Ryan Lindley, eh? Crikey.
I, of course, was royally cheesed off last week. A lot has been said about how the Cowboys still had to go out and win it, and that one missed penalty doesn't change the outcome of a game, Detroit should've stepped up, Caldwell shouldn't be so conservative etc etc. However, momentum plays such a large role in games I can't bring myself to agree. Yes, there was no guarantee Detroit march down the field and ice the game with a TD. But they were moving the ball well at that point, so it's not a massive leap of faith to think they might have got at least 3 points leaving Dallas having to go 80 yards to take the lead.
I thought this was quite amusing (I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I don't believe the refs made the call because Jerry had paid them off):
https://twitter.com/SportsNation/status/553587787979837441/photo/1