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Lions blew it, if 68 is reporting he doesn't need two buddies there to muddy the water. 70 runs in from the sideline like he needs to urgently tell the ref something so I don't see it as a shock the ref might think 70 is reporting. My cynical side thinks 70 runs to the official to trick the defense so they think 70 even if the ref says a different number. Literally no reason for 70 to run to the ref there, he sees 68 already heading there, 70 should be going to the huddle.
Appeared to me that way too. Looked like shenanigans.
The entire line can run up if they want and sometimes do. The ref messed up. He wasn't paying attention. The stakes are too high to not pay attention or not hear or not whatever. The problem with this ref is he has been part of multiple clown show calls and non calls this season, culminating in this nonsense.
I just saw another video that shows the few seconds clipped from before this linked video and you can see Allen distinctly point right at #70 as he’s running towards Allen.
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It's beyond garbage
But allegedly Campbell told the officials before the game that were going to run this exact formation. There's no reason for the refs to be confused. They're professionals, just like everybody else on the field!
#70 ran in to tell the ref that he was NOT eligible, since he had been eligible in several other plays earlier in the game. The clown show ref apparently had no interest in listening to what the players were actually telling him.
See also the January 2019 NFC Championship game, Rams at Saints. The memory hole for these kinds of screw jobs is bottomless. And, nope, last night’s foible won’t change anything.
I think Campbell erred by not kicking the PAT after the penalty, but that's beside the point. The game should have already ended, and the only reason why this even came up was because of an officiating error.
68 did report.
I watched the game and the announcers said he did not. Was it because it wasn't announced by the public address announcer? I'm confused.
Stated it before...the NFL tried to fix this and 90% of the posters in this forum focused on the short term fake refs and not the big picture. The ref union did an excellent job of get the TV media on their side.
The ref ###### up.
So are you saying #68 reported and the ref ignored it? If that is true he shouldn't be allowed to ever ref another game and is considered cheating. I was under the impression #68 didn't report. Is there video proof #68 reported and the ref ignored it?
The game should not have ended because the cowboys had no reason to cover him because he wasn't announced as eligible.
It also helps a lot that all of the major sports channels are in bed with the NFL, so while they will discuss this and criticize it to some extent, they know they can't get too crazy with the criticism, for fear of pissing off the NFL.
Why do you think the Majors went off the reservation on the fake refs? They absolutely destroyed the NFL in the battle for public opinion on that issue.
The Fail Mary call was such an atrociously bad call by the fake refs that not even the networks could have the back of the NFL on that one.
People keep saying this like the Cowboys didn't have 23 seconds, two TOs, the best kicker in the league and a WR who had 13 catches for 227 yards.
I remember Tom Brady having a minute in the 2006 AFC Championship game and laid an egg. It is pointless to assume anything with 23 seconds left.
Yep. I know this was a long time ago and nobody remembers who was on what side, but I was right there with you on the "fake" refs. The league needed to get those guys under control, and the national media made it impossible to do so.
