No they didn’t. Because the play was coming back anyway because there were two other fouls in the play nobody wants to talk about. There was illegal formation and a hold. Flags we’re thrown for all. None are ores so penalties. Go watch Shannon Sharpes (who hates Dallas) explain on his podcast what happened, why it happened, and how it didn’t matter because it was coming back for the other penalties anyway.
Troy said Decker would only go to the ref if he was reporting, then what was Skipper (70)doing there talking to the ref? The ref was paying attention to Skipper (70). Unless Detroit was trying to pull a fast one, which backfired. 70 was announced as eligible 68 wasn't so that was on the Lions to correct BEFORE the snap.
@@happycanayjian1582 there was 3! infractures and 2 flags on the field. how come they didnt mention that!!! stop the cope! loser. lions tried to cheat and be shady and refs made a GREAT call.
Aikman also should have mentioned the phony tripping call on Dallas. He didn't. This last play would have never happened and the cowboys would have a first down on the 14 yard line if the refs called the tripping on Detroit like they should have. Cowboys could have scored another touchdown and be up by 2 scores or the field goal gets kicked and Detroit literally wouls very little time on the clock with no time outs. Cowboys win even though they got shafted with the tripping penalty.
What do you want the refs to do then?! Not call penalties at all and just let them play? Then people will complain about how they are not giving out penalties. No matter what nothing will ever be done to make fans happy
I mean the LIons committed three other penalties on that same play so the LIONS screwing up decided the end of the game..but without McCarthy being stupid its an easy cruise to a chill win for Dallas
@@LunaticTheCat but the formation was illegal. You had 2 flags that could’ve been called and got 3 tries at a 2 pt conversion and didn’t win stop crying.
Yep. It was all fine and dandy when only the small market/poor market teams were treated like this. But now that the big boys have felt some of the pain over the last couple of seasons it's "the biggest issue."
@@noblejennette2101 It has been happening really badly to the Lions since 2006 when the lions fought Roger Goodell trying to take the thanksgiving game away from them. They said we started the thanksgiving game when no one else wanted anything to do with it & we are not giving it up because it is a tradition in Detroit since 1934. Cowboys were added in 1966 & goodell has never tried to take it from them. Just go back to the Calvin Johnson catch. 2014 playoff game vs the cowboys they picked up a Pass interference call that totally changed the game. Several phantom calls vs the Packers. It is why it has been said for many years now Detroit vs everyone.
The officials got it right. Everyone hates to see any game end on a call,but it was coaching. Even if he was recognized as eligible by the refs...he wasn't covered up by a receiver. By rule that's a illegal formation. Had the tackle eligible backed up a half yard off the line of scrimmage,he wouldn't have to be covered. And if that was the case...the cowboys would have defended it differently . That's the one point of context everyone is leaving out. That the defense would have played it accordingly. Besides the fact they had several opportunities to rethink it and tie the game. It's easy for us to scapegoat the refs, it's low hanging fruit. This one is on Dan Campbell, which there's enough sample size to say it's in his DNA until he changes things
@@pastorofmuppets22 Or the player for not knowing the rule. It was 10000% the correct call if he didn't intact report. If they don't like the rule, change it or learn it. Tired of the bitching about the refs when the call was 1000000% correct.
Troy Aikman despite his Cowboy affiliation, called an unbiased game! Kudos to you from a 50+ yr Lions fan! I loved your calls, he should kick field goal and you knew he would go for 2pt. conversion! Great impartial game calling!
It's pretty much his job to be impartial. What drives me crazy though is how exciting this game was, the back and forth, everything that was going on and Joe Buck and Troy come off like wet noodles, zero excitement in their voices. Sports coverage in America needs to change IMHO. I'm tired of the dry delivery by most sports announcers, I mean come on, show some passion for the game.
The lions were trying to be too cute here. My guess is that Decker did report as eligible but at the last minute 70 came in and ran after the ref as he was going to the line of scrimmage. The ref saw him and thought that he was declaring himself as eligible so then it was now 70. The whole point is the play was to make the cowboys think 70 was the one eligible but it also duped the ref at the last minute.
Three players went toward the official. We don't know what was said. The ref has to report to the defense who is reporting eligible. We don't know what the Cowboys were informed of either. We have to accept what the ref says.
I'm a Cowboys fan and I've never felt so empty after a win. I couldn't even really watch any of the games on Sunday when every week there is more and more evidence that these games are rigged.
@@Klos208definitely lol the lions had 2 lineman trying to talk with the ref while a third one was running towards the ref. My only guess is they were trying to disguise what player was actually reporting which makes no sense since the ref still has to tell the defense who is reporting as eligible.
Die Hard Dallas fan here. I hate that this game ended the way it did. If Detroit players did in fact announce to the officials he/they were eligible and they still got flagged, that’s BS and my team should have lost. I hope it’s not rigged. I’ve felt for a while that there are some BS calls on purpose.
@@Spnlgrl1985 There was big thing about 10 years ago in which the Cowboys advanced to play to the Packers on a blown call against the Lions. Then, there was more drama in the game with the Packers over what's a catch. But in the game against the Lions, the belief was that the Cowboys were America's team and that the NFL wanted them to advance.
Holy moly!! Gotta give props to Troy & Buck here, especially Aikman knowing he’s a former Cowboy. Refs hosed Detroit just like the recipe has been for decades 😒, but serious props to Aikman here standing up for Detroit & it’s fans 👏😎👍
Brad Allen played a big part in hosing my Dolphins team against Philadelphia back in week 7 (along with that shady Duane guy who had a checkered college reffing history and just happened to live near Philadelphia at some point). Philly at home. Dallas at home. Is Allen trying to earn some side money by helping out the home teams?
Really strange how ESPN is not showing the actual footage of the lineman going to talk to the refs and tell them they are eligible. They are just showing photos of other parts of the game…
Right on. Right on.. ESPN don't want to show it. They know the Dallas Cowboys Ref did wrong. He reversed the Points & Call so, Dallas Cowboys could Win. Film & Videos don't lie. I wish the NFL Association could reverse Dallas Cowboys their Win in this Cheating Rigged Call & Game..
That's because in fact the refs stole the game from the Lions and the Cowboys LOST! Jerry Jones had to buy this game to win the division. The Eagles suck and the Cowboys still had to pay off the refs! PATHETIC!!! False division champions!
As a cowboys fan it feels right, the cowboys won and that’s all that matters in the end, it doesn’t matter how they win as long the scoreboard shows that the cowboys won.
I remember the 2014 game.....'flag no flag' on the Pettigrew play. NFL just wanted Dallas and Packers to play against each other in the next playoff game.
Brad Allen ran away very quickly and only Allen and God knows whether it was deliberate or as so many times now the REFS ARE JUST INCOMPETENT! The video absolutely shows the players approach him but he runs off quickly!
Incompetent or corrupt, either way it’s a disgrace to football and to the NFL. Dan Campbell said he laid the play out to him during pregame, said that would happen if they ever went for 2. Brad Allen has no business in the NFL, and I really hope after this season with some of the worst reffing we’ve seen league-wide, the League takes the opportunity to make sweeping changes. Full time refs. Implementation of technology or changes to what is reviewable to safeguard against blatant human error. It’s just out of hand and honestly sucks to watch.
But his explanation makes a lot of sense if you closely watch Allen while #68 is trying to report: Allen is laser focused on #70 coming onto the field toward him. I read that Dekker told Allen “reporting”; maybe that’s enough during normal times, but if #70 is running towards Allen at the same time, my guess is that Allen mixed it all up in his head. Yes, Allen told Dallas “#70” and announced it, and Dekker and Dan Campbell should have been jumping up and down to stop the play, but it’s still Allen’s fault.
@curtd2741 imo, the biggest problem also comes down to Allen doubling down and saying Decker didn't report to him, in spite of video evidence showing him right in front. Admitting to a missed call is nowhere near as bad as doubling down and trying to insist that your mistake was not a mistake. I think most people would be significantly less pissed if that was stated. Frankly, the guy should not be a ref anyway. He has consistently missed game changing calls. Don't forget about his non-call on the DPI for the Rams/Saints playoff game. Edit: I guess that was Vinovich in the Saints/Rams. I kept seeing Allen brought up in the same articles. Oh, well. 🤷♂️
@@pfagan24I cannot believe this was a mistake. Nobody is that incompetent at that level. Netflix is the only corporation with the power to expose what really happened imo
What's your solution? Allow flagrant violations of the rules to happen at the end of a game because you don't want the refs to affect the outcome? Ok, that's a bit extreme, so what should be the threshold? You see how slippery of a slope that becomes? Whether the refs call something or not, it affects the outcome. How about the players and coaches just follow the rules?
@@awlthatwoodcrafts8911 -My solution would be to get it right using whatever means necessary. Humans make mistakes, and one minor mistake can ruin an entire season for a team.
@@redghost3170 we've had organized sporting events for well over 100 years now and managed to survive by relying on humans to play the game and humans to officiate the games. If your game or season has to come down to one play, how about you do a better job the rest of the game/season so that you're not in that position? I get that we don't want our favorite team to lose in such a manner but it is what it is. Short of intentional bias and/or corruption, I can move on with my life after these kinds of disappointments. Don't get started with what players get cheated out of because of bad calls. When you make as much as they do, nobody is going to become homeless.
The only thing that will happen is the Lions will be fined ridiculous amounts of money for pointing out how badly they got screwed by the refs when people ask them about that play. Its honestly to the point now where the players union should file a lawsuit against the league and the refs for blatant fraud and fixing of games as its having huge impacts on players careers. How many players aren't going to make the playoffs this year because of corrupt or incompetent refs? For that matter why isn't the NFL being sued of behalf of the fans, why aren't the sports betting organizations being sued on behalf of betters? Its just become so obvious that this is rigged.
yep...let's make it so complicated that it's impossible to make sense of it so anyone can now win or lose regardless of how well the game is played by either team.
They did that to us in Miami. Holding would have canceled out the field goal. Same thing. Been bad calls all season in almost every game. We need new refs.
I'm a Cowboy Fan and it's hard to believe that he didn't tell the refs what was going on unless the umpire just didn't hear him.Looks like a well executed play to me.I thought for sure that We just lost a hard fought game.
There were bad calls to go all around that game. The timing of this call is definitely stirring debate. However, I think this call was more-less fair compared to when we actually screwed the Lions in the playoffs back in 2014. That Dez no catch during the Packers game was a make up call.
We left too much doubt all the BS runs late and we couldn't really move good when Dak got sacked, if we kicked the FG given Steele didn't get beat this kinda outcome wouldn't have been in question. That was a suspect win for us
And as a lions fan I can say it was some bad calls on both sides, Parsons and Hutch didn’t get a lot of holding calls, and St. Brown and Cooks didn’t get a couple pass interference calls. But this was absolutely not the way to end the game
Last night, I was drinking beers and jumping for joy that we had won. Sobered up this morning, I wish we'd of lost the game rather than hear one more person say Refs handed us the game. Which might actually be true. If your a true fan of ANY team, you aim for a fair win or loss. This is what sports betting has done to professional sports.
If the ref didn't hear him, then why did he go tell the defense a player was reporting eligible and then say after the flag that he heard #70 report as eligible when in reality it was #68 who was a foot away and looked to be saying something to the ref. #70 literally runs in and TOWARDS the ref, but before he gets within 5 feet, the ref is already jogging towards the defense to tell them the aforementioned.
This has been a total officiating embarrassment the whole season. Not just this game…. Colts /Browns etc. They fine the players, fine the stripes when they crap out.
I used to think people were nuts for claiming the NFL is rigged. This game changed my mind and I'm not a fan of either team. Refs rigged this game for the Cowboys to have a better chance to win and they succeeded.
@@HashPhantomyeah that crew fucks up alot late in games. Chiefs packers, saints falcons, and another major one I can't remember cuz I didn't watch it live. all this season. 4+ games they decided under 2 minutes they would choose who wins
@@HashPhantom yeah, you're probably right. It's just sad to see as a fan of the game. The whole seeding and weight of games has shifted all because the NFL won't do what's right and reverse the outcome. The Lions won that game
Full credit to the cowboys fans in here acknowledging foul play at the end of the game instead of saying “there was missed calls both ways, excuses etc”. The refs decided the game and I’m all for accountability even when you have to call out what appears to be corruption helping your team. I was in the same boat when the Commanders got hosed last year on a non PI call that essentially got the Giants in the playoffs. These calls or ruining the game and making it look like blatant corruption due to gambling.
People are going off their feels while the refs are going by the rules. #8 didn't cover him up, eligible or not. If you want to have an eligible tackle uncovered,he has to back up a half yard off the line of scrimmage. It's just a fact. The only argument to be had is, they didn't call what was in fact an illegal formation.
@@pastorofmuppets22I think you are the one in your feels. The lions checked with the refs pre snap which they showed on video. Troy Aikman of all people called this out immediately after the game and then the ESPN team pulled him back by explaining “maybe they didn’t hear the lions staff”. If you don’t watched the post game, Buck and Aikman weren’t buying it and neither is most who watched the game. It also says a lot when Aikman isn’t being a homer and calling a spade a spade.
@@brodssn Troy discussed the reporting/ non reporting part of it,not the formation part of it. If a tackle eligible receiver is uncovered,he has to be a half yard off the ball. It's the rules. Can't argue with the rules. It was a bad coaching thing,and it's been happening to the Lions for over 100 years. Again,it doesn't matter how anybody feels about it. It is what it is. You can be upset,and you know what is going to happen next year? And 100 years from now? The Lions will be doing Lions things.
Reminds me of the Washington game a year or two ago, where you see the receiver check in with the ref to see if he is lined up correctly, the ref gives him a thumbs up, and once the ball is snapped he tosses a flag.
Another player moved at the same time. 2 guys can move. No player should have to be told from a ref if they are lined up right in the first place. Pro football ?
Depriving of what?! So, that is the penalty you are upset with? What about the tripping penalty earlier? That was very unfair. Had that not happened this wouldn't have even been an issue. Watch the whole game not just one play. That tripping penalty was a worse call.
@@hectorreyes7879 Exactly. We were deprived of these 2 great teams deciding the outcome, instead it was the refs. Believe me, I watched the whole game. Bad holds missed on both sides, your tripping penalty should’ve been no penalty (Hutch didn’t make contact either), missed intentional grounding on cowboys last drive (Dak threw it 30 yards over his WR while pressured), missed PI against Amon-Ra on final drive, etc.
As a Cowboys fan of 54 years and a former HS assistant 🏈coach I honestly believe that the official dropped the ball big time. Of course none of us knows what actually happened except the players and the ref but watching the replay it looks like the ref got in to big of a rush and did not pay attention.
Even according to Troy's guess at what happened, the ref would have ASSUMED 70 to be eligible rather than confirming eligibility. Especially with Decker already being right there with Sewell. Neither of their numbers were called eligible yet Skipper who was yards away from the ref, was called eligible.
Exactly, he saw 70 running in and assumed he was gonna report eligible! Disregarding the two players right in front of him reporting eligible! The Ref screwed up pure and simple! He should just be a man and admit he screwed up!
Learn the rules.. if another player reports after the first player then it's the last player that reports is now the ONLY player that is eligible. Learn the rules kiddos or stop watching.
I think the bad calls are directly related to the legalization of sports betting. Not many will go out of their way to steal a dollar. But we are talking about a LOT more than a dollar.
You probably have a good POINT there (about being related to the legalization of sports betting),, but fact of the matter is (on paper here) Detroit still LOST and the Cowboys still WON (plain and simple).
I think these penalties should be reviewable. As an eagles fan, we had a lot of questionable calls go our way that shouldn’t have. Also potential penalties should be reviewed as well (yes the eagles got away with a lot during the dolphins game)
How about every play gets reviewed? Take the refs off the field and put them in the press box in front of bank of monitors so that they can review every play for rules violations, inbounds, out of bounds, incomplete, fumble, etc. Of course, if an angle is not available, then everyone would start suspecting the networks of bias. It's a game played by humans and officiated by humans. Yeah, it can suck sometimes, but it is what it is. The best we can hope for is that the officials are well trained and honest. However, the cloud of money hangs over professional sports, heck, even college sports at this point, so whether one individual is crooked or biased or the league is crooked or biased, that will always be in the back of our minds. For me, I'll keep my sanity and accept things as they happen (sports-wise) instead of worrying about things I can't control. It's worked for 63+ years so far.
The guys on the radio here in Detroit about lost their minds. Even one of the guys on the radio station that always talks negative about the Lions said it was a bad call. And here's Aikman almost saying the same thing. Tell me these games aren't scripted by the NFL. SMH
Rigged. He went to the ref and talked to him before the play. Why else would he do that unless he was reporting as eligible? Sick of these refs deciding games. they are killing the sport.
They don't mention that the ref was informed of this "trick" play by the Lions Head Voach, probably in detail, in the locker room prior to the start of the game. The ref either blew it unintentionally and is now too embarrassed or proud yo admit it, or blew it intentionally because the fix was in.
You can eat even hear it in Troy Aikman’s tone of voice, how that was a total butchery by the officials in that game last night. They totally robbed the Lions out of that win.
It still blows my mind that players have to report as eligible in the NFL. Even in high school, where and how you line up is what determines if you are eligible, and it’s on the defense to read and recognize that. The rules are pretty simple. If you are off the line, you are eligible, and the last guy on the line on either side is eligible. You are telling me guys that get paid millions to play defense can’t read that?
I guess you never watched messy 60s games. You don´t have the time in the NFL to look at it. It´s not high school. So don´t even try to compare NFL with high school.
The last time the Lions played in Dallas, the officials blew it too. They are human and do make mistakes but it’s a little suspicious when they always go in favor of the larger market..
They are human with a specific interest on making sure the Lions does not win this game against the cowboys. Thank goodness we have instant reply to show how badly these referees are behaving
@@yummytummy88 How was the call wrong ? It was 1000% correct but I agree that they make some calls in favor of the big market teams like Dallas, KC and the teams the NFL wants to see as high seeds. They didn't want Detroit to win that game.
same crew that called 0 penalties on the eagles vs the dolphins. same crew that didn't call PI during the packers-chiefs game. should not be a ref at all.
Seriously the former ref says he didn’t see decker. He was in his face literally Thanks to Aikman for telling the truth. Maybe Decker was there to say happy new year.
It’s rather concerning why McCarthy didn’t just run the ball to take more time off the clock on the previous cowboy drive. It’s not the first time he has shown problems with clock management. It’s looking like these two teams will meet again in the playoffs in a few weeks. To be continued…………….
Yes, you're missing the actual rules. The rules are that at least 7 players must be on the line, the two players on either end are eligible, and that at all the players in between are ineligible. To aid defenses, if an "offensive lineman" is on the end, he must declare himself eligible (even though, technically by formation rules, he is already eligible). Go back and look at Detroit's formation for that play -- they had at least 7 people on the line, of which Decker was on the left end and fully eligible, if he declared himself to the Ref. Which he appeared to do. The WR on the left side was off the line (not covering Decker). This was a special trick play designed up for a critical game winner situation like this. Dan Campbell even talked to the Ref before the game about this play. Brad Allen is a complete joke and should be removed from being head Ref. He's already botched multiple large games in the last several years.
It was Jimmy Johnson's night. Jerry couldn't allow a 15 game win-streak to be broken on the night of Jimmy Johnson being inducted into the ring of honor
I won't bother trying to argue the call but I would like to point something out. I've been watching this game for 40 years and from everything I have observed over those years, I would say that 99% of the time when you are the visiting team, especially against a tough opponent, in a game that should be very close, you would NOT go for it on 4th down early in the game. Instead, you kick the short FG (Yes, I know the Lions have had issues with their kickers) and had they done that, they would have won the game. That is a mistake that a coach like Belichick would NOT have made.
@@wattsinc.Dallas has bad karma coming back to them in the playoffs. Ball doesn't lie and it will take care of itself in due time with a Cowboys loss in the playoffs as usual.
WHY,,,, do you say that this is not going to end well for Dallas? I'm looking for the Dallas Cowboys to go TO Super Bowl-58 (come February) and to convincingly WIN it.
Yes, it's been done before (although rare). You can google it, and you'll see a couple examples of when teams did it in the past (usually a desperation move). If it was an illegal formation (and I don't think it was), then that should have been called. That wasn't the case. @@mikevanderwolf8575
Not once did any broadcast mention that it was an illegal formation and yes. They said on broadcast that 2 can. The refs were also informed of the play before the game. That’s always how they do it. Ref just made a “mistake” against the non cowboy team. Go figure. Happens like this all the time
@@mikevanderwolf8575if 68 reported, which he looks to have, and 70 didn’t, the formation was legal. The receiver on Decker side was off the line of scrimmage. It was an uneven line with 1 lineman to the left of center and 3 to the right. There was nothing illegal of the formation.
@@smalls3187 you, I understand all that now. Thus the caveat. I stand corrected. I was hoping the victory was honest, the league is highly suspect in my opinion, great drama, athleticism, entertainment, but , true sport, less and less certain.
Some ESPN shows dont have NFL highlight rights on RUclips. Weird, but that’s how expensive it can be to have NFL rights. ESPN doesn’t have a blanket license. Each show has to pay. This protects the NFL from partners who might sublease their content by creating a whole bunch of online shows and podcasts.
Life long Bears fan here, going back to around 1975. Once again we have the Lions having a win taken away from them in the last moments of a game. It is interesting isn't it? There was clearly pass interference a few plays earlier that wasn't called, and then you have this that appears the refs selectively didn't hear and throw a flag on. And you wonder why people think games are rigged. And for the record, yes, I considered that a catch and touch down against my Bears all those years ago. Detroit won that game, no two ways about it.
Mahomes would have thrown the ball to a KC receiver instead of an interception AND would have led the receiver on the last two point conversion play rather than throw the ball 2 feet behind the receiver.
Such a terrible job by the officials. It’s so frustrating that they have the power to directly affect the outcome of the game in this way. There needs to be an investigation and rule change. There’s no reason players should have to report as eligible receivers in the NFL. It’s awesome that Troy wasn’t afraid to tell the truth. I have more respect for him now.
I waited a few seconds to celebrate and then literally lifted ppl up around me and we mobbed bc we thought we converted and then only to see the flag dropped 😞
These calls are exactly why the phrase "Detroit vs. EVERYBODY" was birthed. Smh highway robbery at it's finest! I'm disappointed in the NFL as a whole at this point.
hats off to troy aikman being straight with his analysis and opinion unfortunately there aren't any others with the same personal honesty nil has certainly created its own lack of credibility hopefully this comes back to bite nil in their buttts
BS call aside, It was really stupid of campbell to go for 2 THREE STRAIGHT TIMES. You've been playing better than the other team, tie up the game and go into OT.
Might be wrong, but when a penalty is called on a 2 pt try, it's a retry of it, and you can not switch to a field goal. Again, it might be wrong, but I refuse to believe that anyone is willing to take that much of a risk
@@shashanksubramaniam1400 If a team is going for a 2-point conversion and gets flagged, say for a false start or illegal formation. They can abort the two-point conversion and elect to kick the ball, with the penalty yardage assessed on the kick. So a 5 yard penalty and it should have been a 38 yard kick.
nahh im a Cowboy fan and i respect what Dan Campball was going for. Already in the playoffs, playing a playoff team, and you can beat them by pretty much playing with your D out. Campbell wanted the Lions going in the playoffs Confident af if they pull it off
Lions practiced the play, they explained the play before the game to the referees, they executed correctly. The ref blew the call and the game, purposefully or not.
😳oops! Not to mention,apparently, Campbell explained this play possibility to the ref crew, pre-game. This is a huge gaffe by the NFL. Rigged beyond a doubt.
The referees screwed the Lions more than this during the game, when the Cowboys made the pass play for a touchdown from their own end zone, there was clearly holding by the offense in the end zone that should have resulted in an automatic safety for the Lions.
As a Cowboys fan, different take.....if dummy McCarthy runs the ball, the Lions get the kickoff with 56 seconds left, no TOs.....this probably not have happened...worst coach in the NFL....
They could of tied the game after that call. But he wanted to gamble on the win. And he roll the dice twice more and loss. The offsides on 11 we intercepted but got called back. Next try reciever dropped ball. So the call nagated nothing. Cowboys got a fuckn call . Now it’s a crime
To anyone that has been watching the NFL the past few years, it shouldnt be a surprise at all. This type of thing has become the norm...the refs making a clearly wrong call, steering the outcome of the game in a certain direction. Usually happens multiple times in games. It feels like the refs are holding the fans hostage. I just do not understand how it continues, yet there is never anyone held accountable, we all are just forced to accept it. There have always been mistakes made by officials, but it has seems to have increased dramatically the past few years. Always happens on crucial plays too. The league has lost credibility in my eyes, it hurts the players and the fans for this to happen over and over again.
NFL needs to replay this game from the point of the foul up! Give lions their points and play last 25 seconds with whatever timeouts remaining. Including giving one back to Dallas, if they used it after the foul up! Put both teams on planes if need be, after the final season game so they have similar fatigue levels as at that time and you could pull it off and right a wrong! NFL will never do that!
How about we give the Cowboys the first down at the 2 minute warning after the Refs called the tripping call on the wrong team?? Do that and the Lions never even get to score the TD and game is over long before that.
Maybe someone can answer a question for me. If you go back and watch the replay, #68, the guy who allegedly reported in and who caught the 2-point conversion, when he lined up, there was another player outside him on or very close to the line. If that player outside of him is considered to be on the line, #68 cannot be an eligible receiver even if he reports in. Is that accurate? The only eligible receivers on the line of scrimmage are on the ends. Right?
That’s not correct. You can can have 2 eligible on that side of the field because the Oline was heavy on the opposite side. Allowing the Tackle to be eligible
@@dreambigfish354 The tackle can only be eligible if there is nobody on the line outside him. But there was ... or he was very close to the line. I think he was intentionally too close to the line to disguise the eligible tackle. And he naturally thought he wouldn't be called, but it did get the call.
Thank you for being honest Troy much respect!
Very much so.
Cowboys baby!!!
Okay. Yeah. Drink that cool-aid.
Okay, Jane.
@@badbonzai1Kool-aid
Respect to Troy (a major Cowboy figurehead) for stepping up and questioning this call and the entire situation. Lions got hosed.
Yes. White people are generally altruistic.
No they didn’t. Because the play was coming back anyway because there were two other fouls in the play nobody wants to talk about. There was illegal formation and a hold. Flags we’re thrown for all. None are ores so penalties. Go watch Shannon Sharpes (who hates Dallas) explain on his podcast what happened, why it happened, and how it didn’t matter because it was coming back for the other penalties anyway.
No cowboys got hosed on the tripping call. Look it up and get back to me
its not illegal formation because the te was moved out. @@k29king1
Troy said Decker would only go to the ref if he was reporting, then what was Skipper (70)doing there talking to the ref? The ref was paying attention to Skipper (70). Unless Detroit was trying to pull a fast one, which backfired. 70 was announced as eligible 68 wasn't so that was on the Lions to correct BEFORE the snap.
Great respect for Troy Aikman. He was the first to call it like he saw it.
Call it incorrect, b.c he's a shill. Stop the cope.
@@ghostmeister8883Incorrect? Lmfao. I think the coping you speak of belongs to you, it’s your conscience.
@@happycanayjian1582 there was 3! infractures and 2 flags on the field. how come they didnt mention that!!! stop the cope! loser. lions tried to cheat and be shady and refs made a GREAT call.
Aikman also should have mentioned the phony tripping call on Dallas. He didn't. This last play would have never happened and the cowboys would have a first down on the 14 yard line if the refs called the tripping on Detroit like they should have. Cowboys could have scored another touchdown and be up by 2 scores or the field goal gets kicked and Detroit literally wouls very little time on the clock with no time outs. Cowboys win even though they got shafted with the tripping penalty.
@@Tony7777M exactly, troy is a cowboy hater and always will be. sad to see him hate the thing that MADE him.
It’s not just this game and these two teams. There has been a lot of game where the refs have decided the outcome of the game
Agree been like this all season and in all the divisions. Something needs to be done. We should have Miami.
More and more people are seeing it now. They have become brazen and almost like they want people to know...
What do you want the refs to do then?! Not call penalties at all and just let them play? Then people will complain about how they are not giving out penalties. No matter what nothing will ever be done to make fans happy
Well they need some kind of friggin change.@@AM-dk3wy
I mean the LIons committed three other penalties on that same play so the LIONS screwing up decided the end of the game..but without McCarthy being stupid its an easy cruise to a chill win for Dallas
I don't really care about either team, but it's a terrible way to end a game.
You don’t necessarily have to care about these two teams . You just have to care for the integrity of the game as a fan. It was awful.
Same. You just hate to see such an important game with playoff implications get decided on a bad call like this. I feel for Lions fans.
Illegal formation. Ineligible player. But you guys want the refs to allow it 😭
@@BigbearTKO They didn't call an illegal formation...
@@LunaticTheCat but the formation was illegal. You had 2 flags that could’ve been called and got 3 tries at a 2 pt conversion and didn’t win stop crying.
It doesn't matter what team you root for or against. The fact that it can happen to ANY team is the biggest issue.
Yep. It was all fine and dandy when only the small market/poor market teams were treated like this. But now that the big boys have felt some of the pain over the last couple of seasons it's "the biggest issue."
But it doesn’t happen to ANY team. It happens to the teams whose valuation isn’t in the billions of dollars.
@@noblejennette2101 That's been going on for decades. Watch Super Bowl XL.
@@noblejennette2101 It has been happening really badly to the Lions since 2006 when the lions fought Roger Goodell trying to take the thanksgiving game away from them. They said we started the thanksgiving game when no one else wanted anything to do with it & we are not giving it up because it is a tradition in Detroit since 1934. Cowboys were added in 1966 & goodell has never tried to take it from them. Just go back to the Calvin Johnson catch. 2014 playoff game vs the cowboys they picked up a Pass interference call that totally changed the game. Several phantom calls vs the Packers. It is why it has been said for many years now Detroit vs everyone.
Apparently Decker was just going over to ask the Ref how he prefers his coffee. Rigged 100%
Sour Grapes. Refs were incompetent - Likely!; Refs were part of a conspiracy? - STFU!
The officiating was already in a bad place this season, but now this takes it too a whole other level. The NFL really needs to do something about this
Yes, but they won't. All the refs took an off season class at the Angel Hernandez School of Officiating.
Owners are now buying their teams to the play offs.
The officials got it right. Everyone hates to see any game end on a call,but it was coaching. Even if he was recognized as eligible by the refs...he wasn't covered up by a receiver. By rule that's a illegal formation. Had the tackle eligible backed up a half yard off the line of scrimmage,he wouldn't have to be covered. And if that was the case...the cowboys would have defended it differently . That's the one point of context everyone is leaving out. That the defense would have played it accordingly. Besides the fact they had several opportunities to rethink it and tie the game. It's easy for us to scapegoat the refs, it's low hanging fruit. This one is on Dan Campbell, which there's enough sample size to say it's in his DNA until he changes things
@chetsenior7253lmao, how can you ban gambling? Stupid statement.
@@pastorofmuppets22 Or the player for not knowing the rule. It was 10000% the correct call if he didn't intact report. If they don't like the rule, change it or learn it. Tired of the bitching about the refs when the call was 1000000% correct.
I love how the refs didn't see or hear him report. Like it's literally your only job to see and hear things
Lmao, so true!
could be they had a little incentive (wink, wink)
Troy Aikman despite his Cowboy affiliation, called an unbiased game! Kudos to you from a 50+ yr Lions fan! I loved your calls, he should kick field goal and you knew he would go for 2pt. conversion! Great impartial game calling!
He is definitely biased all the time. He goes against the cowboys no matter what.
Because Troy Aikman knows what the Cowboy Franchise is like on the inside. A bunch of ppl who try to abuse the game
Nice catch! I hadn't noticed that until you mentioned it!
It's pretty much his job to be impartial. What drives me crazy though is how exciting this game was, the back and forth, everything that was going on and Joe Buck and Troy come off like wet noodles, zero excitement in their voices. Sports coverage in America needs to change IMHO. I'm tired of the dry delivery by most sports announcers, I mean come on, show some passion for the game.
@@ShimmyD-u7gTroy’s voice was cracking in those last 30 seconds at the end of the game so he does have a little passion at least.
So you’re telling me the ref didn’t hear Decker but heard Skipper who ran over after the ref was gone? Get out of here!!
The lions were trying to be too cute here. My guess is that Decker did report as eligible but at the last minute 70 came in and ran after the ref as he was going to the line of scrimmage. The ref saw him and thought that he was declaring himself as eligible so then it was now 70. The whole point is the play was to make the cowboys think 70 was the one eligible but it also duped the ref at the last minute.
you gonna cry your self to sleep while you bite the pillow because you dont know how the rules work? awwww........
@@danielsonse7en Lots of assumptions there.
@@danielsonse7en2 players can report as eligible
Three players went toward the official. We don't know what was said. The ref has to report to the defense who is reporting eligible. We don't know what the Cowboys were informed of either. We have to accept what the ref says.
I'm a Cowboys fan and I've never felt so empty after a win. I couldn't even really watch any of the games on Sunday when every week there is more and more evidence that these games are rigged.
Well I’m just fine with the win, a win is a win and so I’m ok with it.
The house always wins!
@@MrKansaitim
No not always. When I can stand to watch team sports I can tell at the first penalty whose is gonna win. Too predictable
Welp, it is all rigged now thanks to Vegas.
As a lifelong Lions fan, I can confirm the league is, in fact, very much rigged.
Look how fast the referee ran away from the 2 Lions. How CROOKED
💯💯💯
Why was 70 even running to the refs 😂
@@Klos208definitely lol the lions had 2 lineman trying to talk with the ref while a third one was running towards the ref. My only guess is they were trying to disguise what player was actually reporting which makes no sense since the ref still has to tell the defense who is reporting as eligible.
@@Klos208they are both eligible
That’s the nfl for ya
Die Hard Dallas fan here. I hate that this game ended the way it did.
If Detroit players did in fact announce to the officials he/they were eligible and they still got flagged, that’s BS and my team should have lost.
I hope it’s not rigged. I’ve felt for a while that there are some BS calls on purpose.
They should have gotten a lot of calls right, like that BS tripping/leg whip!
And 4 PI calls not made
Something's fishy. The Cowboys always benefit from blown calls.
@@michaeln.2383 not on Jan 11, 2015😭
@@Spnlgrl1985 There was big thing about 10 years ago in which the Cowboys advanced to play to the Packers on a blown call against the Lions. Then, there was more drama in the game with the Packers over what's a catch. But in the game against the Lions, the belief was that the Cowboys were America's team and that the NFL wanted them to advance.
Holy moly!! Gotta give props to Troy & Buck here, especially Aikman knowing he’s a former Cowboy. Refs hosed Detroit just like the recipe has been for decades 😒, but serious props to Aikman here standing up for Detroit & it’s fans 👏😎👍
Are you trying to say an irrelevant team like the lions have been is because they have been hosed by the refs??? That is quite laughable...
@@bafman3762no we’re saying Detroit should’ve beat the NFL darlings who get all the calls to their irrelevance team.
Troy was careful not to say that the referee was cheating. He didn’t want to loose the ring of honor. Referee was paid off. It’s obvious.
@@bafman3762no that’s not what I’m saying, lmao. But thanks for trying to put words in my mouth 😁👍
Brad Allen played a big part in hosing my Dolphins team against Philadelphia back in week 7 (along with that shady Duane guy who had a checkered college reffing history and just happened to live near Philadelphia at some point). Philly at home. Dallas at home. Is Allen trying to earn some side money by helping out the home teams?
It’s weird how ESPN can’t find the same footage that every other indie channel showed with Decker saying something to the Ref & being acknowledged.
Really strange how ESPN is not showing the actual footage of the lineman going to talk to the refs and tell them they are eligible.
They are just showing photos of other parts of the game…
That's by design.
Not really, this is the second time the Lions have had the victory stolen by Dallas at home.
Right on. Right on.. ESPN don't want to show it. They know the Dallas Cowboys Ref did wrong. He reversed the Points & Call so, Dallas Cowboys could Win. Film & Videos don't lie. I wish the NFL Association could reverse Dallas Cowboys their Win in this Cheating Rigged Call & Game..
Stephen Smith is the about the only espn personality that's not a Dallas lapdog
The bald reporter teed it up for Troy by asking how'd Detroit fail to report. Troy immediately checks him saying "I'm not so sure 68 didn't report"
As a cowboy fan this was the most guilty I felt after a win probably since we played Detroit in 2014 playoffs it didn’t feel right at all
That's because in fact the refs stole the game from the Lions and the Cowboys LOST! Jerry Jones had to buy this game to win the division. The Eagles suck and the Cowboys still had to pay off the refs! PATHETIC!!! False division champions!
As a cowboys fan it feels right, the cowboys won and that’s all that matters in the end, it doesn’t matter how they win as long the scoreboard shows that the cowboys won.
You stand alone!@@jragon9215
I remember the 2014 game.....'flag no flag' on the Pettigrew play. NFL just wanted Dallas and Packers to play against each other in the next playoff game.
Then take your card away. Was the right call. Even without it he was illegal formation. Also "fan" talk to be about that "tripping" call. Poser!
Brad Allen ran away very quickly and only Allen and God knows whether it was deliberate or as so many times now the REFS ARE JUST INCOMPETENT! The video absolutely shows the players approach him but he runs off quickly!
he set them up for a penalty
Incompetent or corrupt, either way it’s a disgrace to football and to the NFL. Dan Campbell said he laid the play out to him during pregame, said that would happen if they ever went for 2. Brad Allen has no business in the NFL, and I really hope after this season with some of the worst reffing we’ve seen league-wide, the League takes the opportunity to make sweeping changes. Full time refs. Implementation of technology or changes to what is reviewable to safeguard against blatant human error. It’s just out of hand and honestly sucks to watch.
With millions of dollars wagered on every game we're just supposed to believe everything is legit? Not effing likely!😂
He ran off because he's required to tell Dallas of the eligible players. Your copium will not change that.
He runs off before Skipper, #70, even reaches him. Skip McCain
The ex-Ref in the middle of Troy and Joe defending the Ref from tonight's game is too funny 😂😂
But his explanation makes a lot of sense if you closely watch Allen while #68 is trying to report: Allen is laser focused on #70 coming onto the field toward him. I read that Dekker told Allen “reporting”; maybe that’s enough during normal times, but if #70 is running towards Allen at the same time, my guess is that Allen mixed it all up in his head. Yes, Allen told Dallas “#70” and announced it, and Dekker and Dan Campbell should have been jumping up and down to stop the play, but it’s still Allen’s fault.
@curtd2741 imo, the biggest problem also comes down to Allen doubling down and saying Decker didn't report to him, in spite of video evidence showing him right in front. Admitting to a missed call is nowhere near as bad as doubling down and trying to insist that your mistake was not a mistake. I think most people would be significantly less pissed if that was stated.
Frankly, the guy should not be a ref anyway. He has consistently missed game changing calls. Don't forget about his non-call on the DPI for the Rams/Saints playoff game.
Edit: I guess that was Vinovich in the Saints/Rams. I kept seeing Allen brought up in the same articles. Oh, well. 🤷♂️
@@pfagan24that was Bill Vinovich not Brad Allen
@@pfagan24I cannot believe this was a mistake. Nobody is that incompetent at that level. Netflix is the only corporation with the power to expose what really happened imo
Dez Bryant caught that ball!
I’m not a fan of either team, but dang, the refs shouldn’t be determining the outcome. They have way too much power over the game.
What's your solution? Allow flagrant violations of the rules to happen at the end of a game because you don't want the refs to affect the outcome? Ok, that's a bit extreme, so what should be the threshold? You see how slippery of a slope that becomes?
Whether the refs call something or not, it affects the outcome. How about the players and coaches just follow the rules?
@@awlthatwoodcrafts8911 -My solution would be to get it right using whatever means necessary. Humans make mistakes, and one minor mistake can ruin an entire season for a team.
@@redghost3170 we've had organized sporting events for well over 100 years now and managed to survive by relying on humans to play the game and humans to officiate the games.
If your game or season has to come down to one play, how about you do a better job the rest of the game/season so that you're not in that position?
I get that we don't want our favorite team to lose in such a manner but it is what it is. Short of intentional bias and/or corruption, I can move on with my life after these kinds of disappointments.
Don't get started with what players get cheated out of because of bad calls. When you make as much as they do, nobody is going to become homeless.
The amount of evidence against this ref is crazy. Something has to happen
ITS NOT....U HAVE SOMETHING MORE POWERFUL THAN THE REFS RUNNING THIS......ITS CALLED VEGAS AND BIG MONEY HOLDERS!!!!!!!
Jews run the league. If you think it will be anything other than a scam, you're delusional.
Yeah, that something will be the league sweeps this under the rug as fast as they can. Lots of games tomorrow! Look at those instead.
The only thing that will happen is the Lions will be fined ridiculous amounts of money for pointing out how badly they got screwed by the refs when people ask them about that play.
Its honestly to the point now where the players union should file a lawsuit against the league and the refs for blatant fraud and fixing of games as its having huge impacts on players careers. How many players aren't going to make the playoffs this year because of corrupt or incompetent refs?
For that matter why isn't the NFL being sued of behalf of the fans, why aren't the sports betting organizations being sued on behalf of betters?
Its just become so obvious that this is rigged.
😭😭😭😭😭😭
Thanks once again NFL for explaining to me how you were justified in stealing another win from us Lion Fans.
yep...let's make it so complicated that it's impossible to make sense of it so anyone can now win or lose regardless of how well the game is played by either team.
Name another
You mean the fatom tripping call
The Lions have been in these situations more often than any other team.
Worst blown call in NFL history. They took a win away from detroit. Flag wasn’t thrown until 60 seconds after it happened. Inexcusable
Nan, bottlegate was the worst call.
They did that to us in Miami. Holding would have canceled out the field goal. Same thing.
Been bad calls all season in almost every game. We need new refs.
@@lanigirl01 I think the fail mary refs are available, should we have them back, because that was awesome.
I'm a Cowboys fan, and this ain't even close to the worse blown call.
nahnyabuhizniz, 1,000% correct!
I'm a Cowboy Fan and it's hard to believe that he didn't tell the refs what was going on unless the umpire just didn't hear him.Looks like a well executed play to me.I thought for sure that We just lost a hard fought game.
There were bad calls to go all around that game. The timing of this call is definitely stirring debate.
However, I think this call was more-less fair compared to when we actually screwed the Lions in the playoffs back in 2014. That Dez no catch during the Packers game was a make up call.
We left too much doubt all the BS runs late and we couldn't really move good when Dak got sacked, if we kicked the FG given Steele didn't get beat this kinda outcome wouldn't have been in question. That was a suspect win for us
And as a lions fan I can say it was some bad calls on both sides, Parsons and Hutch didn’t get a lot of holding calls, and St. Brown and Cooks didn’t get a couple pass interference calls. But this was absolutely not the way to end the game
Last night, I was drinking beers and jumping for joy that we had won. Sobered up this morning, I wish we'd of lost the game rather than hear one more person say Refs handed us the game. Which might actually be true. If your a true fan of ANY team, you aim for a fair win or loss. This is what sports betting has done to professional sports.
If the ref didn't hear him, then why did he go tell the defense a player was reporting eligible and then say after the flag that he heard #70 report as eligible when in reality it was #68 who was a foot away and looked to be saying something to the ref. #70 literally runs in and TOWARDS the ref, but before he gets within 5 feet, the ref is already jogging towards the defense to tell them the aforementioned.
This has been a total officiating embarrassment the whole season. Not just this game…. Colts /Browns etc. They fine the players, fine the stripes when they crap out.
That officiating crew has been downgraded for the playoffs They were also the crew that screwed up the Chiefs game wk 13
Regardless of him reporting or not, he was covered up and thus, illegal by position.
This crew has screwed up all year long.
@@themjsays Actually you're wrong.
@@themjsays Wrong . If he's an eligible receiver, there's no illeagle formation ..Making
Him Ineligible is what led to the illegal formation.
I used to think people were nuts for claiming the NFL is rigged. This game changed my mind and I'm not a fan of either team. Refs rigged this game for the Cowboys to have a better chance to win and they succeeded.
Sour Grapes. Refs were incompetent - Likely!; Refs were part of a conspiracy? - STFU!
It ain’t that deep, ref fucked up
@@HashPhantomyeah that crew fucks up alot late in games. Chiefs packers, saints falcons, and another major one I can't remember cuz I didn't watch it live. all this season. 4+ games they decided under 2 minutes they would choose who wins
@@HashPhantomit's also pretty suspicious it's always the lions getting screwed by the refs in Dallas in meaningful games
@@HashPhantom yeah, you're probably right. It's just sad to see as a fan of the game. The whole seeding and weight of games has shifted all because the NFL won't do what's right and reverse the outcome. The Lions won that game
Even Aikman admits it 😂
On a night they honored jimmy Johnson
I would say I feel bad but the refs have screwed the cowboys out of a few games this year that’s just the nfl now the best teams don’t win
More often than not the cowboys are the team benefiting from these bad calls, just like the chiefs and philly
@@KingAries85 Two wrongs don't make a right, bro.
@@bobmoran860no they are not lol
Full credit to the cowboys fans in here acknowledging foul play at the end of the game instead of saying “there was missed calls both ways, excuses etc”. The refs decided the game and I’m all for accountability even when you have to call out what appears to be corruption helping your team. I was in the same boat when the Commanders got hosed last year on a non PI call that essentially got the Giants in the playoffs. These calls or ruining the game and making it look like blatant corruption due to gambling.
People are going off their feels while the refs are going by the rules. #8 didn't cover him up, eligible or not. If you want to have an eligible tackle uncovered,he has to back up a half yard off the line of scrimmage. It's just a fact. The only argument to be had is, they didn't call what was in fact an illegal formation.
The NFL is sports entertainment. Just like the WWE.
@@pastorofmuppets22I think you are the one in your feels. The lions checked with the refs pre snap which they showed on video. Troy Aikman of all people called this out immediately after the game and then the ESPN team pulled him back by explaining “maybe they didn’t hear the lions staff”. If you don’t watched the post game, Buck and Aikman weren’t buying it and neither is most who watched the game. It also says a lot when Aikman isn’t being a homer and calling a spade a spade.
@@brodssn Troy discussed the reporting/ non reporting part of it,not the formation part of it. If a tackle eligible receiver is uncovered,he has to be a half yard off the ball. It's the rules. Can't argue with the rules. It was a bad coaching thing,and it's been happening to the Lions for over 100 years. Again,it doesn't matter how anybody feels about it. It is what it is. You can be upset,and you know what is going to happen next year? And 100 years from now? The Lions will be doing Lions things.
@@Saxxin1it’s seeming more and more like it
Shout out to Aikman for keeping it real!
Yes , nothing "Homer" about Troy A.
I’m a Cowboys fan.. I believe Troy actually hates the Cowboys, specifically Jerry Jones
@@Jerrdencuz Jerry robbed Dallas from more super bowls by firing jimmy johnson smh. Troy resents him as he should
Regardless of him reporting or not, he was covered up and thus, illegal by position.
This may be the worst call in N.F.L. history. I agree with Troy.
okay buddy
You are right.
You don't know much about football.
There’s enough to write multiple books on
@@weirdbeard63 70 people disagree with you.
The Refs suck so bad this year and have affected the outcomes of many games this year. The NFL needs to hold these Refs more accountable
Don't hold your breath
@@drendebe10 I know, but I am sure most people feel the same way. It’s bad.
I understand that this officiating crew will NOT be used during any NFL playoff games.
@@timd1833 GOOD!!
Reminds me of the Washington game a year or two ago, where you see the receiver check in with the ref to see if he is lined up correctly, the ref gives him a thumbs up, and once the ball is snapped he tosses a flag.
Another player moved at the same time. 2 guys can move. No player should have to be told from a ref if they are lined up right in the first place. Pro football ?
The ref looks DIRECTLY at decker. I don't buy that he didn't hear him AT ALL.
I'm not a Troy Aikman fan but I'm glad at least he's honest
The ref looked at decker, and nodded.
Only the person reporting in the game can report as eligible correct? And only 1 lineman can ve eligible. And 2 lineman cant report as eligible.
If the ref was confused about who reported, you'd think he'd talk it over and give it a second thought after Decker caught the TD.
Either way Detroit would had a penalty cowboys got lucky
@@dallasborn8574 Where in the rulebook does it say only 1 can report eligible?
Completely takes away from an amazing game. Shame on that ref for depriving us all of
I thoght Super Bowl 57 (Eagles vs Chiefs) was one of the best ever...until the refs threw a flag to decide who wins. Shame.
Point shaving
@@210johnnydit was a pi but it wasn't a pi the entire game until that point that one was pretty disappointing and I hate both them teams
Depriving of what?! So, that is the penalty you are upset with? What about the tripping penalty earlier? That was very unfair. Had that not happened this wouldn't have even been an issue. Watch the whole game not just one play. That tripping penalty was a worse call.
@@hectorreyes7879 Exactly. We were deprived of these 2 great teams deciding the outcome, instead it was the refs. Believe me, I watched the whole game. Bad holds missed on both sides, your tripping penalty should’ve been no penalty (Hutch didn’t make contact either), missed intentional grounding on cowboys last drive (Dak threw it 30 yards over his WR while pressured), missed PI against Amon-Ra on final drive, etc.
As a Cowboys fan of 54 years and a former HS assistant 🏈coach I honestly believe that the official dropped the ball big time. Of course none of us knows what actually happened except the players and the ref but watching the replay it looks like the ref got in to big of a rush and did not pay attention.
NFL and NBA tonight showed just how RIGGED sports betting world is, it is for entertainment
Oy! V e y!
Sour Grapes. Refs were incompetent - Likely!; Refs were part of a conspiracy? - STFU!
That is what you call "Game Fixing" and that was blatant. This unacceptable at every level. I have no horse in this one but this is embarrassing.
you gonna cry your self to sleep while you bite the pillow because you dont know how the rules work? awwww........
@@A7X062388 What rule wasn't followed?
@@A7X062388that's just you. Learn the actual rule not what you were told so you can cope
@@A7X062388Go cry yourself asleep while your team gets crushed in the 2nd round of the playoffs yet again🤣🤣🤣
@@A7X062388are you gonna copy and paste the pillow bite comment for every response? You are literal garbage.
Even according to Troy's guess at what happened, the ref would have ASSUMED 70 to be eligible rather than confirming eligibility. Especially with Decker already being right there with Sewell. Neither of their numbers were called eligible yet Skipper who was yards away from the ref, was called eligible.
Exactly, he saw 70 running in and assumed he was gonna report eligible! Disregarding the two players right in front of him reporting eligible! The Ref screwed up pure and simple! He should just be a man and admit he screwed up!
He clearly looks right at Decker! Decker gets there first then Skipper.
Learn the rules.. if another player reports after the first player then it's the last player that reports is now the ONLY player that is eligible. Learn the rules kiddos or stop watching.
Doesn't matter, he was lined up at tackle, and he wasn't covered up either. go back and look at it.
Are you telling Troy Aikman to learn the rules?
@@j.r.wright4298 Are you sure you know the rule?
@@jonathanwaters2624 How can you have a tackle eligible play if he's covered up... I think a lot of folk have been confused by the ref in the booth.
I think the bad calls are directly related to the legalization of sports betting. Not many will go out of their way to steal a dollar. But we are talking about a LOT more than a dollar.
The acceptance of gambling is not a good look for the NFL.
All sports are rigged 😢😊
You probably have a good POINT there (about being related to the legalization of sports betting),, but fact of the matter is (on paper here) Detroit still LOST and the Cowboys still WON (plain and simple).
Also with NFL now considered, sports entertainment.
And in that statement is the truth. I've watched all sports all my life and since gambling is legal it has become scripted.
I think these penalties should be reviewable. As an eagles fan, we had a lot of questionable calls go our way that shouldn’t have. Also potential penalties should be reviewed as well (yes the eagles got away with a lot during the dolphins game)
How about every play gets reviewed? Take the refs off the field and put them in the press box in front of bank of monitors so that they can review every play for rules violations, inbounds, out of bounds, incomplete, fumble, etc. Of course, if an angle is not available, then everyone would start suspecting the networks of bias.
It's a game played by humans and officiated by humans. Yeah, it can suck sometimes, but it is what it is.
The best we can hope for is that the officials are well trained and honest. However, the cloud of money hangs over professional sports, heck, even college sports at this point, so whether one individual is crooked or biased or the league is crooked or biased, that will always be in the back of our minds.
For me, I'll keep my sanity and accept things as they happen (sports-wise) instead of worrying about things I can't control. It's worked for 63+ years so far.
The guys on the radio here in Detroit about lost their minds. Even one of the guys on the radio station that always talks negative about the Lions said it was a bad call. And here's Aikman almost saying the same thing. Tell me these games aren't scripted by the NFL. SMH
What did they say about the refs calling Hendershot for tripping when it was clearly Hutchinson trying to trip Pollard???
The best definition of Vegas buying the game!
The lions covered my friend
Spread was 5.5 dummy
There’s more than just the spread
@@jacobcelmer4928ha ha ha you think that's the only bet on the game is the point spread? Maybe you shouldn't be talking about betting
Sour Grapes. Refs were incompetent - Likely!; Refs were part of a conspiracy? - STFU!
Rigged. He went to the ref and talked to him before the play. Why else would he do that unless he was reporting as eligible? Sick of these refs deciding games. they are killing the sport.
Not this time. Lions did more to give the game away than the Cowboys
@byronjoedavidda-veed8732 so what he went to the ref it shows on the tape. No excuses they did what they needed to do
And they still had an illegal formation. The play gets negated regardless.
First it was illegal formation they had 3 chance to tie it take the L
@@byronjoedavidda-veed8732 the Lions also score the game winning 2pt conversion but the refs just took it away
That’s what you call a cowboy miracle call thanks to the ref
Ehh... it was also an illegal formation, so either way, it's the right call to negate the play.
@@josephphillips3985 2nd round exit baby
Their coach kept going for it his own fault
@@josephphillips3985 "an illegal formation" no it wasn't there is even proof
@@gwendolyngarland9505he was arrogant like he can’t miss
They don't mention that the ref was informed of this "trick" play by the Lions Head Voach, probably in detail, in the locker room prior to the start of the game. The ref either blew it unintentionally and is now too embarrassed or proud yo admit it, or blew it intentionally because the fix was in.
You can eat even hear it in Troy Aikman’s tone of voice, how that was a total butchery by the officials in that game last night. They totally robbed the Lions out of that win.
It still blows my mind that players have to report as eligible in the NFL. Even in high school, where and how you line up is what determines if you are eligible, and it’s on the defense to read and recognize that. The rules are pretty simple. If you are off the line, you are eligible, and the last guy on the line on either side is eligible. You are telling me guys that get paid millions to play defense can’t read that?
I guess you never watched messy 60s games. You don´t have the time in the NFL to look at it. It´s not high school. So don´t even try to compare NFL with high school.
They have to have an eligible number in high school
Well said! NFL inserts technicalities and then screws them up!
Regardless of him reporting or not, he was covered up and thus, illegal by position.
LMAO!!! Yeah, sure. @@akxeman
Troy Aiken always tries to be fair without the histrionics of say a Tony Romo.
The last time the Lions played in Dallas, the officials blew it too. They are human and do make mistakes but it’s a little suspicious when they always go in favor of the larger market..
Sour Grapes. Refs were incompetent - Likely!; Refs were part of a conspiracy? - STFU!
They are human with a specific interest on making sure the Lions does not win this game against the cowboys. Thank goodness we have instant reply to show how badly these referees are behaving
😂 this don’t smell like human mistakes, this looks just like human interference
@@yummytummy88 If they wanted DAL to win, why even risk it by calling an even worse penalty on DAL? What you say makes ZERO sense.
@@yummytummy88 How was the call wrong ? It was 1000% correct but I agree that they make some calls in favor of the big market teams like Dallas, KC and the teams the NFL wants to see as high seeds. They didn't want Detroit to win that game.
Wow, Lions got cheated just like that
Not anything new gotta expect the corrupt NFL
Go cry 😢
Cry 😢 😢😢😢😢😢
@@eddievargas704have fun supporting a cheating team
😂😂😂
same crew that called 0 penalties on the eagles vs the dolphins. same crew that didn't call PI during the packers-chiefs game. should not be a ref at all.
Seriously the former ref says he didn’t see decker. He was in his face literally Thanks to Aikman for telling the truth. Maybe Decker was there to say happy new year.
It’s rather concerning why McCarthy didn’t just run the ball to take more time off the clock on the previous cowboy drive. It’s not the first time he has shown problems with clock management. It’s looking like these two teams will meet again in the playoffs in a few weeks. To be continued…………….
mike has consistently proved he is just dumb with clock managment
There's definitely audio somewhere of EVERYTHING that was said with the players and refs.Will we ever get to hear it though?
Watch all the video ! From all angles and you will see Decker report !
The ref refused to acknowledge his reporting in for the sole prupose of throwing the flag.
How can decker report as an eligible TIGHT END , then line up as a LEFT TACKLE ??? why is everyone missing this? Am I missing something
Yes, you're missing the actual rules. The rules are that at least 7 players must be on the line, the two players on either end are eligible, and that at all the players in between are ineligible. To aid defenses, if an "offensive lineman" is on the end, he must declare himself eligible (even though, technically by formation rules, he is already eligible). Go back and look at Detroit's formation for that play -- they had at least 7 people on the line, of which Decker was on the left end and fully eligible, if he declared himself to the Ref. Which he appeared to do. The WR on the left side was off the line (not covering Decker).
This was a special trick play designed up for a critical game winner situation like this. Dan Campbell even talked to the Ref before the game about this play. Brad Allen is a complete joke and should be removed from being head Ref. He's already botched multiple large games in the last several years.
Why exactly did that flag take so long to be thrown?
They had to throw it, to come up with a reason for the cowboys to negate that score.
That's how they cheat.
You know why
@@3ddiagnosis654cheat? They were given 2 more chances to score a two point conversion or kick an extra point. So the refs made them not tie the game?
@@Hellhounds2023the play literally worked. Dallas L, everyone goes home. Stfu with that bs bro
It was Jimmy Johnson's night. Jerry couldn't allow a 15 game win-streak to be broken on the night of Jimmy Johnson being inducted into the ring of honor
I won't bother trying to argue the call but I would like to point something out. I've been watching this game for 40 years and from everything I have observed over those years, I would say that 99% of the time when you are the visiting team, especially against a tough opponent, in a game that should be very close, you would NOT go for it on 4th down early in the game. Instead, you kick the short FG (Yes, I know the Lions have had issues with their kickers) and had they done that, they would have won the game. That is a mistake that a coach like Belichick would NOT have made.
This isn't gonna end well for Dallas.. .
I feel bad for any team the lions play...
Especially in the playoffs...
And I'm a eagles fan
That was a warmup we are not winning another game
@@wattsinc.Dallas has bad karma coming back to them in the playoffs. Ball doesn't lie and it will take care of itself in due time with a Cowboys loss in the playoffs as usual.
@@JK.Palomba yeah I'm done though if they are doing it now and going to get away with it what's stopping them from losing us out. #ftherefs #boycott
WHY,,,, do you say that this is not going to end well for Dallas? I'm looking for the Dallas Cowboys to go TO Super Bowl-58 (come February) and to convincingly WIN it.
Dak has never been a playoff caliber quarterback like Romo before him and the Cowboy's season is over.
Troy saying the Ref didn't hear it, meanwhile the Ref ran away like he understood it all
Decker talked to Allen. Skipper said nothing. How could Skipper report eligible if he said nothing? Allen is wrong and covering.
The referee needs to say what the 2 linemen said to him before the play, because it looked like they reported.
I believe 68 reported but, the formation was illegal. Could be wrong. Can 2 players report?
Yes, it's been done before (although rare). You can google it, and you'll see a couple examples of when teams did it in the past (usually a desperation move). If it was an illegal formation (and I don't think it was), then that should have been called. That wasn't the case. @@mikevanderwolf8575
Not once did any broadcast mention that it was an illegal formation and yes. They said on broadcast that 2 can.
The refs were also informed of the play before the game. That’s always how they do it. Ref just made a “mistake” against the non cowboy team. Go figure. Happens like this all the time
@@mikevanderwolf8575if 68 reported, which he looks to have, and 70 didn’t, the formation was legal. The receiver on Decker side was off the line of scrimmage. It was an uneven line with 1 lineman to the left of center and 3 to the right. There was nothing illegal of the formation.
@@smalls3187 you, I understand all that now. Thus the caveat. I stand corrected. I was hoping the victory was honest, the league is highly suspect in my opinion, great drama, athleticism, entertainment, but , true sport, less and less certain.
Why did ESPN edit what was shown in the live broadcast to remove the clip of him checking in?
They are afraid they might copyright themselves. 😂
extremely odd
don't want that fine
Some ESPN shows dont have NFL highlight rights on RUclips. Weird, but that’s how expensive it can be to have NFL rights. ESPN doesn’t have a blanket license. Each show has to pay.
This protects the NFL from partners who might sublease their content by creating a whole bunch of online shows and podcasts.
@@TheVic18tsure bud
Life long Bears fan here, going back to around 1975. Once again we have the Lions having a win taken away from them in the last moments of a game. It is interesting isn't it? There was clearly pass interference a few plays earlier that wasn't called, and then you have this that appears the refs selectively didn't hear and throw a flag on. And you wonder why people think games are rigged. And for the record, yes, I considered that a catch and touch down against my Bears all those years ago. Detroit won that game, no two ways about it.
Just imagine if this was against the Chiefs. Patty mahomes would have had a stroke
Mahomes would have thrown the ball to a KC receiver instead of an interception AND would have led the receiver on the last two point conversion play rather than throw the ball 2 feet behind the receiver.
@@g.alistar7798 Mahommes has a good 5 interceptions more then Goff this year so I don’t know what your talking about!
@@g.alistar7798shut up cowngirl fan
And so would have every black person in the country.
@@gamesandplanes3984 Is Mahomes black?
The ending of this game is the greatest evidence that the refs are working with Vegas to make sure the house doesn't lose.
I was thinking the same thing when the Eagles fumbled against the Bills and it wasn’t ruled a fumble.
Such a terrible job by the officials. It’s so frustrating that they have the power to directly affect the outcome of the game in this way. There needs to be an investigation and rule change. There’s no reason players should have to report as eligible receivers in the NFL. It’s awesome that Troy wasn’t afraid to tell the truth. I have more respect for him now.
The NFl game has changed so much, where the integrity of the game has been compromised.
The Lions were on the flight back to Det but had to turn around cuz the refs threw a flag.... that's crazy
Must have been traveling
I waited a few seconds to celebrate and then literally lifted ppl up around me and we mobbed bc we thought we converted and then only to see the flag dropped 😞
The flag flew all the way from Vegas
😂@@maugtv
Troy Aikmen is a gem - speak your mind, Troy!
These calls are exactly why the phrase "Detroit vs. EVERYBODY" was birthed. Smh highway robbery at it's finest! I'm disappointed in the NFL as a whole at this point.
It's just Texas man. It sucks but that is how they operate and nobody respects them. Been that way for years.
hats off to troy aikman being straight with his analysis and opinion unfortunately there aren't any others with the same personal honesty nil has certainly created its own lack of credibility hopefully this comes back to bite nil in their buttts
The refs said the Lions committed 3 penalties on the play . All of them five yards. That is the one they chose .
Wrong. It was a fully legal formation, just an odd one.
BS call aside, It was really stupid of campbell to go for 2 THREE STRAIGHT TIMES. You've been playing better than the other team, tie up the game and go into OT.
Might be wrong, but when a penalty is called on a 2 pt try, it's a retry of it, and you can not switch to a field goal. Again, it might be wrong, but I refuse to believe that anyone is willing to take that much of a risk
I think once you go for 2 the first time, you’re locked in for all of the retries thereafter
@@shashanksubramaniam1400 If a team is going for a 2-point conversion and gets flagged, say for a false start or illegal formation. They can abort the two-point conversion and elect to kick the ball, with the penalty yardage assessed on the kick. So a 5 yard penalty and it should have been a 38 yard kick.
nahh im a Cowboy fan and i respect what Dan Campball was going for. Already in the playoffs, playing a playoff team, and you can beat them by pretty much playing with your D out. Campbell wanted the Lions going in the playoffs Confident af if they pull it off
Lions practiced the play, they explained the play before the game to the referees, they executed correctly. The ref blew the call and the game, purposefully or not.
Did Hutchinson also practice tripping running backs only to have the TE called for the penalty?
😳oops! Not to mention,apparently, Campbell explained this play possibility to the ref crew, pre-game. This is a huge gaffe by the NFL. Rigged beyond a doubt.
Cowboys were gona win regardless on Jimmys Day. Refs made sure if it.
Sour Grapes. Refs were incompetent - Likely!; Refs were part of a conspiracy? - STFU!
The referees screwed the Lions more than this during the game, when the Cowboys made the pass play for a touchdown from their own end zone, there was clearly holding by the offense in the end zone that should have resulted in an automatic safety for the Lions.
😂😂😂😂😂 Clearly holding on almost every Parsons’ rush and no calls!!!
right on !!!! and the face mask onPollard play...would hav ebeen a td
Oh lawd we all can play the what if card with our teams so just stop your whining
Tripping anyone?
big time blockin the back on that big run. And right in front of an official.@@andrekrapcha938
The Longest 23 seconds ever, and yes the Lions should have Won that Game.Peace
I think he heard it. Otherwise, why did he stare RIGHT at decker and nod his head.
Always bet on cowboys because the referees cannot let them lose. Especially not to my Lions
Thanks Refs.
Cry 😢 the receiver was not on the ball either two fouls on the play.
DALLAS lost 2 weeks in a row where were the refs then
You must realize how foolish and immature you sound. Cowboys have more penalties than any team in the league.
dallas is ALWAYS on the other side of the flag lol what? this the first year where i see flags go our way lol
As a Cowboys fan, different take.....if dummy McCarthy runs the ball, the Lions get the kickoff with 56 seconds left, no TOs.....this probably not have happened...worst coach in the NFL....
why do you think Green bay dumped him..?
Bottom line it all worked out for league & Vegas. Star on the helmet gets the win for the league , Lions cover & under hits to help the books.
NFL creams themselves over this coverage 🥛🍼
Sour Grapes. Refs were incompetent - Likely!; Refs were part of a conspiracy? - STFU!
A miscommunication by the ref on that 2 point conversion costs the lions the game. Crazy. The NFL should be ashamed
They aren’t cuz they screw up games on a weakly basis
They could of tied the game after that call. But he wanted to gamble on the win. And he roll the dice twice more and loss. The offsides on 11 we intercepted but got called back. Next try reciever dropped ball. So the call nagated nothing. Cowboys got a fuckn call . Now it’s a crime
@@kevinbaynes3105 What happened after is irrelevant to what should have happened. Get your mind in check bud
good call by ref - bad decision by Campbell - sloppy game - Cowboys victory -get over It
RIGGED, Replays of Decker reporting showing his number and the REF nodding.
To anyone that has been watching the NFL the past few years, it shouldnt be a surprise at all. This type of thing has become the norm...the refs making a clearly wrong call, steering the outcome of the game in a certain direction. Usually happens multiple times in games. It feels like the refs are holding the fans hostage. I just do not understand how it continues, yet there is never anyone held accountable, we all are just forced to accept it. There have always been mistakes made by officials, but it has seems to have increased dramatically the past few years. Always happens on crucial plays too. The league has lost credibility in my eyes, it hurts the players and the fans for this to happen over and over again.
This was plainly a Vegas/New York decision. I hope a congressional investigation happens into the nfl and sportsbetting.
Rigged Rigged Rigged Jerry called up the Referees We will not lose and they didn’t 😂😂😂😂😂
NFL needs to replay this game from the point of the foul up! Give lions their points and play last 25 seconds with whatever timeouts remaining. Including giving one back to Dallas, if they used it after the foul up! Put both teams on planes if need be, after the final season game so they have similar fatigue levels as at that time and you could pull it off and right a wrong! NFL will never do that!
How about we give the Cowboys the first down at the 2 minute warning after the Refs called the tripping call on the wrong team?? Do that and the Lions never even get to score the TD and game is over long before that.
He reported.....the referee did not talk to him when he went over to check in as an eligible receiver.....wow? They robbed Detroit of a win!
Maybe someone can answer a question for me. If you go back and watch the replay, #68, the guy who allegedly reported in and who caught the 2-point conversion, when he lined up, there was another player outside him on or very close to the line. If that player outside of him is considered to be on the line, #68 cannot be an eligible receiver even if he reports in. Is that accurate? The only eligible receivers on the line of scrimmage are on the ends. Right?
I thought so to unless the receiver was 1 step off the line. The camera angle was off a little, it looked like he was on the line
Reynolds the WR backs off the line before the ball is snapped
That’s not correct. You can can have 2 eligible on that side of the field because the Oline was heavy on the opposite side. Allowing the Tackle to be eligible
@@dreambigfish354 The tackle can only be eligible if there is nobody on the line outside him. But there was ... or he was very close to the line. I think he was intentionally too close to the line to disguise the eligible tackle. And he naturally thought he wouldn't be called, but it did get the call.
The receiver was off the line.
Referees should have to go on tv and explain their calls at the end of the game, same as coaches for either team.
Refs should be graded by a panel of coaches and the ones that make too many mistakes should be fired.