The media is thrashing up the New York Giants for shedding one other winnable recreation in opposition to a division opponent after their 20-15 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night time.
Sure, they needed to accept 5 discipline objectives within the recreation and solely bought into the pink zone twice, however in the event you look deeper, you’ll discover that the officers in that recreation didn’t do them any favors.
Dial it again to the primary quarter. The Giants took possession on their very own 15 and drove all the way down to the Dallas 37 in 4 performs. On the fifth play, a second-and-7, quarterback Daniel Jones ran for a four-yard acquire to the 33.
The officers, whose crew is led by Clay Martin, referred to as a facemask penalty on Giants tight finish Daniel Bellinger negating the play. Replays revealed that Bellinger didn’t commit any penalty in any respect. In reality, the facemask ought to have been referred to as on Dallas linebacker Demarion Overshown.
Who do you assume bought a facemask penalty referred to as on them on this play?
Spoiler: They’re sporting a Giants jersey pic.twitter.com/EaSg2i21VM
— Barstool Sports activities (@barstoolsports) September 27, 2024
The officers bought the decision improper and didn’t decide up the flag after a brief convention. As an alternative of the Giants having a third-and-3 on the Dallas 33, they have been pushed again 15 yards to the Dallas 48.
The Giants ended up settling for a discipline aim on that drive. Who’s to say they wouldn’t have anyway, however we’ll by no means know. In a recreation that was settled by lower than one rating, little issues matter. They add up.
That’s not likely the one level right here, nevertheless. NFL analyst Warren Sharp posted this set of information on his X media account:
the ref for this recreation is Clay Martin
that is his fifth Cowboys street recreation since 2018
Dallas is 4-0 within the different video games
opponents have been referred to as for 34 penalties (7 greater than DAL) for 298 yds (64 greater than DAL)
the timing of those penalties resulted in +11.8 EPA edge for Dallas https://t.co/khPrD8qFPF
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) September 27, 2024
We’re not large on conspiracy theories however we wouldn’t be doing our due diligence if we didn’t share these information.
In reality, we’ll debunk any conspiracy proper now by mentioning that Dallas was referred to as for 11 penalties for 89 yards within the recreation to the Giants’ 4 for 35 yards.
However this one on Bellinger harm. They need to have picked up the flag.
