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{The back judge threw his flag for defensive pass interference," Morelli told Archer, via a pool report released by the Cowboys. "We got other information from another official from a different angle that thought the contact was minimal and didn't warrant pass interference."
The other official Morelli referred to was head linesman Jerry Bergman, who thought the play was "face-guarding," according to Morelli. Face-guarding is illegal in college football, but not in professional football...
...Morelli went on to reassert that the official with the better view of the play was Bergman.}
The defender was definitely in the face of the receiver. Not illegal in the NFL. But if all the Dallas haters think he should have gotten out of the way to give the receiver a CLEAR view of the ball before trying to defend him, then so be it.
{The back judge threw his flag for defensive pass interference," Morelli told Archer, via a pool report released by the Cowboys. "We got other information from another official from a different angle that thought the contact was minimal and didn't warrant pass interference."
The other official Morelli referred to was head linesman Jerry Bergman, who thought the play was "face-guarding," according to Morelli. Face-guarding is illegal in college football, but not in professional football...
...Morelli went on to reassert that the official with the better view of the play was Bergman.}
The defender was definitely in the face of the receiver. Not illegal in the NFL. But if all the Dallas haters think he should have gotten out of the way to give the receiver a CLEAR view of the ball before trying to defend him, then so be it.
All of the teams that are in it now (with maybe Carolina as the exception) deserve to be in it and whoever wins the SB will make a good Championship team this year.
. Again, I completely disagree. The play is NOT "very clearly" pass interference. I do not believe the hand on the shoulder restricted the receiver from making the catch. Neither did the 3 officials who were closest to the play. The only ref who did think that was the guy farther away. NOW, I certainly agree that there was a jersey grab before the pass was thrown so there WAS a legitimate holding penalty. However, if we are going to call penalties after we see replays, then we also need to call the illegal hands to face that the receiver committed to the defender, WHICH was why the defender couldn't turn his head around to play the ball. In actuality, it should have been offsetting penalties. But again, we are now calling fouls based on what we see via replay. And, contrary to opinion, the play did not cost Detroit the game. The scored 3 points in the 2nd half. Play better, score points, and you win the game. And, we are also forgetting the poor calling in the first half. One, terrible call kept Detroit on the field when they were pinned in their own end zone and would have given Dallas the ball with great field position. Instead, Detroit keeps it and gets a TD. It was a poorly called game on both sides, that I will agree. The better, more resilient team overcame the poor calls and won the game. Enuff said.
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