patsox23
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Just watched the replay of this sequence. Helluva job by Barber to stay alive, escape his own end-zone, but good CHRIST, who do we have to blow to get a holding call there? The OL against Rodney - while Barber was stuck in the EZ - grabbed him by the jersey and then threw him down onto the field. BEYOND holding. It was an obvious mugging-holding.
That's a huge play there, a significant non-call, and leads me to the main point of this thread...the officiating today, despite being in the hands of the ordinarily capable Mike Carey, was TERRIBLE. Holding calls - not just that one - went unflagged all day.
I understand the reasoning behind not being able to reverse the "shoved out"-ness of the bogus non-call against T.O. - and it didn't matter since Dallas scored soonafter. BUT - how did they NOT make the call on the field? It was OBVIOUS that Hobbs pushed him out, the official was right there, you can't miss that call.
Any others that I'm missing? All in all, a tough day for the crew. A bad job overall.
That's a huge play there, a significant non-call, and leads me to the main point of this thread...the officiating today, despite being in the hands of the ordinarily capable Mike Carey, was TERRIBLE. Holding calls - not just that one - went unflagged all day.
I understand the reasoning behind not being able to reverse the "shoved out"-ness of the bogus non-call against T.O. - and it didn't matter since Dallas scored soonafter. BUT - how did they NOT make the call on the field? It was OBVIOUS that Hobbs pushed him out, the official was right there, you can't miss that call.
Any others that I'm missing? All in all, a tough day for the crew. A bad job overall.