Twitchy reported last week on how officials at the NFC playoff game between the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys made what many thought to be a horrendous call late in the game that secured a Dallas victory.
Well, today’s NFC playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the visiting Cowboys had a suspect call of its own, but this time the Packers were the beneficiaries. Here’s video of what looks to be an unbelievable touchdown reception by Dallas WR Dez Bryant, but after the play was reviewed by the officiating staff, it was ruled an incomplete pass:
Dez Bryant was THIS close to completely re-writing the end of #DALvsGB http://t.co/WdPwYQWduG
— NFL (@NFL) January 11, 2015
In case you somehow missed it… Here's "the incompletion" #DALvsGB #Cowboys #DezBryant https://t.co/LFpJg3ihn8
— Kenny Holmes (@KHOLMESlive) January 11, 2015
And, surprisingly enough, it looks like the officials got it correct:
The refs (correctly) overturned Dez Bryant's amazing catch: http://t.co/TJqKp4SwS1 pic.twitter.com/L4ECT30n9q
— SB Nation (@SBNation) January 11, 2015
The NFL actually produced a video to explain the "Calvin Johnson rule" (which applied to the Dez Bryant non-catch) http://t.co/SZWPkXaTdo
— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) January 11, 2015
Ball control rule has always been stupid, even since Calvin Johnson thing from a few years ago. This was the right call, but stupid rule.
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) January 11, 2015
The rule, colloquially known as the “Calvin Johnson rule,” states:
@MFFLPal please refer to the red text. And also the Calvin Johnson rule. Karma pic.twitter.com/RuY05GS202
— jordy (@jordanaleese6) January 11, 2015
Johnson plays for the Detroit Lions … the same team victimized by the bad call last week against the Cowboys. And the Lions quickly took to Twitter to troll the Cowboys over their heartbreak today:
Sorry @dallascowboys. We know the feeling: http://t.co/CfC95Nj3Q6. #CompletingTheProcess pic.twitter.com/7xuEA9FH49
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) January 11, 2015
Ha!
Tweeters are now expressing mock solidarity with Bryant using a play on the #JuSuisCharlie hashtag, #JuSuisDez:
Please show solidarity to our friend in need #JeSuisDez #DALvsGB pic.twitter.com/3oEToBrTxU
— Brosef Malone (@BrosefMalone) January 11, 2015
@zach_greenwell That was a catch, I don't care what you say! #JeSuisDez
— Dwayne Mattingly (@gotops11) January 11, 2015
The #jesuisdez hashtag is a prime example of a meme: a cultural reference mutated to serve a different purpose
— Fidel Martinez (@fidmart85) January 11, 2015
“@EdgeofSports: If #JeSuisDez starts trending, we're all going to hell.” Cc @msuster
— David Pinsen (@dpinsen) January 11, 2015
#JeSuisDez ? Really? Lmao!
— Raseandrick Martinn (@seanmartinnf) January 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/CubanoFlame/status/554387269377720321
So wrong. But I laughed, so it's on me. “WineJerk: Can support the catch without supporting Cowboys. #jesuisdez”
— Ed “I Stan for Sanders” Moondough ™️?? (@edmundkeenan) January 11, 2015
Je suis CONTRE les Cowboys, mais POUR les jeux spectaculaires. #JeSuisDez
— Thomas Levac (@ThomLevac) January 11, 2015
Roughly translated: “I am AGAINST the Cowboys, but FOR spectacular games.”
Next week sees the Packers travel to the Seattle Seahawks in a game that decides who gets to go to the Super Bowl. Let’s hope the officials don’t decide that game, too.
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