very least will not be officiating playoff games this year. That's a win not just for the lions but for everyone in the playoffs this year. You want the best officials in place for the playoffs and Brad Allen and his crew rightfully are not on the playoff officiating team. The main thing for Roger Goodell and the nfl is that this is embarrassing for the nfl, because after a great game by two great teams and two great qbs, no one is talking about the lions or the cowboys they're talking about the officials. And yes, I would agree that officials should have to go to a podium and answer questions after a game, the same as players and coaches have to do, having officials have to answer question from the media or from espn ext after a game particularly a game when a official had a big part to play in the outcome, would provide a little bit of accountability to some of these officials.
@dennistrull14757 ай бұрын
Not only should they not be allowed to officiate the playoffs, they should have fines in place. If it could possibly hit their pocket book, they'll pay better attention to detail.
@toreckman88997 ай бұрын
I hate poor officiating more than anyone especially those with attitude. In fact, it’s why I stopped watching the nfl. With that said, and another reason I stopped watching is because the game is at a point to where it is nearly impossible to officiate.
@scottsmith9227 ай бұрын
That's why Dan Campbell explained the whole play before the game started.
@jamiebaker10357 ай бұрын
LOL, I'm sure that Campbell explained exactly how this game was going to end before the game started
@darkhobo7 ай бұрын
@@jamiebaker1035you realize they run prepared plays right? They practiced that play. They had been having both tackles (70 and 68) reporting as eligible all game. They had a plan and it worked to perfection. The ref fucked up and couldn't live with having made a mistake so he took it out on the Lions.
@trix21537 ай бұрын
If ref annouce 68 eligible Cowboys probably cover him. We can't say the play would of worked
@mikeanderson92667 ай бұрын
The Detroit Lions coaches also informed the referees prior to the game is played was coming
@YouKnowIBePro7 ай бұрын
Why is no one talking about reporting to begin with? You shouldn’t have to report, the rules of the game tell you who is eligible and who is not. Decker was the furthest outside man still on the line of scrimmage, therefore he is eligible.
@SeanP71957 ай бұрын
The reason Sewell went out there and the reason he lined up at TE was to get the D thinking it was going to him. Skipper was simply replacing Sewell at RT. The wanted the D to put all eyes on Sewell and they did. As soon as Sewell broke across the LOS you can see the defense break on him. This is exactly what Detroit wanted and they sold it flawlessly. You can even see Goff talking to Sewell in the huddle. This is also deception to get them thinking Goff is giving him final instructions and pumping him up. All the while the D has forgotten that Decker had checked in (had they called it right) and at the snap Decker faux blocks for a moment then releases once the defense has picked up their man leaving him wide open. Detroit faked out everyone, including the ref.
@user-kd2db8oc6c7 ай бұрын
lol your crazy if you think dallas would have left Decker wide open if they was told the correct number!
@SeanP71957 ай бұрын
@@user-kd2db8oc6c they sure would have.
@johnb49057 ай бұрын
But the refs had an advantage over the Cowboys in that they got a heads up from the coach about the play before the game.
@darkhobo7 ай бұрын
@@user-kd2db8oc6cyes they wouldn't have done exactly what they did... You live in fantasy land where your cowgirls weren't handed a game. Congrats your favorite team needs to be gifted victories.
@williamroper54227 ай бұрын
If the play stood wouldn't the Cowboys be the ones getting screwed by the refs? Since they weren't informed 68 was an eligible receiver as they were supposed to be. It isn't a coincidence that the guy the defense didn't know was eligible got open for an easy score it is the reason it happened. The Cowboys getting screwed in that way would have been totally fine and just?
@jeffsmalarz79437 ай бұрын
Detroit did everything right so they threw a flag. The ref got confused and should have just picked up the flag and replay the 2 point conversion. Instead detroit was penalized because Brad Allen can't comprehend simple words.
@moonrich34927 ай бұрын
The only way this dumb trick would've worked is by confusing the ref! If ref informed the defense that 68 was eligible, then he would've been covered.
@williamedwards42407 ай бұрын
"you’re just hoping they happen to not hear that it’s 70" - Dan Campbell
@hearyeitskingj7 ай бұрын
The Ref saw 68 and assumed 70. Told Cowboys 70 was eligible an stuck with it smh
@jimmygrizz93417 ай бұрын
As a cowboys fan, I’ll take the gift from the refs. After Dez’s catch and a few other ref screw ups throughout the years, I’ll consider this even.
@dave.23.7 ай бұрын
I agree I'll take it for sure. However as often as the cowboys have been screwed over its hardly even yet. Imo this only makes up for the terrible tripping call on Dallas' last drive. If that had been called properly against Detroit its game over.