A few things. The refs ate their whistle on a lot of penalties against Dallas. The very first long td by lamb? Dak scrambled and there was a very clear hold that allowed him to get out of a safety. Then they focked up the touchdown for Detroit that should have won the game. They got confused on who checked in as eligible and LIED about it in their pool report. There are cameras and mics everywhere. You can easily find out what happened. Campbell LITERALLY told the refs what they were going to do. Went over it with them. They still focked it up because Skipper had reported as eligible in a few plays before. Skipper then did NOT run a route. The ref claims that
“On this particular pay, No. 70 (Skipper), who had reported during the gam e a couple of times, reported to me as eligible,” referee Brad Allen said in a pool report. “Then he lined up at the tackle position. So, actually, he didn’t have to report at all. No. 68, who ended up going downfield and touching the pass, did not report. Therefore, he is an ineligible touching a pass that goes beyond the line, which makes it a foul. So, the issue is, No. 70 did report, No. 68 did not.”
None of that makes much sense, not the least of which is players are saying the exact opposite.
“I didn’t say a word to the ref,” Skipper said. “I’d like to not get (expletive) fined.”
Decker, meanwhile, insists he did report as eligible.
“I did exactly what coach told me to do,” Decker said. “I went to the ref, said, ‘Report.’”