The Dallas Cowboys are escaping this one. The Cowboys led 10–6 at the half, but they have since given up 14 consecutive points and are now behind 27–10 in the third quarter.
The game may have been decided by Dak Prescott’s second interception of the evening, but it was inevitable that refereeing would become the main topic of discussion on Sunday Night Football.
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Brock Purdy’s two-yard toss to George Kittle, who was wide open in the end zone, allowed the 49ers to convert Prescott’s interception into an easy touchdown. As it happens, there was a cause behind that. A pick play blew out safety Donovan Wilson, his closest defender.
A flag for offensive pass interference was thrown by both of the officials in the vicinity. However, after more review, they took up the flag, and the touchdown was declared valid. Jon Machota of The Athletic shared this slow-motion video demonstrating how the Cowboys were mistreated.
Refs ruined the Cowboys by flagging a critical 49ers touchdown.
The NBC broadcast’s reasoning was completely nonsensical. Cris Collinsworth, a color analyst, genuinely resisted the call and the explanation.
The league can anticipate teams to repeatedly pick plays at the goal line if that isn’t considered offensive pass interference. The NFL is a league that imitates. Offensive play-callers will gladly take advantage of this seeming weakness.
Will the Cowboys lose because of this? Not at all. At a pivotal moment in the game, however, it was a four-penalty penalty. For Dallas, a 10-point deficit seems insurmountable at the moment. The game would have remained one possession if the 49ers had been held to a field goal.
Instead, the 49ers gained the upper hand, and when the Cowboys went three and out, Brock Purdy hit a rushing touchdown to provide the (likely) game-ending punch on their next possession.
As mentioned, San Francisco wouldn’t be in that situation if it weren’t for Prescott’s interception. Prescott is more at fault than the referees. No one is arguing differently. We can, however, both praise Prescott’s performance and admit that the referees completely messed up a call they made in real-time.
The frustrating part is that. There were two different flags thrown. What might have been stated to get them to reverse the call?
Even if the ruling was upheld and the 49ers kicked a field goal on that possession, Dallas’ problems were still going to get worse in the second half. This ruling, however, only serves to highlight how incompetent officiating is shaking the league every week.
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Noah Brown, a former wide receiver for the Cowboys, catches the game-winning Hail Mary for the Commanders.
That will be remembered as the NFL’s play of the year. As the Cowboys go through one of their most trying times in recent memory, it is only right that Brown was the target of it.
If you were intellectually exhausted during the bye week, Jerry Jones provided a long list of embarrassing incidents that occurred throughout the previous ten days. Several former players have criticized the Cowboys’ culture and the distraction that fan tours provide.
Cowboys fans demanded a reunion with Brown not so long ago. When Brown was cut loose by the Texans, his fans took to social media to demand his reinstatement.
Brown would currently be no worse than the Cowboys’ third wide receiver with Brandin Cooks on injured reserve. One could argue that Dallas’ wide receiver room is among the lowest five.
Although Dallas’ failure to sign Brown is by no means catastrophic, there is a symbolic significance to him and the Commanders succeeding while the Cowboys are mired in mediocrity as a result of one of the NFL’s most dysfunctional front offices.