Bad NFL Refs

The Eagles-Cowboys officials crew doesn't have anything on Ed Hochuli.

 

1Q - 5:08 - DeMarcus Ware goes offside. Refs blow the play dead because Ware was "unabated to the quarterback" though at the time of the whistle Ware was on his back and scrambling to get back onto the defensive side of the ball.

 

1Q 3:59 - Cowboys #25 tackles Brian Dawkins so far out of bounds that it is by the yellow dash line 5 yards outside the sidelines and they collide with two camera men. It is so far out of bounds that Mike Tirico says it is "late out of bounds" but no flag thrown.

 

1Q 1:54 - Brian Westbrook is facemasked so bad by #97 Hatcher that Tirico says a "flag should have come in" and his "face turned sideways." Kornheiser compared it to the Exorcist.

 

1Q 0:08 - Asante Samuel is facemasked during his interception return by Cowboys #19. No penalty is called. Tirico notes that the "Eagles wanted a facemask on that call too."

 

2Q 15:00 - Dan Klecko is called for a false start while going in motion in the backfileld though he had "hopped" a half yard forward for the "false start' and at the time of the snap he was shuffling parallel to the line of scrimmage.

 

2Q 14:41 - Are they sure Romo's endzone fumble (the second one of the play)  not an incomplete forward pass?

 

2Q 14:10 - We'll take mike Tirico's word that Marion Barber was down by contact before fumbling since ESPN won't show a replay.

 

2Q 7:46 - Refs don't allow play to continue when DeSean Jackson throws the football away one yard short of the goal line. Wade Phillips compounds the boneheadedness by challenging the play and guaranteeing at worst that the Eagles will have the ball on the 1 yard line.

 

What is really interesting is that the refs announces upon further review that the Jackson "lost control of the football prior to going into the endzone" and by rule the Eagles get the ball on the one yard line. BUT THE REF NEVER SAYS A WORD AS TO WHETHER THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS OVERTURNED AND THE COWBOYS CHALLENGE IS UPHELD OR IF THE CHALLENGE IS MOOT AND THE COWBOYS LOSE A TIMEOUT FOR A FAILED CHALLENGE.

 

Should the Cowboys have been charged for a timeout? I don't know. The ref never says anything. But if the Cowboys were to have lost a timeout then they would not have been able to stop the clock on their last possession of the 2nd quarter - and thus not have had time to set up for the field goal they scored with no time remaining.

 

According to the NFL play by play of the game, the Cowboys were not charged with a timeout.