It wouldn’t be an NFL week if there weren’t some sort of controversy.
Football fans were fuming over an offensive pass interference called on the Cowboys in a crucial moment of the Dallas’ 44-30 “Thursday Night Football” loss to the Lions in Detroit.
Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson was called for an offensive pass interference as he was trying to evade Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone to make a catch, even though replays seemed to show the Detroit defender as the one who could have been called for a penalty.
It was unclear where the offensive pass interference had taken place, and with the Cowboys down 37-27 with just under four minutes on the clock, a penalty on the Lions would have put Dallas in a prime position to score a much-needed touchdown.
The call even left Prime Video rules analyst Terry McAuley confused.
“Kirk, I just see him kind of swimming through. I don’t see offensive pass interference,” McAuley said during the broadcast. “He swims through right there, which is perfectly legal and then gets grabbed. I just don’t see offensive pass interference.”
The Lions declined the penalty and the Cowboys were forced to kick a 29-yard field goal that made it a seven-point game.
Among those who criticized the call by the officials was former WFAN host Mike Francesa, who took to social media to lambast the NFL.
“Every week we see insanely bad call after bad call in NFL games. And it never gets better.
The NFL has to do better. No wonder so many fans scream the league is rigged,” he wrote on X.
The Lions went on to score a touchdown on their next drive to extend their lead to 44-30 and they sealed the win when Dak Prescott was picked off by D.J. Reed with just over a minute left.
The Cowboys’ loss snapped a three-game winning streak, and they now sit at 6-6-1.
