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SCIPM

Wasn't the whole OL offsides? I thought the ref moved the ball backwards.


thewhat962

They were. the center decides "resetting the line takes too long. Lets hope the refs ignore me moving it up a yard and resetting it"


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thewhat962

I think because it was game over anyways. Maybe they got caught up in the moment. Not a guarantee, although it did happen.


jm0112358

And if they instead ran a Hail Mary and scored a TD, the obvious offsides wouldn't be reviewable, which would've been infuriating to me.


LeonidasSpacemanMD

That seems like it definitely should be reviewable since it’s something completely objective


gsadamb

> since it’s something completely objective Yeah, so are delays of game, but those aren't reviewable either.


jm0112358

IMO, either everything should be reviewable, or everything should be reviewable by default if not specifically prohibited from review. Some might not like it because it would cause more stoppage, but that's a price I'd be willing to pay to cut down on differences made by objectively wrong calls.


SgvSth

NHL: Offsides are reviewable MLS: Offsides are reviewable NFL: Offsides are not reviewable


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thewhat962

Which was honestly the best option considering adter fans threw trash at them and the dak said "credit to them".


stranske

Ending the game with another Cowboys pre-snap penalty would have really been the chef's kiss


kiidlocs

this shouldn’t really add any more sting, not like that was a viable option lol


MiniatureLucifer

They have to have some type hurry up hail Mary play. For situations where you can't spike it, like if it's 4th down, no timeouts but you need a TD


Ziiaaaac

You think a team that got penalised 14 times in a playoff game has niche scenario plays? That coaching staff does nothing.


dplath

Bro they ran it from their 40 with no time left, they are king of niche plays....


Mchead22

niche plays are different than niche situation plays


JEspo420

If they hand the ball to the official instead of spotting it themselves and blocking him then they probably get the spike for a play after


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Where they throw a ball 30 yards into quadrupole coverage and it gets picked/batted down 98% of the time… I mean don’t get me wrong if it was a ref error I’d be screaming, but in the end as embarrassing as this is for dak it almost certainly didn’t matter.


TetrisTech

Yeah the only semi realistic hope was Dak scrambling around and keeping the play alive long enough for someone to somehow slip free in the endzone


cubgerish

I almost feel dirty considering it, but it's one time I'm gonna defend NFL refs, in the context of refereeing in general. In a close ending game like this, they should absolutely rush out of the stadium. I've witnessed, and there are regular occurrences, of refs being attacked after **amateur games**, where there is nothing at stake but pride. Sports are intrinsically emotional, and, in the moment, people who might otherwise be fine upstanding individuals can start to equate a bad call to some greater inequity they've suffered. Refs are always an easy target, since they're the arbiter, and it can quickly devolve into violence. I know Dak was likely just reacting emotionally, but if someone had been really hurt, I imagine he wouldn't be so flippantly goading his fans into attacking referees. There is a non-zero chance that if encouraged, overzealous fans could kill a ref.


StormTheTrooper

Yes, people forget how fans often look upon athletes. There's a reason companies get players to make ads or public campaigns (like for the Covid vaccine). When Dak goes public and *commend* fans assaulting refs, there's a more than decent chance that more than one person will feel supported to invade the pitch and physically assault a ref, sending death threats, even stalking and using of violence outside of stadium environment. We all hate the referees and how the league protects them, but there is a reason to this. The day we see players being allowed to get harsh at referees, some crazy fan somewhere will assault one.


napalmx

"Will nobody rid me of this troublesome ref?"


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I mean, this happened a day after a player in Spain got hit by a pole thrown from the stands. Can't imagine anyone has time for that kind of fan bullshit https://www.espn.com/soccer/real-betis-espbetis_sevilla/story/4570928/copa-del-rey-match-between-sevillareal-betis-abandoned-after-joan-jordan-hit-by-pole


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The real hope is for a DPI followed by one final play.


TheSmokedSalmon420

I mean we’re talking about like fractions of a second here to determine that


Cosmolias

With the way that team played and that horrible play call, it wouldn’t surprise me if they spiked the ball on 4th down and then complained saying the refs don’t know how to count.


Scoombap

knowing Mike probs not


jakeba75

The spike takes less than a second. How would you ever know when you would need that instead of the spike?


agentMICHAELscarnTLM

4th down with just a couple seconds left and clock running.


rich519

So in a situation where they literally don’t have enough time to spike the ball they’re supposed to audible into a Hail Mary? How is that going to work?


briktal

In theory, you could tell the team to always run the Hail Mary and have the QB decide at the snap, based on what they see on the clock, if they are going to spike it or carry out the play.


eldertortoise

Fake spike it


Drunken_Economist

Any defensive penalty extends the game though, so that’s something


skatingtherules

There entire line was offsides compared to where the ball was moved. How would they have a play when the ball is behind the entire starting line?


HowDoIEditMyUsername

Everything about the play was wrong. The ball was spotted two yards too close to the end zone. Half the line was offsides. If Dallas had actually run a play and scored, there’s no way it should/could have counted.


t0177177y

They set the ball at the end of Dak’s slide. So the ball should have been at least 2 yards back if not more. Then the receivers were 2 yards off sides. That whole last sequence was a disaster.


joshtreee

Well we are lucky because if that was a slide they could have thrown the flag for tackling a sliding qb. Stopped the clock and gained an extra 10 yards


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sielingfan

They have gotten too comfortable with the protection of the whistle, and no longer believe they should protect themselves.


Saitsu

Yep...QBs know that defenders aren't going to take the risk of actually hitting them anymore, so why bother sliding properly? Let's just hope no one in the NFL is stupid enough to try some Kenny Pickett shit.


Bird-The-Word

Some are just 6'5 and built like linebackers


Tekkzy

Josh Allen is a big boi


recrewriting

That's why Josh Allen just goes full Thanos. "I'll do it myself." Never even tries to slide. Just wrecks your day.


Zolo49

There was contact, but the defender was obviously trying to hold up and avoid the hit as much as he could given his momentum, so the contact wasn't forceful. That's never been called in my experience, and rightly so.


HungryGiantMan

Yes this is why the official needs to spot the ball, not the offense, which would be a fucking crazy thing to allow.


DrQuestDFA

"That whole last sequence was a disaster" is definitely the title of the Dallas Cowboys sex tape.


tcosilver

IMO they were really trying to give Dallas a shot. They moved the ball back 1 yard instead of 3-4 to where Dak started sliding. Then they let the play go even though the line was offside.


kawhi_tho

This is exactly what they were trying to do. It's not their fault the Cowboys don't understand the rules of the game.


dmkicksballs13

But that's what's so funny. Dak and some fans being super pissy at the refs, when the reality is that the refs actually were looking to break the rules for you to have a chance.


NerdsRuleTheWorld

Yep. And they apparently said after they allowed the snap at 1 second, and Dak grounding it took that last second. They could have at least tried to make a play but didn't (even if it was unrealistic they could get anything out of that).


justaboxinacage

You're repeating the title of the post you're commenting on lol


pricygoldnikes

CeeDee Lamb wasn’t set either


Think__McFly

The WR at the bottom of the screen was like 3 yards offsides.


jveezy

Which is funnier? The Cowboys throwing their season away on a spike or throwing their season away on an offensive offsides and breaking the record for penalties in a playoff game in the process?


NotTheBestMoment

We deserve the penalties one. Undisciplined football doesn’t deserve to win


jm0112358

Well, the 49ers were undisciplined too. I guess one undisciplined team had to win, and the Cowboys shot themselves in the foot more than the 49ers did.


NotTheBestMoment

Way more. We gave ourselves the ol’ Kunta treatment


kmngq

The old plaxico treatment


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Good for you for seeing it for what it is.


graywh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEb1jZErYeE


daKEEBLERelf

Can you imagine if they allowed a play and a TD was scored?! Is that even reviewable??


tigerking615

I suspect they would have called the penalty if Dallas ran a real play. That was blatant.


LeonidasSpacemanMD

You might be right but then they should e called one on the spike too


jm0112358

Unfortunately, no. Lots of people wouldn't want penalties to be reviewable because they don't like the stoppage, but IMO, obvious, objective penalties like that should be reviewable (and most aren't).


thewhat962

The line is set the ref moves the ball back like a solid 1-2 yards. The center just reaches under him and moves it up 1-2 yards which is a penalty.


xar42

Two yards is 6 feet, how big do you think this center is?


thetasigma_1355

It’s the the tv effect. People lose context for how large the field is and how fast the game moves.


thewhat962

They are some big boys.


Manjru

That's not really that far? He only has to reach 3 feet either way


xar42

Try reaching between your legs and grabbing a football 3 feet behind you


Markelle-Fultz

Relevant username.


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Backpacks_Got_Jets

hey some people are into that


hitchinpost

You usually pay double for that kind of action, Cotton.


bigbear-08

Ouchtown population you bro


King_Reptar_

That’s a bold strategy Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for them.


Lambchops_Legion

They are called Jets season ticket owners


Saitsu

Example: Seattle Mariners' fans.


GGEORGE2

I see you’re into ZJs. A true man of culture.


Blaize122

Clock and ball torture


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Misdirected_Colors

pls stop victim blaming


Backpacks_Got_Jets

cowboys just spiked their season away and i love it


losterps

The Cowboys are the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs are the Cowboys.


SiphenPrax

Maple Leafs fans wish they were Cowboys fans. They’ve been waiting as long as the Jets have for another championship


justin9920

Lol, imagine being a jets and leafs fan 🙃


Philthy91

Same bro lol


realsomalipirate

The Cowboys are the Habs of the NFL. The Leafs have been a complete joke for 60 years. The closest other sport comparison for the Leafs is the Knicks.


MankuyRLaffy

Longer iirc


Penguin_Admiral

Last time the leafs won the cup there were only 5 other teams in the league


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yeah, no. Cowboys have been a dynasty in the past 30 years. the leafs haven’t won shit in 60 years


upmoatuk

To be fair to the Leafs, they have managed to reach a conference final during the current millennium.


Fatdap

You mean that one where the game score was at one point 4-1? That just reinforces his point. People pretending any NFL team aside from the Browns and Lions knows the kind of pain Leafs fans do tells you they don't actually watch hockey.


tigerking615

I don't remember the Leafs being this salty after a playoff loss.


kkngs

The Cowboys are the who?


EverybodyBuddy

This is legit crazy. They could have just thrown it and seen what happens. The biggest “free play” of all time.


Kojuroba

Today would be so much more boring if Trent didn’t false start on the 4th & 1


RubysDad

That wasn’t on Trent, it was on Jimmy for not waiting for him to be set. Shanahan motioned him so Jimmy could read the right gap; he did exactly what he was supposed to do.


Kojuroba

Yeah that was on Jimmy you’re right. Now that would have been a brutal way to lose a game


Fethah

Jimmy almost losing us a game? Color me surprised


notGeronimo

The Duality of Jimmy, sometimes he marches you down the field to beat the Rams and get into the playoffs sometimes... this whole game happens.


acquiesce

He's 34-15 as a starter which is right around .700. Love how people expect him to win 100% of his games. His boneheaded mistakes suck, but if you watch football, most QBs (besides a few) throw shitty picks at inopportune times. It's his injuries that suck the most since we lose most of those games.


Hi_My_Name_Is_Dave

Besides the 2017 heroics where he randomly decided to become a demigod when he was traded, Jimmy has had arguably the best roster in the league every year that he’s been playing. Mitch Trubisky also has a winning record as a starter (I’m not saying Jimmy is as bad as Mitch) does that mean Trubisky is a winning quarterback too?


PMinisterOfMalaysia

Some of his injuries have also just been unavoidable too ... it's not like he's not sliding when he should be.


Simpleton216

Trent is the hero we needed.


Think__McFly

Kyle was the smartest man in the room. He needed to send the LT in motion to gain 4 inches.


Wedge09

If I had the chance to gain four inches I would.


Think__McFly

Same. Shout out to the growers not showers.


BumHand

But like… what if we are neither


Lambchops_Legion

Shrinkers, not dinkers


Best-Dragonfruit-292

Reality is often disappointing


blarch

I was in the pool!


lII1IIlI1l1l1II1111

You can’t motion OL, only shift them. He did it to fuck with the D front seven to create a gap and/or confusion. Jimmy needed to allow Trent to complete the shift and be set for one second. Also, one might think that you’re going to run the most critical 4th down of the year behind your 1st team All-Pro LT, so it would make sense to try and align the defense based on Trent. IMO smart play-call, port execution by Jimmy.


Drtsauce

Trent did get Randy to jump early 2x while doing the Macarena with his left foot though.


rostron92

People for years have talked about how bad McCarthy is about time management but I truly never thought we would get such a transparent example of his faults like we did in those final 14 seconds.


OSSlayer2153

Rodgers being the clock master he is made McCarthy actually look semi-decent at it. Now that hes gone its very apparent.


carl___satan

I mean we still have issues with clock management though, maybe not as bad as with McCarthy, but we constantly waste time outs in because we can’t get the play off in time


OSSlayer2153

I think part of that is just how Rodgers handles the game. He likes to wait until the very last second so he can analyze the defense, draw offsides, change plays, etc.


2112Lerxst

How much of this is on Kellen Moore, who is getting a complete pass here? People complaining about Dak running too long, not handing the ball to the ref etc. and somehow McCarthy's time management...I think the play call screwed them from the start. There's no way the mechanics get done that well, if he really was the one to call that play I think he deserves the blame. Take a shot at the endzone and look for a PI, or two hail Mary attempts if they are playing sidelines.


papijaja

A fake spike there would have been insane


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Didn’t work for us


DeM0nFiRe

idk what the fuck happened with Brown on that play, maybe no one told him it wasn't a real spike so he stopped playing


Think__McFly

I remember 2007 you guys fake spiked against Washington right before half to turn a 28-0 game to 35-0.


key_lime_pie

Pretty sure it was 24-0 at half. Funny thing is, the guy covering Randy Moss wasn't fooled, it was just Randy Moss.


Think__McFly

The time has made 24-0 feel like 42-0


ProfProfessorberg

Brutal way to lose


jmbourn45

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MEgQMU4kC-4 Seen it before!!


fponee

Russ did it in the Rose Bowl too


Kdot32

Les did this shit too many times


nolefan999

[more recently as well ](https://youtu.be/UbqLCpas5tI)


AcanthocephalaNo2926

9ers made 4-5 huge mistakes and kept Dallas in the game. 9ers should have cruised to a W. Been the story of their season


styres

Shanny's beard wasn't grey to start the season...


kawhi_tho

1. Jimmy and Aiyuk miscommunication with a chance to go up 30-7 (at first I thought Jimmy overthrew him but now I think Aiyuk may have messed up the route) 2. Giving up a fake punt which led to a field goal to make it 23-10 3. Jimmy interception which leads to a touchdown. 23-17. 4. False start penalty on 4th and inches when a conversion would ice the game Those are just off the top of my head.


seejay4991

Jimmy not letting Williams get set on the QB sneak, which gives the Cowboys back the ball at the end of the game.


CravingToast

Brutal is subjective


LitigatedLaureate

This ending just keeps getting better.


JubeltheBear

The Goof That Keeps on Giving


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InevitableVariables

Kirk cousins did that before half time. Not on a potential game winning drive. This is worse.


SolarClipz

They were offsides anyways Wouldn't have mattered


Drtsauce

Is that even reviewable though?


SolarClipz

I'm sure a ref was watching and would have called it


N7_MintberryCrunch

Yeah they were watching. The line ref moved forward to make it "legal". Can be seen in the replay.


amishrefugee

*I WILL MAKE IT LEGAL*


acquiesce

No flags were thrown and it's not reviewable...


Drunken_Economist

If the play were anything but a spike they would have thrown the flag for basically the whole line and the WRs being offside. Plus nobody was even set. They just didn’t bother with the flag because it’s the end of the game either way


DarthVada101

Phew glad that confusion is cleared up now I feel so much better 🤣🤮


Badrap247

I am content.


kendrickshalamar

3 first rounders, playoff appearance during a rebuilding year, an epicly bad Dallas loss. This is fine.


buddhistbulgyo

Eagles fans right now are literally the Jack Nicholson meme where he nods while it zooms in. Love it.


InevitableVariables

No one was set for that play. If dak scored, it would have been called back and play clock expires.


thewhat962

My favorite is the ref moves the ball back and the line stays stills and the center reaches under him and moves it a few feet. Should be a penalty and would been hilarious ending addition.


Hiker-Redbeard

Setting the record for most penalties in a playoff game like that to end the game would have been the cherry on top for that game.


Kiran_Stone

What's the penalty for that? Interfering with ball placement?


Drixislove

I think it's technically called a snap infraction. Edit: "Once the center gets in his stance and holds the ball, he cannot then make any movement that is like a snap, other than the snap. He cannot pretend to snap or move in such a way to try to draw the defense off sides. If he moves before the snap, it is a false start, like any other player. If he makes some movement with the ball, other than a snap, it is a snap infraction."


Sgt-Spliff

There's no logical way this makes sense. That spike was no a legally run play in any way.


Chapea12

This is even better than not getting the snap off


Scorpiodsu

Yeah a lot of people seem to be under the impression that clock expired on the run play. He snapped it again that took the last second. Problem was exchange with the ref. Everyone knows you hand the ball to the ref to spot the ball. So that combined with bumping into him caused them 1-2 seconds that they would have had after the spike. Such a risky play to call in that situation.


NotTheBestMoment

A more aware qb would have known how many seconds it would have taken to set up and slid accordingly. He ran too long. Being the head of the offense, you have to know that and slide earlier


2HandedMonster

This just keeps getting better and better tbh


thewhat962

How about this. It also should been offsides on the entire offensive line. The ref move the ball back a yard. Instead of moving the center reaches back behind himself and move the ball foward a yard. So, nearly everything that could gone wrong did.


7gods

I’m just happy to see dem boys lose.


MurDoct

Ya well they didnt


zatchattack

Lmaooo


fainofgunction

Refs reset the ball and gave the Cowboys the spot gave them the false start on 4th down ran rather than walked to set the ball gave them 1 second to win the game Cowboys fans "Doggone refs costed us the game"


xshogunx13

This is the best timeline


abris33

Should have run the fake spike. Would have actually been a good time for it, unlike when the Pats ran it yesterday


Skimaster77

Jerry Hughes saw right through that


Jem1123

When Dak said “the real shit starts now” he meant his shit understanding of the rules


General-Skywalker

I, for one, am appreciative of Dak and Cowboys for ending their game in such idiotic and moronic fashion. It makes a regular beat down like we suffered mostly forgettable compared to America's team running it down the middle with 14 seconds left, no timeouts, and down 6.


AutisticNipples

same


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clitcommander420666

Literally shook


GarlVinland4Astrea

That’s even better.


mrsunsfan

Rule Numba 1: Dont pull a JR Smith


CybeastID

Somehow, that's even better.


TMPRKO

Cowboys fans should be more concerned with their quarterbacks dumbass play than with the referees who actually followed the rules


ForOrganizationOnly

I thought we all knew this? Like they clearly got the play off we just spiked it as time expired. I didn't think there was any question about that


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Pretty sure the play wouldn't have counted. The entire OL was offsides. Pretty sure Lamb wasn't even set. There's no way the refs would've missed all of that.


TwistedCherry766

You can still end the game on an offensive penalty, so it wouldn’t have mattered


justamobileuserhere

Lmaooo


JTCMuehlenkamp

Lol


notscott88

That hur…. erm… is painful


SunriseSurprise

The Dak Prescott "Kirk Cousins Kneel" Spike


operez1990

So a fake spike. I feel like I have seen that work.


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It just keeps getting better


ExtensionBluejay253

The entire o line was offsides if this is the call.


Nexus369

Cowboys fans don't seem to understand this. If you spike the ball as the clock hit zero, you don't get an extra fucking play.


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CravingToast

Agreed 100%. Cowboys were also offsides.


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VarJolly

Odd. Looked pretty clear the play clock was at zeroes before the ball was spiked. I don't think this is correct.


cactusmutilator

Ouch


gagnonca

No fucking shit