Lions definitely blew it a lot, but I'm bewildered by that call.

hey wassup guys i know i havent really been around lately.

ive never seen anything like that call to pick up the flag. its not even like it was close. like clearly a pass interference. the whole not turning around thing to play the ball is one thing and i dont always agree it should be called. but he also had his hands all over the dude. then that primadonna dez comes on the field and throws a fit which should have been a penalty on top. if that's not a "NFL wants the cowboys to win" call then i dont know what is. i understand the lions did not play well in the second half but i really dont think the cowboys would have won that game. lets also note the cowboys played just as poorly if not worse in the first half than detroit was in the second. basically dont wanna hear the bullshit "one call didn't decide the game"


divisional round:

pats-27, ravens-20 (nervous about this game)
broncos-44-colts-20 (not even gonna be remotely close)

seahawks-26 carolina-14 (i could not care less about this game)
packers-34 cowboys-27 (Romo interception on last drive)

R.I.P. Stuart Scott

I'm bewildered as well. I think there are a couple of things you can make an argument for. Looked like Pettigrew was pushing off on the defenders facemask before the contact (but very slightly). The other thing I can see is that it did hit the Cowboys defender first. Yes he wasn't facing Pettigrew but unlike the typical situation Pettigrew didn't try to run back towards the QB through the contact. He kept fading backward.

I knew people were gonna say "well the cowboys had a lot calls go poorly against them too" ya no shit. But thats not the point. The call was made, correctly. It was absolutely pass interference and id really like someone to explain why it wasnt. So much so that you need to reverse the call

Here's the thing with the hands to the face. They almost never call that particular play on the receiver. But the DB making that play gets called 9 times out of 10 easily. In a situation like that if there was no call, we could debate it. But there's just no excuse for reversing the call after the announcement when it was basically the right call.

I knew people were gonna say "well the cowboys had a lot calls go poorly against them too" ya no shit. But thats not the point. The call was made, correctly. It was absolutely pass interference and id really like someone to explain why it wasnt. So much so that you need to reverse the call

That's literally the only argument that it wasn't PI, but it wasn't even that cut and dry. He started to make movements toward the ball (his momentum had slowed going back) and he likely would have been able to make a play for the ball without the interference. Poor call.

Without the defender's body in the way sure, but it's not a penalty to have your body between the defender and the ball.

"The back judge threw his flag for defensive pass interference. We got other information from another official from a different angle that thought the contact was minimal and didn't warrant pass interference. He thought it was face guarding. The information came and then the officials got together a little bit later after it was given to me, the first information. It probably would've been smoother if we got together."

His hand was off his face while the ball was in the air and the defender never made an effort to turn his head. There are other factors, sure, but it's still a bad call.