Comments on: Dallas Falls to Seattle in Stunner

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:07:40 +0000

I thought he had it, as did Madden, on forward progress. It’s amazing to me that the spot is an automatic challenge in the final 2 minutes, anyway, since it’s not the entire rest of the game.

By: John Gibson

John Gibson — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:55:34 +0000

The spot was correct bringing up 4th down. None of the replays showed Whitten getting to the 1. He was either 1/4 or 1/2 a yard short easy.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:05:10 +0000

It looks like the Cowboys are acknowledging that it was indeed just a drop on Romo's part.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:04:04 +0000

Mark, I think that’s what happened, too–and that’s how I wrote it to begin with. NBC didn’t show a post-game press conference, though, and I’m not sure what the team’s take on that is. The snap could have come early or otherwise been bad and I wouldn’t know that watching on TV.

By: Ezzie Goldish

Ezzie Goldish — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:37:02 +0000

…and the overturn of the spot on the catch at the 1 was a good one, too. A better complaint – after that was reviewed, and Seattle called a timeout, the clock should have been rolled back to 1:43. Seattle would have called it then, not at 1:19, had the ball been marked correctly the first time.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:02:43 +0000

Um, you give the impression that the snap was somehow bad. It was not a bad snap – Romo just dropped it.