The refs did miss calls on the Lions, but they missed almost all of the crucial game changing calls on the Cowboys. That's where the problem comes in. They missed that huge call on 4th and 6. They called PI on Detroit later in that drive, but missed a hands in the face/hold on Dallas' right tackle. You can have refs missing shyt that crucial all in succession.
The problem is that it's only a "crucial" call if you don't do anything to overcome it...
Cowboys down 14, convert a third down inside of the 3 minutes to keep their last drive before the half alive, but Williams get's hit with a bogus PI call...so they go from 1st and 10 to 3rd and 12 on a drive where they have to score because they are kicking off at halftime...
But you don't call this a crucial play because the very next play Williams burns off for 76 yards...
Cowboys score a touchdown that makes it a 4 point game...but it gets called back for a bogus holding call on Witten...somehow Witten got called for holding when he threw the guy on the ground in about 1 second...it wasn't even a real block just witten tossing him down but somehow he held him...so the cowboys go from 7 points on the board to...
In fact this was the only call in the entire game that TOOK POINTS OFF THE BOARD...the ONLY CALL THAT TOOK POINTS OFF THE BOARD WAS AGAINST THE COWBOYS...
But I don't see you calling that a crucial play because the cowboys just went for it on 4th down and scored...AGAIN...
nikkas out here arguing calls for the Lions when in this entire game there was only 1 penalty that took points off the board...there was only 1 penalty that made the score board operator put 6 points on the board...and then take the same 6 points off the board...and it went against the cowboys...
A questionable pick up of a flag for a first down...oh lawd the lions got robbed...an outright bogus holding call against witten on a play were dallas scores...nah we not going to talk about that on account of them lining up on 4th down and scoring again...
Even more hilarious on that play...the flag is not thrown until after Murray scores the touchdown...so somehow Witten held a guy...but threw him on the ground in about 1 second...and the ref didn't decide it was a hold until AFTER demarcco murray had ran in for a touchdown...
But detriot is the team that got hosed with all the bad calls :yeah ok: