Play.
Wilson converts for 2-point conversion.
The Cowboys are close to the goal line and the quarterback hits a receiver for a touchdown and a two-point conversion. There is a time and a place.
The time is 11:20 PM.
Some of the Dallas Cowboys felt they played against the Arizona Cardinals and the officials.
The Cowboys were flagged 10 times for 88 yards and had four offensive holding penalties in their loss to the Cards.
"We couldn't get a rhythm," Lamb said. The refs wouldn't let us get going.
"I'm going to let the NFL handle that," said Lawrence. I am aware that we could see both of these teams in the playoffs. Hopefully the NFL can sit down with their team and watch the film, learn from their mistakes, and get better from it.
The Cowboys have had double-digit penalties four times this season, the most since a 14-penalty, 166-yard day against the Las Vegas Raiders on Thanksgiving.
"If you look around the league, this isn't the first time it's happened," he said. I don't know if it's incompetence or what it is, but there are other games around the league that have been dictated by. It's not hard to fix that if it's obvious on the field and someone up top is not saying anything. That's not hard. Getting it right is the ethics of the game. You made a mistake here. Fix it. Here's the correct call.
After the Raiders' loss, Jerry Jones was not as critical of the officials as he was after the team's report on Novak's crew. Novak's crew averaged 8.2 penalties per game, second highest to Carl Cheffers' crew.
"This group calls a lot of ticky-tack, and that was going to be a concern for us today," Jones said, catching himself before adding, "They call a lot of penalties."
The timing of our penalties was a challenge for us to overcome.
The Dallas defensive line noted that the Cowboys were called for four offensive holding penalties compared to one by the Cards.
Randy Gregory, who had an animated discussion with an official as he walked to the locker room at halftime, said that playing against the refs is an every week occurrence. We have to deal with that.
Lawrence said he was called for an obstruction after the play clock had stopped, but he and Vander Esch were more upset that the Cowboys' fourth-quarter fumbled was ruled down by contact. The Cowboys were unable to challenge the play because they were out of timeouts before the 2-minute warning, but the replays were far from conclusive.
Even if we don't have timeouts, we still have to call a challenge and challenge it. "It's obvious." The refs are messing up in certain games, why they aren't fixing it. It doesn't make sense to me. We're playing against the refs more because we're the other team. That is what it is. It's been many times this season.
He was a little more diplomatic.
We will play against whoever. If we have to, we will play against 11 and the others. I have become accustomed to it. I don't know if things go our way but we can't cry about it. You have to play the hand that you are dealt and try to overcome those things and not put yourself in those situations. We can do a better job of not putting ourselves in those situations.
