We knew when the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles squared off Sunday night that it would be a battle between two bad football teams.
But we didn’t know the refs would be worse. And they were. Somehow.
Their biggest blunder came in the fourth quarter on a play that saw the Eagles return a fumble from a strip sack back for a touchdown that gave them a 21-9 lead in the fourth quarter. This was obviously a huge play in the game and these missed calls basically won it for the Eagles.
Here is the play in question, which saw Rodney McLeod run it back 53 yards for the touchdown.
The @Eagles strip sack turns into a scoop and score.
Philadelphia leads 21-9.
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So there are two issues with that play.
First, the Eagles jumped offsides and it should have been called and the Cowboys should have kept possession.
Second, after the initial fumble the ball was down by contact at the 35 yard line and shouldn’t have been allowed to be returned.
Third, and this has nothing to do with the calls, how goofy was that TD? Dude literally kicked the ball backwards by accident and then it got scooped up and ran in for a TD. That is so NFC East.
Anyways, fans were livid because this play somehow stood.
AND HE WAS OFFSIDES!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/mAU748Z9IF
— Hank Lockwood (@hen_ease) November 2, 2020
*Eagles jump offsides*
*Eagles force fumble*
*Eagles are down with ball being contacted*
*Eagles run ball back to end zone*Refs, without throwing a flag or reviewing the play: pic.twitter.com/hMOHCKITKw
— Bad Sports Refs (@BadSportsRefs) November 2, 2020
wait, so they reviewed it and didn't call it down by contact?
Do they refs have Eagles -11? WTF?
— KD Drummond (@KDDrummondNFL) November 2, 2020
just another game where the refs screw the cowboys over lol
— timthetatman👑 (@timthetatman) November 2, 2020
Also the Eagles defense lining up like this is probably worth noting but 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/KJIgaXb8iy
— Bad Sports Refs (@BadSportsRefs) November 2, 2020
The refs want outta here man because there's zero chance that's a touchdown.
— Michael Kist (@MichaelKistNFL) November 2, 2020
1st- it was offsides
2nd- clear possession and contact down at the 35
3rd- the ball was literally flipped forward
4th- WTF
pic.twitter.com/emrnZeyalq— Collin Brennan (@sports_collin) November 2, 2020
Refs: was the play dead? Ahhhh it’s the NFC East who cares!?!?!?
— Marc Farzetta (@MarcFarzetta) November 2, 2020
*receiver catches pass, takes 19 steps, breaks a tackle, does the crossword, loses the ball, defender scoops it and runs*
NFL refs: incomplete pass
*Curry cradles the ball like a dad who caught his kid falling off the couch, under 2 Cowboys*
NFL refs: let's see how this goes
— Benjamin Solak (@BenjaminSolak) November 2, 2020
