Playoff race fallout shows NFL officiating needs to change

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab discuss the officiating errors at the end of Saturday night’s Lions-Cowboys game – which led to a Dallas win – and with a Philadelphia loss on Sunday, pushed the Eagles back to the 5th seed position in the NFC. Hear the full conversation on “Sunday Night Blitz” – part of the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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JASON FITZ: You and I have been squarely on the, stop complaining about the officials. Yeah, they’re bad. Sometimes it happens, move on. But this weekend, there’s actual consequence to it. Like, the call that everybody’s heard the reference to, we have the video, looks like players have reported, the ref didn’t hear it, whatever happened there, whatever that mistake is, it is now making an actual difference in the standings.

Because that play being taken away from the Lions, all of a sudden changes the outcome of that game, which is now of consequence because the Eagles lost. Playoff seeding is changed because of an officiating error, which to me, is the dumbest damn thing I’ve ever heard of from a multi-billion dollar corporation like the NFL.

FRANK SCHWAB: How does this happen? I mean, and after you’ve heard it all. I’m writing in real time, right. We’re writing about this for Yahoo Sports. And you’re getting all this information. It just gets worse and worse. With Dan Campbell saying, I told him about it before the game. I told him everything I needed to do.

Because for people who don’t know, they probably do now after all this hullabaloo, but coaches will go to officials before the game and say, we have this trick play coming. Look at this. I’ve drawn it up for you. Is this OK? Just be ready for it, so you don’t call penalty on us.

Dan Campbell said he did that. I don’t have any reason to disbelieve him. So they told him this play is coming. And Taylor Decker, who’s the player who caught, ended up catching the 2-point…

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Publish date : 2024-01-01 16:37:07

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