It's at most 10 minutes and this game still had some meaning right?
Yeah, they both went over and Allen was headed toward the line of scrimmage and only recognized 70. I think Parry and Aikman had it exactly right.
I don't think the three penalties are possible. If he reported he can be downfield. It's then just a matter of the illegal formation penalty. Hard to tell if the WR on his side was on the line or not.
I don’t know. Decker was at the ref first and then 70 came up as the ref was walking away. Since 70 didn’t touch the ball he couldn’t be responsible for illegal touching, which in addition to sounding naughty, was what they called.
Seems like 68 and 70 showed up, 68 reported and caught the ball but the ref thought only 70 reported?
Yeah, I think that’s a missing part of this analysis. Skipper (70) cannot be an eligible receiver in this formation. Three linemen went to the white hat official and I think only one was trying to report as eligible. The ref doesn’t understand what’s going on and assumes 70 was reporting as he is the incoming sub.
I think he’s saying that was Brad Allen’s explanation - that Skipper reported and not Decker.
I think this is the likely explanation. The Lions tried to confuse the Cowboys, but ended up confusing the referee.
Detroit is locked into the 3-seed, no? Campbell would have went for 2 from the 20 to not subject his team to another 10 min....and it worked if not for the procedural f-up.
Yeah, this is the only take that adds up because otherwise you’d have too many eligible receivers on the field.
What?! He just got royally fucked by the zebras. I think he was relatively restrained. He was 10x more respectful to the media than belichick ever is
If you have an OL number (50-79) you aren’t an eligible receiver unless you report as eligible, so his alignment isn’t determinative.
Look at the video above. Allen points at 70. The Lions were trying to be confusing and Allen thinks that 70 is reporting then goes to run to the line, presumably to tell the Cowboys 70 was eligible, which he is required to do.
No, it think you're the one who's mixed up. Three players approach the ref: 58, 68, and 70. It looks like 68 tried to report as eligible, but the ref was looking behind him at 70 running onto the field and apparently doesn't realize that it was 68 reporting, not 70.
He more than fumbled it. He confused 68 and 70 - the latter of whom never talked to the referee - and SVP didn’t correct him.
They played all game as if they wanted to win the game.
What deception? The lineman's number is announced when he reports as eligible. That's the point of the rule...so there is no deception.
But with the screwing already done, he still refused to move on and go for it two more times. And then leaves the presser by explaining his anger was because he hates losing. Yet, i just watched him make back to back decisions not giving a fuck about maximizing his team's chances to win in the moment.
Yeah. I think Allen actually points at 70. It’s hard to see but it is between 5 and 6 seconds on the video.
