NFL Referees Get 5 Different Eagles Calls Wrong During Cowboys Game
NFL Referees Get 5 Different Eagles Calls Wrong During Cowboys Game
An awful season for NFL refereeing somehow got even worse this weekend when the Philadelphia Eagles squared off against the Dallas Cowboys.
While Dak Prescott and Co. ultimately walked out of this one with a victory, it didn’t come without controversy.
All game long, it felt like Philly was fighting on two fronts: one against Dallas and one against the officials.
At one point in the first half the NFL’s referees found a way to get five separate calls wrong against the Eagles and in the Cowboys’ favor:
WOW… #NFL refs have messed the #Eagles over on 5 DIFFERENT PLAYS in the first half of tonight’s game already:
“- Blankenship gets targeted with no flag and is out but no flag
– Holding on a TD and they pick it up
– Refs made their own rules to give Dallas extra penalty… pic.twitter.com/iQYABltFlm
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) December 11, 2023
HOW IN THE HELL: Was this not called a holding on the #Cowboys lineman Smith, he is HOLDING Jordan Davis on the Dak run.
😳😳😳
(Via @nflbadcalls)
pic.twitter.com/h6d6ckRaJs— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) December 11, 2023
Unlike in the Buffalo Bills’ game against the Kansas City Chiefs where the latter team cried about a correct ruling (and then had their NFL media lapdogs lie for them), in this particular case, Philly was actually wronged.
The fans at home had some strong reactions to what transpired:
Refs made their own rules bro what 😭
— garrett (@garrettswnsn) December 11, 2023
No wonder they’ve won 14 straight at home got play the refs
— Jimmy Lavery (@JimmyLavery3) December 11, 2023
Truer words have never been spoken
— Venkat Gopalakrishnan (@tw00mph) December 11, 2023
@NFLOfficiating controls the outcomes of way too many games. This new generation of refs are going to ruin the game. They are god-awful. Talked about in at least 2-3 games a week in deciding the outcome.
— ☘️ ☘️ ☘️ ☘️ ☘️ (@Crayskip) December 11, 2023
Obviously this was a busy football weekend. You had Sam Ponder’s provocative outfit causing a stir on ESPN and the Mallory Edens-Aaron Rodgers break-up. So maybe this situation will get ignored.
But it really shouldn’t be.
Sam Ponder’s Provocative Outfit To ESPN Show Causes A Stir: https://t.co/QKJcwOH0C1
— Game 7 (@game7__) December 11, 2023
The officiating has been awful in the NFL all season long. And this weekend’s Philly-Dallas game was emblematic of that.
Will the NFL come out and address why the referees got so many calls wrong against the Eagles on Sunday? Time will tell.
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A longtime sports reporter, Carlos Garcia has written about some of the biggest and most notable athletic events of the last 5 years. He has been credentialed to cover MLS, NBA and MLB games all over the United States. His work has been published on Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, AOL and the Washington Post.