📢 IT'S BS! BOTCHED CALL! 100% HE MISSED IT! 🗣️ NFL Countdown REACTS to the Lions-Cowboys ending 👀
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- 📢 IT'S BS! BOTCHED CALL! 100% HE MISSED IT! 🗣️ NFL Countdown REACTS to the Lions-Cowboys ending 👀
The NFL Countdown crew reacts to the controversial ending in the Detroit Lions vs. Dallas Cowboys matchup.
0:00 Brad Allen's explanation
1:57 Rex Ryan's passionate reaction
5:32 The wrong call?
6:56 Randy Moss' thoughts
8:50 Adam Schefter joins
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Agree with Rex' point, 100%. Refs will make mistakes, that's a given, but the NFL always covers up for them, never holding them accountable.
Because its what the nfl wants 😂 its all a script guys wake upp
What about the tripping play that they called on the Cowboys that should have been in the lions? They should have never been allowed to get the ball back. Go Cowboys!
The refs are employees following the orders of their employers. That is the reality. They do exactly as they are told and nobody making that kind of money wants to lose their job.
You want them to call out their own refs? Or fire them? What? New refs? That went great last time. They did take them off the playoffs.
The only way to fix this would be to overhaul the reporting system altogether. Honestly it’s pretty janky to have multiple guys yelling at refs every play and the ref running over to relay the information to the defense. Kind of ridiculous when you think about it.
Rex couldn't be more wrong lost respect for him with this. Always thought he was smart, they had 2 timeouts still and there's no reason 3 guys shouldnt be by refs. Dan Campbell tried to be fancy and it bit him.
Number 70 is halfway across the field while 68 is reporting. 70 never reported. This is 1000% the refs fault. What is Decker supposed to do? Chase down the ref and confirm the head nod that he got after he said “Hey I’m reporting”. Give me a break
Lmao I know , 70 was way behind lol
Both 68 and 70 made the reporting motion at about the same time. The ref seems to only have seen the one that was further.
Exactly #68 was in his face, how did he see #70 but not #68? Lol
70 had reported multiple times throughout the game so he made an assumption that 70 was the only one reporting. The Lions tried to get cute and messed up.
@@asundelgun3487 the Lions messed up? So it’s too confusing to run a different play than what you’ve run previously? No. The refs messed up at the job they are paid to do. The lions did exactly what they are supposed to
Hiring Rex Ryan was one of the smartest things ESPN has ever done. He’s a force of nature and I love his honesty
But he's so wrong... all the time!😂
Not to mention that every one of his takes is an over reaction.
What about the tripping penalty that was wrong
@@lakeozarkrei3767his not wrong with this take though
@@lakeozarkrei3767Your face in an overreaction dirt bag
@@durandpassmore806lions fans don’t want to hear that.
I don't know if I'm just noticing more, but I feel like this year we are seeing more games determined by blatantly bad calls. As they said, mistakes happen, but some are so egregious looking that it makes you wonder about implications about gambling and corruption.
The oversized marketing of betting on NFL games, from commercials to so-called "betting analysts" posing as writers (see: Yahoo! Sports), makes me give the whole enterprise a big ol' stinkeye.
Exactly my thoughts. I just got into sports betting maybe a year and a half ago and the amount of times I have seen extremely popular parlays fail due to bad calls is actually insane. It’s got me leaning towards the “professional sports are rigged” side of the argument.
Exactly. Lions should have never been given the ball back after that screwed up tripping penalty on the Cowboys. This play and controversy should have never happened.
“The dice are loaded. The deck is stacked. The House always wins.”
- A wise man from Las Vegas
The truth is... the game was rigged from the start.
The ref ran away for no reason. Then threw a flag 20 seconds after the score was over. This was by NFL/sports-betting design. Not just for this game but for the playoff seeding.
😂😂
It does FEEL like the NFL wanted the Cowboys to win on their special night 🤔
Exactly! It’s rigged! When is everyone going to realize this?
49ers are gonna win out. I do not think this game is gonna end up affecting seeding that much. If it does, I'm sorry and I'd be willing to bite the bullet there 🤣
I think that ref got tunnel vision. He assumed 70 was reporting, was watching him run into the game, and when 68 told him he was reporting, his mind went to 70. Just sloppy, incompetent officiating. Maybe. LOL.
Rex Ryan is pure gold, his passion and insight is irresistible.
Not a good coach though
😂😂😂😂 ole Rex sounds like my 2 year old when she don't get her way
Rex Ryan a 🐐
Dentures too white.
Shoutout gus the kicking mule
It's crazy n unfortunate. I'm a Dallas fan but I don't like winning a game because a ref made a big mistake. Detroit is a good team. And if my team doesn't make it to the Superbowl i hope Detroit does.
Tedy Bruschi's right, we're going to see exaggerated calls to show eligibility 😂
Facts, guys finna have to do a whole nba handshake to show availability 😂😂😂
EXACTLY! Because teams are trying to be sneaky about it, which is exactly why the Lions screwed themselves over. This is exactly what I said when this play happened, and I was rooting for the Lions. They SHOULD be more obvious about it, so this kind of thing doesn't f*ck over their season. As usual, Rex Ryan is an idiot and gets it exactly wrong!
@@cnelsonlv99your the idiot lol. A team shouldn’t be penalized for using strategy and doing everything 💯 correct, it’s part of being a good coach. I can tell you never played a single play of football in your life!!! 😂
@@cnelsonlv99be more obvious than drawing the play out before the game😂😂😂
One, player rubs hands up and down on shirt to signal he's reporting as eligible. Two, he also has to tell the ref verbally. Three, the ref relays that info to the captain of the defense. Four, it is announced on the PA. Does this entire process really strike anyone as some vague rule you should try to mess with in order to gain a competitive advantage? Obviously not. Otherwise, why bother with this entire process? Campbell tried to get cute by messing with a rule that wasn't meant to be messed with. You can't blame coaches for trying to gain a competitive advantage any way they can, but the downside is that, once in a while, coaches fly too close to the sun and get burned. That's exactly what happened here. Dean Blandino said no ref would accept such shenanigans designed to trick an opponent, when the process is clearly designed for BOTH TEAMS TO KNOW who reports as eligible.
That call was disgusting should be fired
This crew just came off suspension too btw
Dam i didnt know that @owenorris437
Now they got downgraded and not able to ref in the playoffs. Earned.
@@MattPawlowskinah they’ll probably officiate all the cowgirl games lol
@@MattPawlowskii hope that's 100% true and I'm a eagle's fan
Thank you for holding the refs accountable.
Lol should've kicked it. Dallas won cry about it.
@killnick88 Stop trying to be tough online, girl. If the call was the other way your weak b***h a$$ would've cried all week. And no, not a Lions fan. You're just a clown
@@killnick88🧐 don’t worry they will be bounced out of the playoffs first round.
@killnick88 dallas fans cry more than any other fanbase. Almost anytime they lose its because of the refs.
@killnick88 if the lions would have kicked after that beautiful fake punt they wouldn't have needed the points either
He needed to do more? He walked right up to the ref and told him straight up. What do you want him to scream it at everybody on the field? " Hey I'm getting this next pass guys "
well the official has to inform the d who is eligible ....so yeat they have to at least tell the d and i'd bet you the official didn't tell the defense either. Probably wanted to controversy so people would stop talking about 42 quarters without a holding call in 11s favor.
@@jeremysmith5363 yeah.. it's on the official to inform the D not the opposing player.
I’ve heard refs announce who’s eligible over the broadcast, play that audio.
@morriswhitaker236 they do
@@morriswhitaker236he said 70 over the pa
The fact that the officiating crew got demoted should tell you everything you need to know about this situation.
they still deny it too. And there will always be that guy that defends them lol
Well, what it tells ME is they blew the tripping call against Dallas where Dallas would have run out the clock. Game OVER. Dallas got hosed on the call. THAT is why they were demoted.
@@eudymaverickmentor haha. No.
@@SanDeezyBreezy61986 Why not?
@@eudymaverickmentorare you dense?
Missing a pass interference call is one thing, it sucks but it's understandable. The mistake made last night was unforgivable. He should be fired and investigated.
Actually the defender was facing the ball which makes him able to fight for it!
Oh, he was at the top of his route and wasn't impeaded.
You all forget that one of the Dallas receivers ran on to the field, without his helmet, to argue the call with the ref. DPI flag picked up and no flag for unsportsmanlike.
How about the massively bad intentional grounding by Prescott that was conveniently non called.
@@Devlins10just a miscommunication 😂😂😂
Thank god for Randy and Rex to keep the ref's accountable. Also Rex clarifying Campbell's talk about drawing it up pre-game that the Refs literally knew it was coming.
The official screwed up. They should of told Dallas that 68 was eligible so they can adjust the defense
I love Rex Ryan. He tells it like it is and teaches too.
But Brad Allen did see number 68. He's home right in front of him and he said something straight to his face
If they called the tripping call a few plays ago right, we won’t even be having this discussion
Was it 4th down?
I agree
Exactly but they don’t care about that mess up
@@Crafty-Cam1992 I believe it was on Second down. That tripping penalty should've been on Detroit giving Dallas 15 yards instead of taking 15 yards. This 2 pt conversion shouldn't have ever even been a discussion point!
@@erdav284 how much time was on the clock?
Way to go Rex. The official absolutely acknowledged Decker reporting.
The NFL is rigged. How was it that I knew that based on Vegas keeping the money line betting open on the Cowboys at a low price despite having a chance to keep the Lions from getting the ball back that the Lions were going to march right down the field and score? It was rigged for drama. In a real football game, a team in the Cowboys' position either kneels it out, or the Lions don't make it past midfield without getting picked or running out of time due to a sack.
Entertainment, not sports
Exactly, I've been saying that. He acknowledged him, then turned around and lied.
As someone who took officiating in college, coach nailed it! 70 runs past referee; he doesn’t stop. 68 walks up to him.
58 walked up to the ref, too. Did he report?
@@toddmalicoate7537they didn’t call 58 for anything? 70 literally didn’t speak or acknowledge in the ref, it’s a botch
As some one who calls out dumbasses, you took officiating in college??? Stfu
68 appears to be covered and he's in the tackle position, Not the end. I don't know how he's eligible even if he does report.
You left out one thing. The only player to verbally communicate with the ref was no. 70
68 (standing directly in front of Brad Allen): "I'm reporting as eligible."
Brad Allen (considering 68 to be invisible and inaudible): "Oh, hi, 70. Are you reporting as eligible."
70: "Uh, not really. Remember, this is a trick play."
Brad Allen: "Trick play? Uh, I would know if it was a trick play...if I was at the pre-game meeting."
68 didn't give the eligible signal (wiping his chest). 70 did.
@@shmeebs387 Actually, he did, from the video I saw.
@@thudthud5423 He did when the ref was looking at 70. It's not the ref's fault if he doesn't see him. By the time he actually approached the ref and the ref saw him, he wasn't doing it anymore. Per the rules, it's the players' job to communicate their eligibility to the officials. It's not the ref's job to check every single lineman on every single play to see if they are reporting.
The officials made the correct call. You can say that maybe the ref should have done more due diligence, but at the end of the day it's on the players to communicate.
@@shmeebs387 68 signaled the ref BEFORE 70 signaled. 68 (and another player) then approached the ref BEFORE 70 even began to approach and signal the ref.
It is a ref's job to pay attention and to officiate correctly.
The officials made an INCORRECT call as Allen practically ignored 68. Communication involves one "speaking" (68) and one "listening" (Allen). Remember, its not 68's fault for Allen ignoring or not listening to his communication.
@@thudthud5423 It doesn't matter when he signaled if the ref didn't see. It's the player's responsibility. And just speaking is not enough. The rules straight up say speak AND signal. If the ref has several people in a noisy stadium yelling "eligible" at him, he's going to assume everyone is talking about the guy doing the signal.
The Lions tried to pull a fast one, and the rules clearly state that any deception involved in the eligibility declaration process is not allowed.
What nobody is talking about is the fact that the ref told the cowboys that #70 was eligible so they assumed #68 was NOT eligible and that's why he wasn't covered initially. The refs made a bad call for sure, but that catch may or may not have happened had the ref properly told the cowboys that #68 was eligible.
Because the hate the Cowboys so much. Its all fair if the Cowboys would have lost. They wouldn't talk this much about the tripping penalty. Nobody talks about how much Micah Parsons get held. But soon as we win, its all this subjectivity bs. 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
No one heard that audio
#70 had already caught a pass that game tho. Im pretty sure the reason he was covered was because he was lined up as a LT which ultimately led to the illegal formation call after the ineligible call.
I truly think the refs were deceived as well or maybe it was just a big NFL attention grab.
But im 6’5 and its still pretty hard NOT to hear and see someone that towers over me, OR 2 people for that matter 😂
It was a mistake that was too late to bring back.
GG to America’s team 👍🏻
Alex Smith hit it on the head. The ref got conditioned the whole game to think it was 70, the ONE time they changed it up was on THAT play and instead of being on top of it, the ref autopiloted like he did the whole game and mistook 68 for 70. Dude mind fkd himself and didn’t want to admit it. Shame.
It was on purpose.
@@mike_johnson87 -Absolutely on purpose. Detroit stays at #3, so they have to play the Rams, who have the Lions' former QB, Stafford. Watch the refs screw Detroit again, so the WWE/NFL can prattle on about how the former Lions' QB defeats his old team. They've turned football into a fuggin' SOAP OPERA.
@mike_johnson87 then call penalty on dallas wiping out int?
@@nocategories3398 the int was off of a free play after the penalty flag was thrown. Goff could've ate the ball and took the sack, but all QBs are taught to go for the gusto on free plays since it doesn't hurt anything. Learn football, bruh.
Down and to the left
Rex Ryan is great. So many other TV analysts were eager to deny what was right before our eyes. And I greatly appreciate his anger. Unlike his TV peers, Rex loves the game and doesn't see it as a stepping stone to an entertainment career.
68 didnt get acknowledged by ref why kept staring
Everyone is on the Lions side you dolt. All fake outrage anyways.
Despite the call they made, the formation the lions were in was illegal anyway. If it were the other way around everyone would be telling cowboys fans stop crying and stop putting the whole game on one play
@@hunterwinchester6549they didn't flag illegal formation. If they did, that is different story. You cannot apply the "you didn't fire me, I quit" way of thinking to this.
So glad Rex Ryan is saying this, rest of the media is just walking over it. No he wants the officials to held responsible.
Unbelievable Sam acting shocked that the lions were trying to confuse the Cowboys by not letting them know who is eligible until the ref says it. That's kinda the game of football. not letting your opponents know your next move. You send 1 guy to report, the defense knows for another 10 seconds or so who is eligible and can adjust and communicate. You send 3 and the defense then has to wait to hear what number from the ref over the speakers and then has less time to adjust. She just sounded so appalled to think that one team might try and trick the other team xD
I think it was more of understanding how the ref could become confused. I get the point of it, but when you spend nearly 3 hours with the same number reporting and he's one of the three coming up to you on the final play, it's an easy assumption. I don't understand why they players didn't read the body language. 2 of them were a couple of feet away, 70 running over. All three clearly had to see him point specifically to number 70. Should have been a sign right there to MAKE SURE the ref knows you're reporting and not 70. Made it even more clear when they announced 70 over the PA, and it should have been abundantly clear when Dallas covered 70 but not 68.
The ref screwed up, but so did the Lions. 3 different signs that the ref gave the wrong number and the ignored it. Did they not hear the announcement over the PA? If that's the case, I take all blame away from the ref. Much easier to hear something over a PA than a player trying to yell over crowd noise.
Love it when coaches fight for the players.
#68 was the first player in front him, before 70 jogged over to him. So how do you not see a 300lb man in front of you
Why did 70 and the other linemen run up in the first place?
@@nodekapunk I guess to ask the Shady Ref what he was doing after the game!?!?!😯😬🤬
@nodekapunk it so that the cowboys wouldn’t know who is the eligible wr
To trick them
@@nodekapunk deception
Let's look at this realistically... did we really think the NFL would let Dallas lose on Jimmy's night?
Exactly
I mean, they blew the tripping call on Hendershot that made a 2nd and short into 1&25 that gave Detroit life so 🤷♂️
I mean the Packers lost on Brett Favre night. I don't think that Jimmy Johnson ring of honor night meant anything.
That’s what I was thinking. It was such a special night for them that it would be so embarrassing if they lost..
They let the cowboys lose on the night that Aikman, Smith and Irvin were inducted.
One thing that confuses me is that I was at the Bears Falcons game and every time 75 reported eligible they announced it over the P. A how is it that their coach didn't recognize? There was no announcement of sixty eight being eligible
Thankk u🔥🔥🔥 love it
I am so sick of officials NOT being held accountable in sports!!! All three of the major leagues fine you if you give ANY criticism of these guys. Meanwhile, they get to make bad calls that cost teams critical positioning in the regular seasons or even worse cost them a trip out of the postseason. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED!!! Lions WON!
At least Jim Joyce came out and admitted he blew the Galarraga perfect game Vs Cleveland in 2010.
@@bellpaleale ...but he did not admit why he blew the call.
@@TimCarterlol
It's still an illegal formation
maybe some of these refs need to be threatened, with fines, suspensions whatever. Its time to hold the NFL and refs accountable
Mad love and respect for Rex.
Considering all of the missed calls from the ref and his crew this season, these negligent acts should be deemed MALPRACTICE in his profession.
There's consequences in any other profession for MALPRACTICE.
good one
It’s not malpractice it’s intentional
The NFL is rigged, how can you not see it?
Politicians
These guys are fake! When Dallas gets hosed there’s no passion like this for them agains the refs, I’m glad it was the Lions getting hosed n not the boys!
The NFL really needs to do something about the transparency of when mistakes are made. They're going to happen but the NFL just tries to brush over them after the fact and never addresses them.
How did the ref even think it was 70 who declared when 70 barely made it to the huddle and the ref didn't even stand to talk with the linemen and just seemingly passed it off and jogged away like he was ignoring Decker.
70 when entering the field made the reporting motion as he entered.
70 reported as eligible several times earlier in the game, and made a reporting motion to confuse the defense (per Dan Campbell). So I’m sure Brad assumed 70 was actually reporting as eligible. (As stated in the vid).
@@gavynhohon2818 sucks that this happened to us. A head ref shouldn't assume anything and should have a clear understanding of who's calling eligibility. There was a reason Decker came to him 😑
And this gets even better after finding out from Dan Campbell that he intentionally tried to mislead about who was eligible. And the NFL released the official statement as to why this was wrong.
@@jaybriscoe8658 Exactly. He literally admitted #70 reported eligible and shouldn't have. But coping Lions fans are still trying to blame the ref. Completely braindead
As a Cowboys fan, this is right up there with the missed PI calls for the Saints against the Rams and Vikings.
As a saints fan I dont think anything will outdo the Nikel RobeY Coleman missed PI
Nah, that was an NFC championship.
@@terikathomas2131as another Saints fan, I agree and still am salty af about that.
WHO DAT!⚜️
That's crazy yall try to compare every call to that lol. Nowhere close
This right up there w the Dez catch
Even when the refs are pre-warned, when they are told ahead of time… they still blow the call! …its friggin 2023! Unbelievable!
It’s rigged, that’s why!
@@TA-ht4joJust like that phantom tripping call??? When it was a Lions player trying to trip. What about that?
Why is nobody talking about the bad tripping call against Dallas when clearly it was the Lions players trying to trip up Pollard.
Worried about tripping in football
Probably bc he was holding.
Brad Allen has officiated 6 Lions games, they are 0-6 in these games and had 435 penalty yards to opponents 287
You must've failed statistics if you think 6 games is enough data points to suggest he's rigging games against the lions
If you don't understand what statistical significance is, then I suggest you don't keep talking about stats.
What made that bad call even more infuriating is how long AFTER the play was completed to throw the flag.
Proves it was fixed. Jery boy must pay those refs good a hole that he is.
@@ksmooth1973hey that was pay back for that tripping call
@@jincardscollector7133 Quit your whining cowgirl they gave you the game. Lets see what you clowns do in the playoffs lmao
@jincardscollector7133 at least that could be an honest mistake, there was a huge hold on your td pass too. So if you want to get technical, letd get technical 😂
@@jincardscollector7133 don't even go there. You will lose. Maye we should talk about DPI getting ignored (which the Lions overcame) or defensive holding on the Lions when Dak threw the ball away and it could've been called for grounding. And I'm only getting started.
Rex is spot on. Everyone is dancing around the issue and not calling out Brad Allen. Dude screwed up. He needs to own it.
Stuff like this needs to be reviewable.
HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@jamestaylor1555they still suck
@@brandonjusblong
Lions suck. 🤣🤣🤣
So that means they also review the bad tripping call that he made against Dallas that should have been Detroit like if they overturn anything it will open a can of worms
Let's also mention the bad call for tripping on Cowboys TE Hendershot when it was actually tripping on Lion's DE Hutchinson. This totally changed the momentum of the game within the 2:00 drill for Cowboy's offense. It went from 2nd and 3 to 1st and 25. If the referee would call the tripping penalty correctly, it would have been Cowboy's 1st and 10 inside the redzone. And no time outs for the Lion's. It's possibly game over at that point. But the Football Gods said otherwise.
Did the Detroit player actually trip anyone? I watched that clip and could not determine that any contact was made. I agree it was wrong to flag the Dallas player for tripping, but Detroit didn't either.
Ball don’t lie
@@kimmytuna5180no he attempted to trip pollard but never actually made contact..in reality the flag should’ve been picked up neither Dallas nor Detroit should’ve been penalized for it
@kimmytuna5180 The use of the leg or foot to OBSTRUCT any opponent, including a runner.
@33DragonShadow The use of the leg or foot to OBSTRUCT any opponent, including a runner.
Miscommunication between the Lions and the game officials resulted in the Cowboys not being told prior to the two-point attempt that #68 had reported as an eligible receiver. As a result #68 was left uncovered, which gave the Lions an uncontested toss and catch for two points. What we know: 1. the Cowboys were not informed that #68 was an eligible receiver; 2. either the Lions, the officials, or both were failed to inform the Cowboys that #68 reported as an eligible receiver; and 3. leaving the two points on the board would have unjustly rewarded the Lions and unfairly penalized the Cowboys. Under the circumstances, replaying the down, while imperfect, was the only equitable solution to the controversy. Finally, it's important to recount that after the penalty, the Lions had three opportunities to convert the two-point play. The first was the completion to #68 that was called back for an illegal touch; the second resulted in a Cowboys interception, which was overturned by an off-sides penalty against Micah Parsons; the third and last attempt resulted in an incomplete pass. In the end, the Dallas defense held and the Cowboys won the game by 1 point. I'm certainly not pleased with the the officiating crew, but casting the Lion's as victims and the rightful winners of this game is a gross oversimplification and when viewed in total, it's just wrong.
Literally took points off of the board with a bold face lie. Skipper never said a word to the ref
Skipper never even got to the ref prior to him running over to tell the defense.
You’d have to be a moron to believe the refs explanation.
He barely made it on the field lol
Skipper?
@@OvSpPlineman #70
If you look at the call history of this crew even just in this season, i don’t think it’s too far to say that they do not deserve to officiate professional sports in any capacity
The refs need their own football cards with stats of bad calls, missed calls, how many times they threw a flag and picked it up and said there's no penalty, how many plays they whistle dead in the middle of a fumble. They are horrible at their jobs.
On the Cowboys prior drive, they called tripping on the wrong guy, “ hutchinson tried to trip TP.” Which would’ve sealed the game there, if he had made that correct call… so all the other stuff is moot.
No that’s not how it works lol
First the ref probably screwed up telling the Cowboys it was 70 and not 68. So rather than upset the Cowboys it was too easy to penalize the Lions. He didn't want to admit he was wrong.
BS.. are you serious the player has to make it obvious they are going to be an eligible receiver.. Ref should have confirmed with the player as to who is the eligible receiver.. and this is why.. this is absolutely absurd... I would be outraged if I was a Detroit fan
If a ref said that this is only a game or so what.. they need to be fired.. absolutely the wrong attitude.
This is why I'm starting to fall out of love with NFL football.
This is it! Product is so garbage. Competition is gone, all narratives and story lines
Yeah I fear within 5 years I'll find it unwatchable much like the NBA
I think we can finally accept that it’s rigged. 😂
It is rigged. I let the NFL go years ago
Fr there’s no more “any given Sunday” because nfl gonna end up choosing who wins! This very reason of why I stopped betting because it’s basically fixed games
“Why wouldn’t just one go up to the official?” She has to be asking that for the audience. Cause that’s the stupidest question. They’re not trying to telegraph who’s about to get the ball to the defense… smh
She was asking that because Adam Schefter afterwards mentioned that this question has been circulating around the league.
@@robertthompson9643 No, she said it because thats her role. She is a shill for whatever ESPN tells her to shill for. Like most female sports hosts, she has no idea what she is talking about and feels her voice is just as important than people who actually played the game or dealt with refs. ESPN will never learn, nobody asked for this.
@@robertthompson9643so she’s repeating dumb questions ? Even worse
@@FeR-kt1jt No. Bring the dumb question right out and correct the understanding. Don't ignore ignorance.
I know I was saying the same thing. I love how he shut that bimbo up real fast. Just like the bimbo ref on the field.
Rex Ryan was not on the field. He is making assumptions.
Wow Randy Moss , of all the guys who always cried like a baby about the refs, now you get up here and tap dance 🕺
The respect I had for you just left the room. Thanks for showing your true self.
Thank you! I’m so tired of these couch officials/players/coaches trying to argue with people who actually played/coached in the game. The refs fucked up. It’s just that simple
Now that former players are in the sports media it’s harder to cover for the refs
@@davidalvarado7742 Exactly, they’re not going for that bs
Say's a couch coach....
Why were 3 lineman reporting to the referee know it all, they tried to be cute and got burnt by it.
@@joshuawood1436Listen to Rex. "70's been reporting all game" and so on.
@@joshuawood1436More like the refs are blind and their situational awareness is garbage like always.
It’s insane that he was literally in front of the official yet he ignored him and looked at 70 who was a distance away.
He was focused on #70, who was 10 yards away even though he looked, pointed, and shook his head yes at #68. Complete incompetence or rigged or both.
STOP CRYING REX YOU ARE A GROWN MAN!!!!! THE CONTROVERSIAL 2 POINT PLAY SHOULD NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE HENDERSHOT WAS CALLED FOR TRIPPING AND NOT AIDAN HUTCHINSON!!!!!! PLEASE BRING THAT UP ON YOUR SHOW DCAL!!!!!!
I'm not a fan of the lions but as a football fan this had me fuming. This play was PERFECTLY designed and drawn up by Dan Campbell, it literally couldn't have possibly been a more perfect trick play. This play was drawn up so perfectly they had #70 go towards the ref so the defense wouldn't know it was 68 reporting not 70 and the ref made an assumtion that very well may end up being the reason the lions get eliminated in the playoffs. Home field advantage is huge come playoffs
We've actually played well on the road only dropping games to Chicago and Baltimore.
Why defense wouldnt know ?? Three guys there.
He was only wide open because the defense wasn't told he was eligible. If they were told he reported, play never would have happened.
@@Penguin5x3Bull. Decker lined up as eligible, while 70 lined up as a guard. The Dallas defense has eyes and can see that. The play was perfectly executed and the ref lied and cheated.
So, the defense is too stupid to see where Decker is lined up (receiver) and where Skipper was lined up (blocker) and thought skipper could catch a ball? Get real!
The lions are lovable because of Dan Campbell. The NFL needs more officials because they can’t all together collectively remember all of the schemes that these teams are telling them about before the game.
This is an ongoing problem and with the way the league has developed With the rules and so forth, it’s just a necessary thing they need to do.
Ha ha refs make realy good money/ retirement all they have to do is count the eledgeable recievers 1,2,3,4,5 not to hard
I'm sure this has been mentioned but I haven't seen it... What happened to "All scoring plays are reviewed."?
Finally Rex THANK YOU he's the only one with some sense on this situation.
Allen will NEVER acknowledge that he made the error. As Adam pointed out, this crew has made numerous erroneous/ suspect calls this season. They should be suspended the last two games this season and the first four games next season
They can’t be fired because the referees’ union is powerful.
@@ericradford2142lol don’t fool yourself, they can be fired. Just like the players union and lockouts, they never win in the end.
@@ericradford2142bullshit they need to be gone you can't suck this bad on a consistent basis without getting replaced.
The league is never gonna do that goodell stands by the refs no matter what. Players are gonna have to boycott for changes.
@@WhiskeyMyersour I don’t think the players’ boycotting will do any good.
What is the rule from start to finish? Can a player that is already playing now become a eligible tackle. Or just the player coming onto the field.?.
I reviewed the broadcast live and never heard the ref announce anyone as an eligible receiver. I assume that's in the video sent to teams?
Finally a sports media personality being honest and not scared of the nfl. Love you Rex!!!!
But since #70 was announced to the Cowboys and over the PA, the Cowboys covered #70, not #68. #1 Lions coaching staff should of caught the mistake #2 #68 would of been covered if he was announced. #3 The mistake tripping call on the cowboys was disgusting. It is one thing to get a call against you vs a no call, its entirely another to penalize the wrong team for a penalty that was made by the other team. If a no call or a call against the defense, the game was over. Coaching for both teams down the stretch was horrible, the outcome matched it.
Cowherd said the same thing as did many others
Rex is the my favorite analyst on the show, but ESPN will definitely fine him for telling the truth. At this point I’m considering not even watching the nfl, because nothing is going to change
@Dolomite4518 he is not telling the truth. He is smacking his lips bla bla, like when he was coaching. The Lions coach admitted to hearing #70 beong announced and didn't stop the play to question. Cowboys didn't even cover #68. He was basically a blocker. And many say, he wouldn't of been a legal receiver because he was not lined up on the end of the line. It's all a mess. What is completely dumb, is how people thing it was rigged for the Cowboys. If so, why was the mistake tripping penalty given to the Cowboys. Game over if the correct call or no call happened. It's all a joke. Lions got tricky, and of the ref said the wrong number or not, Lions didn't stop it..
@@crungefactory That's because Cowherd and many others (Nick Wright, SAS) are just as stupid and full of $hit as Rex Ryan!
I love the way Rex Ryan is telling it like he sees it!!!!!!!
How about THIS as a solution?: Forget all that "having to report" crap, and make eligibility depend on the formation. Then it's up to both teams, offense and defense, to know who can catch a pass. This to me is another case of NFL rules being more complicated than they need to be.
Rex Ryan. I miss having a coach with this much passion.
What a great time in football history that almost the entire NFL fanbase is rooting for the Lions and Browns to win and 2 written off QB's to succeed. This year's script has been great so far!
Y’all gotta get off these scripted conspiracy, you believe outta everything the NFL really wants the Browns and Lions in the Superbowl? What you smoking
@trevonricks5975 cowboys fan 😂
@@trevonricks5975Calm down, Shaniqua, you ain't Miss Cleo. Or are you?
@@trevonricks5975It's a joke. What are you so mad for?
Lions are now americas team. Dallas is cheaters and trashy
As a lions fan, it hurts so bad but we’re so used to getting screwed I’m numb to it . Great thing this wasn’t for us to get into the playoffs! I’m just happy the rest of the nfl fanbases are on our side
I’m not
Truly
Yall ain’t gone do crap in playoffs anyways bro don’t get ur hopes up
Yall still azz 😂
Kick the FG after that lol
He’s the only person to call it like it is in the media that I’ve seen.
Yea...I kept saying during the game. "kick the extra point and trust your defense"...it almost seemed like fate was pushing them toward that and they said, "no, we're good"
Not a lions fan but the lions defense was owning the cowboys, the run was completely shut down and if they cover lamb and cooks, then they get a high chance in overtime to win that game easily.
@@lynchthomas3773as a cowboys fan, you're correct. Their defense was very good. Our run game was hardly existent for much of that game. I expected as much out of the lions
Speaking of fate, I think it all worked out fine for the Lions 😉
That's crazy. I didn't know that both teams are supposed to draw out the trick plays for the refs before the game even starts. That makes the blown call even worse because the head ref knows that 68 is supposed to be the designated receiver on that trick play. The fact that he doubled down on his own blown call is asinine.
Me neither seems like just asking for corruption
Either way it’s illegal formation still would have been a flag
@@Joedav2714wrong it would not have been illegal formation if #68 was checked in as eligible. Because the official thought it was #70 does make the formation illegal since 70 was not last one on the line.
@@Joedav2714no one’s talking about the should-be Hutchinson tripping penalty getting called against Dallas Henderson. Game would’ve most likely been over if the call is made right and Dallas would’ve won either way. That and the lucky fumble by CeeDee that resulted in a touchback. Detroit had plenty of chances to win too I hate when games end at the hands of the refs though they need to be better and that is what should be talked about.
@@adrianpatino1447 You just overlooked the fact it was an illegal formation. Refs can’t bail you out every game, cowboys are one and done.
Rex's is the best take I've heard yet on this. The first one that has really explained this from a coach's perspective, and showed the anger so many of us feel (Lions fan or not). Brad Allen's crew is the Angel Hernandez of NFL referee crews
How about the “tripping” call on Dallas when it was the Lions player trying to trip. Clear as day on the replay
@@lmax0001 Not nearly as impactful. If McCarthy has 2 working brain cells he wouldn't have thrown a single pass and the clock would've been killed even with that penalty being wrong.
@@lmax0001 Don't even try it. You want to go call by call or non-call by non-call in this game? Let's talk about pass interference or defensive holding for a minute and who got called or not called...or for that matter offensive holding non-calls on the cowboys that were not missed on the Lions. I doubt you want to go down that path.
@@lmax0001 Yeah don’t try it and don’t let facts interfere with a good line of BS !!!
@@willowbrook2717or what about that offsides by aidan when dak threw the int?
Rex Allen blow this one. A side video shows Allen signaling that he is declaring eligible. It is done by raising the left arm and tapping your chest. Decker never does this. Decker may have said but that's not how it is done. If you have ever been on the field during a play like this, you can barely hear over the crowd noise. That's why they signal. It is the Lions job to make sure the ref gets it done correctly.
Play the audio of him announcing 70, not 68, to the entire stadium...
This proves what I been thinking and saying about these refs all season. Every game I watched has had horrible calls and it's ashame because it's ruining the game as we know it.
We learn something new about the NFL rules every year that we have never heard of. 😂 but it also proves what I think about these games…it’s rigged!
@@TA-ht4jowhy can’t we use cameras and AI to do the calls nowadays? It wouldn’t be that hard to get a system going that picks up on every little detail and makes calls based off 100% evidence instead of letting humans make the decisions.
@@TA-ht4joso is the weather also rigged genius
@@MiaQuackoactually yeah it is lol
@@TA-ht4jo It is hard for the average football fan to really believe these games are rigged. It is obvious.
This was the craziest call by a ref I ever seen , he took their W , it kind of exposes football for what it is which is not a game for the fans anymore
Wait till the Super Bowl in Vegas. Can anyone spell MONEY!!!.
If they call that tripping call we don't even talk about this 😂
Not enough people are saying this, lol. Dallas would've had a 1st down and game over. But nope, this bad call got attention bc it happened at the end of the game
“Boy, that sounds like fortune-cookie wisdom to me, Billy”.
I'm neither a Lions nor a Cowboys fan, but it's disappointing when a referee botches a call that causes the winning team to lose, not to mention a game with huge playoff implications. Very disappointing!! NFL DO BETTER!
As a Saints fan this happened for a trip to the Super Bowl. The NFL does not care one bit. They probably care more about the interest in the call than than getting it correct.
The thing that bothers me the most is that if I was an owner you would be fining me for a year as I would be bitching continuously. But you will hear nothing from the owner.
Yah, kinda like the tripping call earlier AND the 20+ times Parsons was held with not a single flag... The winning team won.
@tankeater fr bro ..but nobody talking about that bs 😂😂😂
@@nunomarquez847 it was a 60 minute ref S#1T show... They need to be full time. The fact a school teacher can shift tens of millions of dollars in bets that the NFL is backing absolutely baffles me!
"NFL DO BETTER!"???? we've been hearing that for 20 years, time to investigate this “Vegas-friendly” league.
I’m not a huge lions fan, but this happens to them all the time. Mistakes in officiating never goes the lions way. This happens so often, starting to question if they are intentional.
The NFL heads have never liked the Lions.Just look at the last 25 years or maybe even more.I'm done with this sport.
@@spudnickjquesanar1678 agree. I’m more of a college football fan, but watch NFL games a handful of times each year. This is partly why I don’t watch.
It is totally intentional and its good to hear Rex call the NFL refs out for there BS calls. Its so obvious these games are fixed and I hope karma knocks out the cowgirls in playoffs f them
Calvin made the catch.
How could you been so blind for so long? They ( the nfl) doesn’t want the lions to win especially on the Cowboys ring night on top of it all!
The Referee Announced 70 as eligible. At that point the lions become a victim of their own deception. They should have insured he made the correct announcement.
What’s great is that this particular nfl referee team will not officiate any playoff games
Brad Allen has messed up two other times in crucial moments. 0:43 He's looking right at Taylor Decker #68 but what do you think they talked about? The New Year? Screw the refs and Goodell should absolutely give this win to the Lions for this clear rigging
Brad Allen is quickly becoming the Angel Hernandez of the NFL.
😂
They probably exchange gifts at Christmas.
😂
The Scott Foster of the NFL.
@@only1adonis Nah, Tony Brothers is worse. He makes spotty Scott Foster look sane.
I blame announcers and TV directors for not showing and telling us whats been happening all these years, I never knew the ref goes before EVERY play and yells at the defense! I never see it on camera!
The tripping call in this same game was against Dallas and it was a Lion player who did it. So a Dallas player tripped his own player 😂😂🙏. It was not changed either.
I’m so confused. #68 is literally right in the ref’s face, telling him he’s going to be eligible but the ref is focused on #70, who’s like 6 yards away?
How do you know he is telling him he is eligible? Because that's what Campbell - a guy that wasn't in ear shot either - is claiming? All you know is that he was in the refs face. But who else is in the refs face? Thats right 58. Being in the refs face is not proof of anything. It's entirely possible 68 didn't actually say what he was supposed to.
@@presidentresidentwhat other reason is remotely possible for Decker going over to the ref? You're in denial thinking Decker said anything other than report in. Your comment is absurd.
bro...stop it.@@presidentresident
@@presidentresidenthow do we know he was reporting as eligible? Because he’s in his face, and you can see him making the motion to report. Also Skipper is far off, and the way they lined up says Skipper can never be eligible, but Decker can. Why are you trying to defend the official who obviously made the mistake? 😂 Detroit did everything right in that situation except for pay the ref. It’s not their fault the ref is awful.
I can kind of understand the confusion. 70 reported eligible a ton during this game. So he probably assumed he was doing it again.
This is either gross incompetence or obscene corruption. This ref needs to be fired and the league needs to award the game to the Lions.
Makes you wonder if these refs are betting on games
@@bentmercerThe Lions made many mistakes and lost. The Lions lost as usual. The Lions haven't won anything since the Eisenhower administration LMAO
It's incompetence, you lions fans are acting like the cowboys didn't get screwed over on that tripping call on the previous possession.
You guys should be grateful for there incompetence without it you don't get that last possession.
@@Nick-vs6qv I hate the Lions and live in Michigan idk what you're talking about. I got the Ravens winning
The lady on the Left "Why do all the players go up there?"
Wow.....um, cause maybe the Lions don't want to make it 100% obvious who the target is for the defense?
Gee...maybe in the future to prevent this, we should just have the offense tell the refs and the defense the exact play they are going to run? 🙄
The NFL NEEDED DALLAS to get the win, for the playoffs, and to knock down Philly.
Detroit won the game and the NFL TOOK IT AWAY!
Rex Ryan's disappointment actually just made me shed a few tears...glad he spoke passionately about this....HOFer
Eagles just lost, the Lions would be the 2 seed…….unbelievable
For throwing the ball to a receiver that was covered? LMAOOO
Shouldn't have had a chance to win but ok.
Here is what you SHOULD be considering:
Campbell says he explained the play to the refs (I'm hearing just one of them) in their locker room before the game. A verbal description of something so complicated that none of the ex-NFL commentators/analysts could agree on what had happened. Did Campbell diagram the play for his players? DId they run through it many, many times so that everyone would know exactly how the choreography worked? Yep. Did he diagram it for the refs. Nope. So it was so convoluted that his own players couldn't be expected to get it without a diagram and multiple walk throughs, but a ref is supposed to get it perfectly from a quick description in the locker room before the game?
Campbell's purpose was to fool the defense, so they wouldn't know who was eligible. He tried to defeat the rule, and the purpose of the rule. And part of the master plan was to play fast and loose with alignments on the line of scrimmage, so it isn't really clear who is up on the line and who is back. (Did the Lions actually have 7 men on the line of scrimmage? I don't think so.)
One last thing - Campbell admits that more than one person reported. According to him, both Decker and Sewell. So he had Sewell reporting as ineligible, knowing that he would be lining up in an ineligible slot. I'm not even sure if that's legal, and can't find anyone who does know for sure. Skipper runs in and it sure looks like he reports (I guess that was the idea?) But you can see the ref go directly over to tell the defense that he is eligible.
So at the very best, his Campbell's gadget managed to fool the refs too. What you do konw is that if the Cowboys knew that slow, fat Decker was supposed to be eligible, he wouldn't have wide open like that. So Campbell went looking for a way to defeat the rule, and he got bit by it.
stfu you're wrong
I have been watching NFL Football for over 60 years and enjoy it. My best friend bets on games and has come to the conclusion that they are fixed. I have a problem with that because it would be extremely difficult to do so. But, this series of events is starting to convince me that he is right.
That was the biggest BS call, even Skip agreed that the call wasn’t right & when he agrees against his cowboys you know it ain’t right
When Hutchison tried to trip pollard and the stupid ref called it on hendershot on the previous possession was way worse that's pretty much the game.
@@Nick-vs6qvexactly. Without that blown call, Dallas either runs out the clock or leaves Detroit with less than 20 seconds needing at least 7 to tie with no timeouts.
Who cares they hold Micah all the time will no call
BS Skip is a horrible Cowboy fan. Cowboy fans hate Skip.
@Nick-vs6qv The refs were terrible all day for both sides, there were 2 uncalled holding penalties on the 92 yard touchdown. Parsons and Hutch were being held basically all game and nothing was called.
It’s mafia-like that the NFL doesn’t allow announcers, players or coaches to point out officiating problems
The refs are never held accountable. Things need to change.
The Refs might have their fee fees hurt. Idk why every ref in EVERY sport is never held to account. Umpires in baseball take the cake in this regard.
You mean North Korea like…. I mean American like.
The NFL is controlled by dictators.
@@Eric_330NFL refs are like US republican politicians! Do whatever they want and no consequences.
end of day it's a business and it doesn't look good if the sales dept. is publicly craping on the accounting dept.
It should have been corrected from NY immediately
How come no one is asking why the Lions had to depend on 1 play instead of taking care of business and getting a lead before the very end of the game.
Contingency planning 101 have a set plan for any scenario you can come across it was probably a play set up to uncork a 2pt conversion if they needed it at the end of the game
#70 did not get close enough to the ref to speak to him, in the video the ref jogs away before Skip got to him. Decker is standing right in front of him. And now the coach is saying he told the refs before the game that if they run this play, #68 would be the one reporting.
They were trying to confuse Dallas and ended up confusing the ref too. Why do you think he was wide open?? Dallas was never told he was eligible. Lions got cute.
@@weekendtrailerparksupervis3216 running a trick play is called cute? You sound like a salty Cowboys fan, but why? Y'all (and the refs) won anyway.
The Detroit Screwjob! Part 2!
I’m surprised people aren’t mentioning this isn’t the first time in recent history the lions were robbed against the cowboys
The first one in 2015 was much worse actually@@nickfratello4321
Megatron Calvin Johnson in the playoffs. They got robbed then and now
Lions screwed themselves , Skipper was making the sign to the ref that he was eligible and the ref acknowledged to him. Lions also had two other chances to score and failed
@@crazle3163 Skip was 7 yards away from the ref! Decker was in his face telling him. Thats a crazy take!
58 approached, 68 approached, then 70 approached. REF ANNOUNCED TWICE, "70 IS ELIGIBLE." 70 didn't say anything to the ref after that, the coach didn't call it out, and 68 didn't say anything to the ref after that announcement as well. Then to top it all off, the Lions set up in an illegal formation which would have been called anyway. The Lions tried to be sneaky, and all they did was confuse the refs.
No one knows, what 68 said, but, you can see 70 reports by using his hand signals while he walking toward the ref, and you can see that the ref is acknowledging 70 reports, the ref is announcing 70 as eligible on the PA while walking toward the Cowboys defense.
The ref should never ref again. May have cost the lions the 1 seed.
They wasn’t getting the #1 seed anyway my niners locking that up
Didn't Detroit have to win out to get the #1 seed? Is there still a chance?
@@marquezvaughnyeah wwe were playing for the 2 unless Purdy turns into the frog he was against the Ravens
@marquezvaughn I think we all know the rams have a chance at knocking off the niners.
@@marquezvaughnI hope 9ers win out, or I’m gonna be pissed