The NFL has acknowledged that officials made two game-altering mistakes during the New York Giants 27-26 loss to the Dallas Cowboys last Sunday night.
The first was a bogus pass interference call on cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromarties on a 3rd-and-4 incomplete pass. Instead of the 4th down, the Cowboys gained 16 gift yards and a first down, that directly led to a Cowboys touchdown in the third quarter.
Worse, the officials did not call an obvious holding penalty by a Dallas defensive back against tight end Daniel Fells on the now infamous 3rd-and-goal incomplete pass by quarterback Eli Manning with 1:43 to play. If that flag had been thrown, the Giants could have simply knelt on the ball and run out the clock, winning 26-20.
I remember that the crews also missed a neutral zone encroachment penalty against the Cowboys on a Giants 3rd down play in the first half.
Too bad an apology means nothing to the Giants but an moral victory.
Let us move on, Giants fans, Atlanta next.