It was unjust. Robbed us of a win. Possibly the number two or one seed, Decker the highlight of his career and the entire football watching universe of an amazing finish
No way the NFL is pleased with all time plays being erased. Even the Tomey offsides which is the right call but removes a top 100 play in the history of the league. The league hates that. $$$
I just rewatched the game. I am more disturbed now than I was last night. It really is a bad look for the NFL. Brad Allen really should not ref another game. How does this keep happening to the Lions organization?
The ref’s incompetence cost the Lions. Absolutely. But let’s not forget that the Dallas defense was told No. 70 was eligible, not Decker. If the play had stood with no penalty called, the Cowboys would’ve been screwed; to say another way, if the Cowboys had made that comeback, and got a 2 point conversion when our defense was told of the wrong eligible receiver, our complaint and anger would be even more legitimate, including cries of it being rigged.
I do not know why I can’t shake this but this is part of the reason I stopped being too invested in the Lions. Watching the club get screwed by the NFL refs over and over makes it super hard.
And I 100% put part of this on the Owner box. You will never see Jerry Jones get screwed….because he makes it know he would lose his shit.
If your owner does not make a public stink about this type of screw job then no reason for the NFL to make things right or change things.
Doing it privately is not “classy” it just allows to NFL to walk away without any punishment.