The Lions Were Robbed
 

Plain as the nose on your face. I don't hate the Cowboys, but the ending of last night's game was 100 % BS. The officials are on film audio with saying "#70 is eligible". Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, everybody, heard it. Never seen anything like that in my 65 years. It's obvious officiating is awful in the NFL, but that makes me think the game was fixed. That one overturned 2 point conversion will likely cost the Lions their first ever Super Bowl. There is no precedent for overturning the game, but wow.

I totally agree with the part where they were robbed. Horrible call. However, I don't think it cost them the Super Bowl, just another obstacle for them to overcome.

I haven’t seen the replay, but did the officials actually announce the guy who caught the ball as eligible, before the play?

I read that he said he was eligible
BUT
He was also lined up wrong or was covered
Therefore making him Not eligible
So the guy/team screwed up themselves
Btw I don’t like nfl, only college ball

They don’t announce it but they do tell the Defense if a lineman reports in as an eligible receiver - so the stupid official told the defense number 70 was eligible instead of number 68 .
It’s pretty clear 68 checked in with the official by video and all accounts . So the defense doesn’t aggressively cover 68 and he catches a touchdown pass - and the stupid official Calls a penalty Because he either has his head up his ass or he’s crooked

That might also explain why he was wide open for the conversion.

Just an unfortunate situation all around.

I'd vote for "Head up his ass". The officials know there's a microscope on every play imaginable these days.

When you watch the replay, you see both #68 and #70 approach the official. As Aikman said, there is no reason for a player to do that unless they were reporting as eligible. So, my question is, why was #70 approaching the official, if not to create confusion?

Didn’t the Lions go for a 4th & short early on in leu of kicking a FG? They also passed on the extra point to go into OT. No doubt that bad call changed the outcome but other decisions did too.

After watching the replay, as broadcast, it sure appears that the Lions were in fact robbed.

Agreed. You are supposed to motion to the referee that you are eligible and verbally say it as well. #70 motioned to the ref but says he didn't say anything. #68 told the ref he was eligible but didn't make an obvious motion. A third lineman also was hanging out with the ref for no apparent reason.

Sure seems that the Lions were trying to get cute.

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Apparently that's what the NFL concluded in a report about the game. While the referee still may have made a mistake, the Lions were trying to confuse things to make Dallas unsure about who they needed to cover.

After a review of the known facts, it appears that their own head coach robbed the Lions.

I hope the Lions do make the Super Bowl because they have never been there and that would mean the 49er’s and Eagles don’t go, but they got smoked in Baltimore, should have lost twice to the Bears, and were embarrassed at home by the Packers.

Hard to see the Eagles getting there the way they have been playing for the past month.

Haha yep

As a cowboys fan, I agree we got lucky there.

Definitely a bad call from the refs!

Lions should have won…