Now karma has trumped whatever mojo New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was supposed to provide for the Cowboys with his lucky orange sweater. Guess it's also a matter of what goes around, comes around for the Cowboys.Ī week before Bryant's catch was nullified at Lambeau Field, the Detroit Lions were robbed in the waning minutes of their loss to the same Cowboys at AT&T Stadium - when officials called pass interference against Dallas rookie linebacker Anthony Hitchens then picked up the flag. But a bad rule that's way too complicated when it works against you. Good call, as NFL officiating director Dean Blandino confirmed. "We deemed by our judgment to be the full process of the catch, and at the time he lands and the ball hits the ground, it comes loose as it hits the ground, which would make that incomplete." "In our judgment, he maintained possession but continued to fall and never had another act common to the game," referee Gene Steratore said after the game, speaking to a pool reporter. Never mind that Bryant was reaching for the goal line as he took a couple of steps. When he landed on his back in the end zone with the ball secured, it even had the look of a touchdown.īut the review showed some slight movement of the football as it touched the ground. If I could believe my lying eyes in real time, it seemed that Bryant snagged the football above Tramon Williams, took a couple of steps and lunged for the goal line. The next minute, the Dallas Cowboys' dreams for a dash to Super Bowl XLIX go kaput.īlame it on the NFL rulebook - and karma.īryant's apparent 31-yard gain was wiped out by an instant replay review - amazingly, the only successful challenge this season by Green Bay Packers wizard Mike McCarthy - after the slow-motion video revealed that the receiver did not maintain possession throughout the process of making the catch. One minute, Dez Bryant leaps to make an amazing fourth-down catch with his XXL hands. Another week, another controversy to juice the NFL playoffs.
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