The Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers faced off for a chance to play in the NFC Championship game. Led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the Packers defeat the Cowboys 26-21.
@@bobbymo316 Rodgers had to make his weapons. Lazard was undrafted so was Tonyan. What weapon besides Adams did the pack draft in the first 3 rounds? Or even four? The chiefs have way more star power than the pack
As much as that 4th down hurt... The game changed really when Demarco Murray fumbled. That gave the packers life again and I believe there would've been the "he didn't catch it" drama.
+dallascowboys1111111 as a packer fan, i told my uncle and everyone else i talked to just that point as well. dez caught that ball. and lets say dallas scores there, thats still alot of time with TOs and a warmed up and revved up GB offense by that point. but the breaker by far was that murray fumble. we were stagnant and dallas was slowly grinding us down and that play by peppers definitely lit a fire in us.
That's the real reason dallas lost. Say they count Dez's catch. GB still has 3 minutes at home to score. I think Packers win the game regardless. Coming from a Dallas Fan
(0:50) You're at the 1-yard line and you've got the best offensive line in football plus the leading rusher in the league this year and you choose to throw the ball!!!! Oh never mind, the play worked.
Xevious 1 Wilson threw the ball with expectation, as per NFL style. There is no improvising a pass play in the end zone. Lockette had no idea there was a defender behind him and therefore did not properly conduct the reception, leading to an interception. tl;dr God dammit Lockette
I agree that the play can work. However, The Divisional Round is not the SuperBowl. More importantly, the pass in this video you're referring to, was in the 1st Qtr. I repeat: "THE 1ST QTR" Not the 4th Qtr. with less than 30 seconds left in the game. So yeah, in the 1st Qtr., it's possible to recover those missed points later in the game. But to take that risk In the 4th Qtr with less than 30 seconds left in the Biggest Game in American Sports, a.k.a. the NFL CHAMPIONSHIP Game with a Great RB like Lynch on 2nd down is Freakin' STUPID. At that point, he was over 100 yards rushing and averaging 4 yards per carry. I guarantee the Hawks had to pay some serious EXTRA Cash to Keep Lynch in Seattle after that Slap in the Face to pass the Ball. I'm usually not one for Conspiracy theories, but perhaps someone really didn't want Lynch to be the MVP.
GRIMLOCK07 How was it a bad call? The problem was Lynch got the ball too close to the endzone. He was supposed to purposefully go down before getting in and then they were going to pass it so the Patriots had less time to get down field.
I don't know why , but I re watch this over and over. what if Beasley got the 1st , what if Dan made the field goal , what if Murray never fumbled. well shit.
He didn't have control of the ball through the ENTIRE process. Once he tried to reach, the ball hit the ground, and popped out of his hand. Because of that, by rule, it's an incomplete pass.
FordFalcon1962nBlue but it happens all the time when receivers catch a pass, take a few steps, and then the cornerback causes a fumble or a safety hits them hard and causes a ruling of a fumble (not incomplete). So its of course a subjective ruling by the referee about whether he was "stumbling" towards the grounds or taking controlled steps
Murrays fumble with nothing but open field in front of him =-7 points Baileys missed field goal =-3 points Add those 10 points to the board and the Dallas Cowboys most definitely won that game 31-26 (Plus the 7 they took from Dez) Oh well Gg
Chris E ROFLMAO You never considered the missed scoring plays Green Bay had, you gay little jumping bean. Watch the whole game again and you will see that GB could have scored another 42 points. The best Romo can do is just mediocre for Rodgers, and you will lose to GB again next year.
Even though we lost this was my favorite game of the season.We played great football this year and showed that we were real contenders.I'm very excited for next season and i hope we prove to everyone that THE BOYS ARE BACK!!!! DC4L!!!!
CrayZee Hulk Eagles with the 31st worst Defense in the league? Eagles who drafted Fletcher who turned out to be the worst CB in the game? Cowboys who actually got to the NFC Divisional Championship game? HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS
Nobody’s gonna see this cuz the video’s very old. Y’all really think Rodgers wouldn’t have scored back even if they ruled it a catch and the cowboys took the lead ?
Just letting everyone know that Dez Bryant had full control of the ball going down. He took 3 steps. And his knee and elbow touched the ground before the ball came out, while he had full control of the ball. That's a catch. Dez got robbed. Cowboys got robbed.
+Aleck Lormilus im a niners fan and I agree with you that was a 100% beautiful catch by Dez, I replayed it like 10 times and i'm still confident that was a catch
+Aleck Lormilus people are so dumb. Sam Shields knocked the ball loose enough from his hands so that he was bobbling the ball during the first two steps. The last step doesn't even count as a step, it counts as landing, thus making your entire argument invalid.
Ethan Bacon Dez Bryant had full control of the ball throughout the entire process and when he took 3 steps (made a football move) he then fell and the ball came out. Before the ball came out his knee and elbow were touching the feild which is a catch by review. It was a catch proving my statement.
@@sosa_2488 But you did go out in a fair way. By rule at the time, that was not a catch. Now you can make a case that the old rule was a bad one, but nonetheless it was correctly ruled an incomplete pass. So you can cry about it all you want, but you really can't say it wasn't fair. Also you might not be saying that you would've won, but the rest of the dumb cowboy fan base is.
So yall are gonna tell me that if dez caught that ball.. Aaron Rodgers (who was a flat out assassin that year) with 4:37 seconds on the clock. Wouldn't have marched down the field and won the game? IN GREEN BAY Quit bitching
Dominic Decoco a one leg Aaron Rodgers would be scrambling against a defense that would've been fired up. After that non call, it was over. The defense gave up and Romo never got the ball back. Basically what I'm saying is if that catch counted, you best believe that defense would've stopped A 1 LEG AARON RODGERS NOT a healthy one. Romo was flawless in this game, 15-19 completion, 2 Tds, 0 ints, Defense is the reason he doesn't have a ring right now .
trenton mackey Congrats he threw the ball away a couple times he still threw for well over 300 yards he still threw 2 touchdowns and the Cowboys still lost because their Defense was garbage honestly Cowboys fans are either arrogant, delusional, Or stupid most of the time all 3.
The 2014 playoffs for NFC was craziest of all time, everyone got screwed in the end. Lions got screwed and lost to cowboys, cowboys got screwed and lost to packers, packers got screwed and lost to Seahawks and Seahawks got screwed and lost to patriots in Super Bowl. I think I’m gonna make a video about this theory I’ve developed
Honestly, the Seahawks screwed themselves. 2nd and goal from the 1 with less than a minute left to play. All they have to do is give the ball to Marshawn Lynch and they win it.
2014 was our year. Truly finally had all the right pieces for Romo. Just imagine if this defense was great. We could of and should been in the Super Bowl that year. Leading rusher and leading WR. Plus Romo possible MVP season.
Cowboys screwed my Lions that year so watching that catch be ruled a non catch put a huge smile on my face. You did it Cowboys, you legit made me go for the hugest rival in our division. Seeing this in 2020 still makes me smile 😂💀
When Rodgers led the Pack down the field to drain clock he still could've put them in FG range to kick a GW FG, just for anyone that thinks the result would've change had Dez caught it
@@wild8721 Yeah 2pt conversion, but you can't assume it's successful. Not only that they ruled him down at the one, can't even assume they would have gotten the TD however likely it was.
Blandino's "explanation" of the Dez Bryant non catch is hilariously stupid. It's a shame that the NFL can't admit that they screwed up there. Dez wasn't "going to the ground" after he snatched the ball out of the air. He took three steps. It doesn't matter how he took those steps, only that they were taken. He advanced the football. It's not as if Dez plucked the ball out of the air and went straight to the ground. If he had, then this ruling would have made sense. Completely ridiculous officiating.
IHCTerra Taking steps isn't falling. Taking steps is taking steps. That's all there is to it. It doesn't matter how the steps were taken, only that they WERE in fact taken. There would be an argument if Dez simply fell straight to the ground after snatching the ball out of the air, but that isn't what happened. As for the football move, Dez pretty clearly attempted to stretch out and break the plain. That's why he switched hands with the ball. If he didn't want to make a football move he simply would have brought the ball into his chest. The whole reason why the ball came loose in the first place is because he made a football move. All of this is irrelevant though, considering that Dez had already established possession of the football anyway. Again, completely ridiculous officiating.
IHCTerra You're not voiding my argument what so ever. Either you're falling to the ground or you're not, and he didn't actually fall until he completed the process of the catch. He took steps. He advanced the football. He clearly transitioned as a runner, considering he was clearly taking steps and advancing the football down the field. The only reason why he fell down after snatching the ball out of the air (and after taking three steps with the ball) is because he stumbled over Sam Shields after landing. If Shields hadn't caused him to stumble after coming down with the catch, this wouldn't even be an issue. You can't honestly tell me that a defender causing someone to stumble opposed to running straight upright is the difference between falling and actually running with the football. That makes absolutely no sense. The fact that he was stumbling is totally irrelevant; he was still moving the ball forward with his legs. Again, Dez jumped, snatched the ball out of the air, LANDED, took two additional steps with the football (while stumbling over Sam Shields), THEN he finally fell and reached out for the endzone, causing the ball to come loose after the process of the catch was already completed. bleacherreport.com/articles/2333840-proof-the-nfl-erred-in-overturning-the-dez-bryant-catch-according-to-their-rules
+IHCTerra You can't just ignore the article because it's from Bleacher Report. The article still carries a very, very valid point. Give it a read if you haven't. He was under control when he came down with the ball, he simply couldn't quite stay upright as he moved towards the endzone. Catching the ball had nothing to do with him eventually falling. He only fell because he tripped over Shield's leg after taking his 2nd step. This doesn't change the fact that he took those steps. You can't just pretend that he didn't take those steps because he happened to trip over a defender's leg while advancing the football, causing him to EVENTUALLY fall to the ground. That's just ridiculous. Stumbling with the ball doesn't mean you're going to the ground. Stumbling means you're stumbling. Dez was a runner with the football, he just so happened to fall over Shields' leg while advancing the football. The whole reason why this is even an issue is BECAUSE he became a runner with the football and tried to advance it to the endzone. If he would have actually just straight up fallen to the ground after catching the ball, this wouldn't have even been an issue. He did have control of the ball. There is certainly zero evidence to indicate that he did not have control. He did switch it from one hand to the other so that he could reach for the endzone, but he had control of the ball throughout. I'll include a definition of "stumble" here, as you seem to think stumble and "fall" mean the same thing for whatever reason. Stumble: "trip or momentarily lose one's balance; ALMOST fall" The going to the ground rule is meant for when a player is actually falling to the ground, not ALMOST falling to the ground. Stumbling/ running off balance doesn't mean you're in a free fall to the ground. It's not the same thing.
IHCTerra I feel like you sort of didn't even really touch on what I previously said to you. Forget the article. I was hoping that it would help convince you, but I'm not going to have two separate debates going on here. If you don't want to find merit in the point of the article, then so be it. But going back to the conversation we were having, Dez did in fact have control of the ball. As I said before, there is no clear evidence that he never had control. It never left his hands. Shields jostling it a little while in midair doesn't change anything. Dez still had it secure with his first foot on the ground, as he did with his 2nd and 3rd steps. At no point did the ball leave his possession. When you consider the fact that the play was initially ruled as a catch and therefore needing indisputable evidence to overturn it, it becomes even less legitimate to argue that he didn't have control of the ball. There is nothing clear that shows us that he did not have control of the football. I'll say again that stumbling while advancing the football is not the same as being in a straight up fall to the ground. The only reason why Dez lost the ball in the first place is because he transitioned to being a runner. He took steps and advanced the ball towards the endzone. If he wouldn't have done so, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
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That article was just a thin rationalization. It talks about irrelevant plays like they were the same thing. They are not relevant to the dropped pass play. By the time Dez got his 3rd step (which wasn't a step) he was already going down. Look at the :38 second mark of the video. He didn't put any weight on the foot, he just bounced his toe off the ground because he was already stumbling, falling, going to the ground or tripping over Shields. Since he was going down already, the move he makes while he is falling doesn't count. He has to be on his feet and under control before the lunge. You are not running if you are falling. No matter how many times your feet, elbows or any other appendages touch the ground. The key you keep skipping over is that Dez was falling, stumbling, going to the ground or however you phrase it before he could complete the pass. On top of all that, the NFL thinks I am right. So you can argue all you want, but every time this play happens again, it will be an incompletion. Regardless of if it helps or hurts the Cowboys. The Packers have lost completions and TDs to that rule. Same thing though. The receivers caught the ball, in some cases took 3 or 4 steps in the endzone and then went down losing the ball. Since they were stumbling steps, THEY DIDN'T COUNT. If Dez had not been stumbling, we wouldn't be having this discussion. If Dez hadn't dropped the ball, we wouldn't be having this discussion. The problem is, he was stumbling and he did drop the ball. So it was incomplete.
They RULED it a catch, then somehow overturned it. There wasn't enough indisputable evidence in that replay, from any angle, to overturn the original call. Around 2:05 in that video, it shows the best angle, and the ref was right there to see every last movement Dez made. HE ruled it a catch. The powers that be overturned it. If you were watching that game live, you might remember how long it took for them to make a decision. Either someone's pockets were a little heavier when leaving that day, or the officiating crew didn't and replay judge were unsure of which way to lean. Either way, the refs decided this game. Horrible ending, and GB went on to blow it in epic fashion in the NFCCG. All history now.
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It was incorrectly ruled a catch and overturned by the refs after it was challenged. I could see it was incomplete live. I didn't need a replay. The ball obviously hit the ground. Dez obviously never transitioned to a runner. By rule, it was incomplete. The only controversy was that so many people don't understand the rule. It is pretty simple. Catch the ball and don't drop it. Dez dropped it. Pretty much like the controversy in the Cowboys/ Lions game before that. The refs didn't blow anything. People just didn't understand the rules.
Josh F hey took 2 steps means he had possession and even the ball like you said CLEARLY bounces, dez recovered it after self fumble. So yes it was a catch and fumble but recovered at the 1 yard line.
In order for a catch to be a catch you must: 1. Catch ball 2. Have complete possession as you hit the ground 3. Get up 4. Hand it to the ref 5. And jog back to the huddle, all before it counts as a catch
Salty Dallas fans. Green Bay was obviously the better team and don't act like your innocent. We didn't for get the picked up flag cuz of cry baby Bryant
***** Why do people spout this crap? So what if he marched down the field? All he would of done is tied it. Then it would go to overtime and then who knows what happens. Seriously, think
Coming from a packers fan this was stupid, he took three steps and even if that isn't a football move, if you look closely his elbow touched before the ball did, and if the ball hit the ground by rule it should be a fumble cause he took three steps and he technically picked it up in the end zone. So touchdown
808lukeskills he didnt take 3 steps, he tripped and was falling while the ball was moving. I hate GB and Dallas so idgaf who won this game, but it wasnt a catch. He didnt have sole control of the ball until it had hit the ground and moved. He gained control of it in the endzone after the ball was dead from contacting and being influenced by the ground.
This is so wrong that I don't even know where to start. You don't know the rules obviously. 3 steps isn't a rule lol. Can't be a fumble because he never completed the catch when contacting the ground. Ball comes loose when you catch and hit the ground it's incomplete. Over.
Lenny Face Its based on conference record first, Seattle lost 2 NFC games,GB lost 3 NFC games (including to seattle), dallas lost 4 NFC games. Head to Head games only matter if theres a tie in conference loses. If the 2 teams didnt play head to hear then it goes to division record.
2014 had the best teams to be in the playoffs for quite some time now... all of these teams were great. Patriots could have played the Packers or Cowboys instead and it would have been a solid SB either wY.
3:37 that fumble was what really cost the cowboys the game, not the Dez “non catch” . Had Demarco hung onto the ball, he would have scored a TD on that run and the cowboys would have gone up 21-10 in the third quarter. Instead the score ended up being 14-13 a short while later. That fumble shifted the momentum of the game and the cowboys defense couldn’t stop Rodgers for the rest of the game.
That's a incomplete pass when he hit the ground he lost control of the ball doesn't matter how many steps rule clearly states you must maintain possession through the entire process which includes going to the ground and he clearly didn't
I had to watch this game again being a cowboy fan just to get me fired up about this weeks match up! It's still hard to watch. We lost no excuses. It's our turn now! Go Dallas!
Nope it's your fault that your an idiot. You probably didn't watch the game so lemme give you a run down. It's a catch. If it was a touchdown, Cowboys could have done onside kick. Or if that didn't work Rodgers would have choke 4th and 3 by getting sacked by Jeremy Mincey
He went from “that rookie Adams” to one of the best in league now
I don’t want to hear anything about Aaron Rodgers does not have any weapons. Patrick Mahomes isn’t the only one !!!
@@bobbymo316 pat got more weapons
the best in the league *
The best * not one of
@@bobbymo316 Rodgers had to make his weapons. Lazard was undrafted so was Tonyan. What weapon besides Adams did the pack draft in the first 3 rounds? Or even four? The chiefs have way more star power than the pack
As much as that 4th down hurt... The game changed really when Demarco Murray fumbled. That gave the packers life again and I believe there would've been the "he didn't catch it" drama.
dallascowboys1111111 ~
One of the reasons why I was glad the Cowboys didn't keep him, I mean it would still be good to have him but the guy has fumbling issues.
***** new season time to get over it
+dallascowboys1111111 as a packer fan, i told my uncle and everyone else i talked to just that point as well. dez caught that ball. and lets say dallas scores there, thats still alot of time with TOs and a warmed up and revved up GB offense by that point. but the breaker by far was that murray fumble. we were stagnant and dallas was slowly grinding us down and that play by peppers definitely lit a fire in us.
Yall got Cobb now, older rodgers vs seasoned Cowboy QB. Its going down 10-6-2k19.. Adams was a rookie in this game.. Adams>Cobb
That Rodgers to Rodgers touchdown is ridiculous. Love it!
Way to fumble a gift wrapped 50 yard TD DeMarco.
That's the real reason dallas lost. Say they count Dez's catch. GB still has 3 minutes at home to score. I think Packers win the game regardless. Coming from a Dallas Fan
I tell ppl everytime that if we had never fumbled the ball it was gametime
that and the defense not coming through on 3rd down when it mattered the most. they pissed me off so much this game lol
If Zach Martin held his block it would've been a touchdown
Its a catch and i live in wisconsin
Who’s here after the Cowboys just hired Mike McCarthy? lol
It still hurts
@@mattjm3568 hes better than what u had
Andrew Young me
Watch McCarthy find a way to beat the packers like he found a way to beat the cowboys
Me lel
6:40 was probably one of the sickest throws i've ever seen...
Honestly my hands are tingling just imagining catching that absolute bullet
Greatest throw ever my god
DISCOUNT DOUBLE CHECK
Well dang, Jessie James, Dez Bryant, and Calvin Johnson. Glad they changed that rule
(0:50) You're at the 1-yard line and you've got the best offensive line in football plus the leading rusher in the league this year and you choose to throw the ball!!!!
Oh never mind, the play worked.
It seemed like Wilson just threw the ball without thinking while Romo thought about who to throw it to.
Xevious 1 Wilson threw the ball with expectation, as per NFL style. There is no improvising a pass play in the end zone. Lockette had no idea there was a defender behind him and therefore did not properly conduct the reception, leading to an interception.
tl;dr God dammit Lockette
Xevious 1 Romo think? That'd be a first.
I agree that the play can work.
However,
The Divisional Round is not the SuperBowl.
More importantly, the pass in this video you're referring to, was in the 1st Qtr.
I repeat: "THE 1ST QTR"
Not the 4th Qtr. with less than 30 seconds left in the game.
So yeah, in the 1st Qtr., it's possible to recover those missed points later in the game.
But to take that risk In the 4th Qtr with less than 30 seconds left in the Biggest Game in American Sports, a.k.a. the NFL CHAMPIONSHIP Game with a Great RB like Lynch on 2nd down is Freakin' STUPID. At that point, he was over 100 yards rushing and averaging 4 yards per carry. I guarantee the Hawks had to pay some serious EXTRA Cash to Keep Lynch in Seattle after that Slap in the Face to pass the Ball.
I'm usually not one for Conspiracy theories, but perhaps someone really didn't want Lynch to be the MVP.
GRIMLOCK07 How was it a bad call? The problem was Lynch got the ball too close to the endzone. He was supposed to purposefully go down before getting in and then they were going to pass it so the Patriots had less time to get down field.
I don't know why , but I re watch this over and over.
what if Beasley got the 1st , what if Dan made the field goal , what if Murray never fumbled.
well shit.
+Tony Romo what if dez caught it?
+Saurav Desai he did...
😗🚓🚓
Ya maybe but that call on Dez was Boulcrap
I hate the cowboys, but damn that was a catch!!!!!
This game makes me sick to my stomach still
It was ruled a catch in 2018 by the nfl ref committee , so only took them 4 years to correct it but took away Dallas shot at Super bowl
Dez took three steps, put the ball in his other hand, and reached for the goal line = how is that not considered a "football move"?!
He didn't have control of the ball through the ENTIRE process. Once he tried to reach, the ball hit the ground, and popped out of his hand. Because of that, by rule, it's an incomplete pass.
Right but I'm saying (and a ton of other people) that he made an entire "football move" before the ball popped out of his hand.
***** cause you have to control the ball all the way through contact...the ball hit the ground while contact was made.= incomplete..
FordFalcon1962nBlue but it happens all the time when receivers catch a pass, take a few steps, and then the cornerback causes a fumble or a safety hits them hard and causes a ruling of a fumble (not incomplete).
So its of course a subjective ruling by the referee about whether he was "stumbling" towards the grounds or taking controlled steps
7:35
NFL Competition committee has now ruled, 4 years later, that DEZ caught the ball. Thanks, guys. We already knew that.
Love how people act like that even if he did at the time, he scores, its 28-26, all greenbay has to do is kick a field goal to win.
I’ll never forget this game 😔, Prime Cowboys, 2014 my forever Cowboys 💙🤍💙🤍✭
DEZ CAUGHT THE BALL
It's 2022 and still it was a catch of Dez Bryant 7:20
Except that it wasn't.
Miss these types of highlights
I fucking hate the Cowboys, but Dez had the ball and that was a touchdown or at the very worst a 1st and goal, from an eagles fan
Hate is a strong word bro and the Eagles are garbage
+Dallas Cowboys and Cleveland Browns!! 2419 Fuck you Dallas are way worse then the Eagles
Ben Spear that's why dallas won five Super Bowls and Eagles won 0
+Dallas Cowboys and Cleveland Browns!! 2419 living in the past i see
Jordan Miller nope
That was definitely a catch! 🤷🏾♂️
6:37 re-watching this game. This was possibly one of Aaron Rodgers greatest throws of his career.
I miss these commentary highlights
He definitely caught it
NO he didn't. Rules states he has to maintain possesion all the way through and he clearly did not as the ball popped up.
Greatest game I have witnessed as a Cowboys fan, even tho we lost !
@Laura Peterson delete your comment
8:19 when you're at your 8 am lecture wondering if it's all worth it.
Murrays fumble with nothing but open field in front of him =-7 points
Baileys missed field goal =-3 points
Add those 10 points to the board and the Dallas Cowboys most definitely won that game 31-26
(Plus the 7 they took from Dez)
Oh well
Gg
Chris E ROFLMAO You never considered the missed scoring plays Green Bay had, you gay little jumping bean. Watch the whole game again and you will see that GB could have scored another 42 points. The best Romo can do is just mediocre for Rodgers, and you will lose to GB again next year.
When playoff time comes nobody will beat the cowboys.
You are correct, but only because they won't be in the playoffs to be beaten. lol
John Smith No. They will have a first round bye and win their 2 games to the super bowl and win and be super champions
Chris E lol like NEVER guarantee something before it happens
Just stopping by to watch Rodgers favorite team to beat.
I remember watching these recap videos in 2015 as an 8 year old
I miss this types of highlights
Same
Even though we lost this was my favorite game of the season.We played great football this year and showed that we were real contenders.I'm very excited for next season and i hope we prove to everyone that THE BOYS ARE BACK!!!!
DC4L!!!!
I hate how both teams are NFC because I really like the Cowboys and Seahawks.
Even though I don't like Seattle I was still extremely saddened after Butler's INT. If the Cowboys don't win it all I hope Seattle does.
Next season Eagles : 16 wins 0 losses, Cowboys : 0 wins 16 losses.
HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS
CrayZee Hulk Eagles with the 31st worst Defense in the league? Eagles who drafted Fletcher who turned out to be the worst CB in the game?
Cowboys who actually got to the NFC Divisional Championship game?
HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS
CrayZee Hulk The Eagles will choke again next year
Nobody’s gonna see this cuz the video’s very old. Y’all really think Rodgers wouldn’t have scored back even if they ruled it a catch and the cowboys took the lead ?
True, but there still would’ve been that off chance he doesn’t score.
Just letting everyone know that Dez Bryant had full control of the ball going down. He took 3 steps. And his knee and elbow touched the ground before the ball came out, while he had full control of the ball. That's a catch. Dez got robbed. Cowboys got robbed.
Ikr
+Aleck Lormilus im a niners fan and I agree with you that was a 100% beautiful catch by Dez, I replayed it like 10 times and i'm still confident that was a catch
+Aleck Lormilus people are so dumb. Sam Shields knocked the ball loose enough from his hands so that he was bobbling the ball during the first two steps. The last step doesn't even count as a step, it counts as landing, thus making your entire argument invalid.
Ethan Bacon Dez Bryant had full control of the ball throughout the entire process and when he took 3 steps (made a football move) he then fell and the ball came out. Before the ball came out his knee and elbow were touching the feild which is a catch by review. It was a catch proving my statement.
+Aleck Lormilus do you not have eyes?
Prime Arod was special!!That throw to Rodgers was🔥!
Adams going from a rookie to the best receiver in the league now💪🏾
Clearly caught it and made a football move. He reached toward the goal line.
Back when the Cowboys were actually good
Now 3 years later the NFL comes out and said it was s catch afterall. Some BS.
Wouldn't have mattered. Cowboys weren't stopping Aaron and that offense. Plus all they did was change the rules so that it would be a catch now.
Honestly Brutal it’s not that we would’ve won idiot. It’s just we went out in the dumbest way. If we went out in a fair way then that would be ok.
@@sosa_2488 But you did go out in a fair way. By rule at the time, that was not a catch. Now you can make a case that the old rule was a bad one, but nonetheless it was correctly ruled an incomplete pass. So you can cry about it all you want, but you really can't say it wasn't fair. Also you might not be saying that you would've won, but the rest of the dumb cowboy fan base is.
By rule it was still a catch it got ruled a catch on the field
@@danielishmael6371 We must've watched a different game
So yall are gonna tell me that if dez caught that ball.. Aaron Rodgers (who was a flat out assassin that year) with 4:37 seconds on the clock. Wouldn't have marched down the field and won the game? IN GREEN BAY
Quit bitching
Dominic Decoco I know right aaron rodgers would
do of got down the field in like 2 minutes the Packers are the best
Dominic Decoco a one leg Aaron Rodgers would be scrambling against a defense that would've been fired up. After that non call, it was over. The defense gave up and Romo never got the ball back. Basically what I'm saying is if that catch counted, you best believe that defense would've stopped A 1 LEG AARON RODGERS NOT a healthy one. Romo was flawless in this game, 15-19 completion, 2 Tds, 0 ints, Defense is the reason he doesn't have a ring right now .
trenton mackey Congrats he threw the ball away a couple times he still threw for well over 300 yards he still threw 2 touchdowns and the Cowboys still lost because their Defense was garbage honestly Cowboys fans are either arrogant, delusional, Or stupid most of the time all 3.
only a cowboy hater would say that.
Dominic Decoco he still caught it
The gameday crew is hilarious and amazing, highlights without their commentary suck now...
No the highlights are better now.
crossline zero na there commentary is way betterrrr
Prime highlights bring them back
Who's here after when the super bowl is chiefs vs bucs
Not me
2018? Still can’t believe it.
1:02 let’s not forget that was Clay Matthews...
dirtiest player in the league
dez clearly had possession
nope, he juggle it. It went into the air.
Mdeli5 it bobbled, he didn't have full control through the whole process
When he hit the ground it popped out a little so its incomplete
me to
I hate Dallas as well
Zampy his knees were already down
“Tony Romos’ Dez Bryants’ and Demarco Murray’s’ fantastic 2014 season ends”
That was the greatest Dallas Cowboys season I seen in my lifetime
Thats sad lol considering they only made the divisional 💀
@@djperez399 would’ve made the super bowl if they made the right call💀
@@Elksra “would’ve” with 4 mins remaining for Aaron Rodgers.. try again
@@djperez399 4 mins left for a fumble or a interception on a forced 3rd and long. Your philosophy can go both ways you stupid sorry @ss mofo.
They were awesome to watch that year, I remember when they beat the Seahawks on the road
Just stopped by for my yearly visit
Who’s here after they changed the catching rule
The 2014 playoffs for NFC was craziest of all time, everyone got screwed in the end. Lions got screwed and lost to cowboys, cowboys got screwed and lost to packers, packers got screwed and lost to Seahawks and Seahawks got screwed and lost to patriots in Super Bowl. I think I’m gonna make a video about this theory I’ve developed
Romain there’s a video on my channel about this theory if you don’t understand
Romain I mean yes, the packers screwed themselves in many ways and I just saw that as them getting screwed as a whole
Honestly, the Seahawks screwed themselves. 2nd and goal from the 1 with less than a minute left to play. All they have to do is give the ball to Marshawn Lynch and they win it.
2014 was our year. Truly finally had all the right pieces for Romo. Just imagine if this defense was great. We could of and should been in the Super Bowl that year. Leading rusher and leading WR. Plus Romo possible MVP season.
Whether you think it was or wasn't a catch, that was a damn good game. Best one I've ever been to.
Cowboys screwed my Lions that year so watching that catch be ruled a non catch put a huge smile on my face. You did it Cowboys, you legit made me go for the hugest rival in our division. Seeing this in 2020 still makes me smile 😂💀
I'm still pissed about that catch and it's 2016
Mason Hruby same dude were looking dominant right now though
Cowboys loose to green Bay every year just give up hope already
I'm still pissed that Dallas got to play this game since they robbed the Lions in the game before
Mason Hruby now you know how lions fans feel
Mason Hruby for real
It was a catch because his feet was down first.
+Noahhitemup 23 lol you're a moron
David Padour comments like this is the reason i smile lol 😂 thank you for that laugh btw cowboys fan here
herschel marquez the cowboys got this season. The Super bowl champions
Noahhitemup 23 if u think the cowboys have a chance at this years super howl u better think again
Bantu nobody can't beat us in the NFC. The patriots is the only can beat us by cheating.
this honestly breaks my heart everytime
When Rodgers led the Pack down the field to drain clock he still could've put them in FG range to kick a GW FG, just for anyone that thinks the result would've change had Dez caught it
2 point conversion, I’m not saying that’s why the cowboys lost because I think the real reason was the Murray fumble
@@wild8721 Yeah 2pt conversion, but you can't assume it's successful. Not only that they ruled him down at the one, can't even assume they would have gotten the TD however likely it was.
momentum is a huge thing in football, it will always be a “what if”
What really lost it was the fumble and missed field goal
Not me going back to Madden 15 just to re-live this moment🔥
Who misses these sort of commentary highlights
As a Cowboys fan, one of the most embarrassing things about this game was that Rodgers was playing in a wheelchair and he was only sacked 1 time.
Cowboys defenses in the romo era were always terrible. He didn’t have a top 10 defense like dak every year
Blandino's "explanation" of the Dez Bryant non catch is hilariously stupid. It's a shame that the NFL can't admit that they screwed up there. Dez wasn't "going to the ground" after he snatched the ball out of the air. He took three steps. It doesn't matter how he took those steps, only that they were taken. He advanced the football. It's not as if Dez plucked the ball out of the air and went straight to the ground. If he had, then this ruling would have made sense. Completely ridiculous officiating.
IHCTerra Taking steps isn't falling. Taking steps is taking steps. That's all there is to it. It doesn't matter how the steps were taken, only that they WERE in fact taken. There would be an argument if Dez simply fell straight to the ground after snatching the ball out of the air, but that isn't what happened.
As for the football move, Dez pretty clearly attempted to stretch out and break the plain. That's why he switched hands with the ball. If he didn't want to make a football move he simply would have brought the ball into his chest. The whole reason why the ball came loose in the first place is because he made a football move. All of this is irrelevant though, considering that Dez had already established possession of the football anyway. Again, completely ridiculous officiating.
IHCTerra You're not voiding my argument what so ever. Either you're falling to the ground or you're not, and he didn't actually fall until he completed the process of the catch. He took steps. He advanced the football. He clearly transitioned as a runner, considering he was clearly taking steps and advancing the football down the field. The only reason why he fell down after snatching the ball out of the air (and after taking three steps with the ball) is because he stumbled over Sam Shields after landing. If Shields hadn't caused him to stumble after coming down with the catch, this wouldn't even be an issue. You can't honestly tell me that a defender causing someone to stumble opposed to running straight upright is the difference between falling and actually running with the football. That makes absolutely no sense. The fact that he was stumbling is totally irrelevant; he was still moving the ball forward with his legs. Again, Dez jumped, snatched the ball out of the air, LANDED, took two additional steps with the football (while stumbling over Sam Shields), THEN he finally fell and reached out for the endzone, causing the ball to come loose after the process of the catch was already completed.
bleacherreport.com/articles/2333840-proof-the-nfl-erred-in-overturning-the-dez-bryant-catch-according-to-their-rules
+IHCTerra You can't just ignore the article because it's from Bleacher Report. The article still carries a very, very valid point. Give it a read if you haven't.
He was under control when he came down with the ball, he simply couldn't quite stay upright as he moved towards the endzone. Catching the ball had nothing to do with him eventually falling. He only fell because he tripped over Shield's leg after taking his 2nd step. This doesn't change the fact that he took those steps. You can't just pretend that he didn't take those steps because he happened to trip over a defender's leg while advancing the football, causing him to EVENTUALLY fall to the ground. That's just ridiculous. Stumbling with the ball doesn't mean you're going to the ground. Stumbling means you're stumbling. Dez was a runner with the football, he just so happened to fall over Shields' leg while advancing the football. The whole reason why this is even an issue is BECAUSE he became a runner with the football and tried to advance it to the endzone. If he would have actually just straight up fallen to the ground after catching the ball, this wouldn't have even been an issue.
He did have control of the ball. There is certainly zero evidence to indicate that he did not have control. He did switch it from one hand to the other so that he could reach for the endzone, but he had control of the ball throughout.
I'll include a definition of "stumble" here, as you seem to think stumble and "fall" mean the same thing for whatever reason.
Stumble: "trip or momentarily lose one's balance; ALMOST fall"
The going to the ground rule is meant for when a player is actually falling to the ground, not ALMOST falling to the ground. Stumbling/ running off balance doesn't mean you're in a free fall to the ground. It's not the same thing.
IHCTerra I feel like you sort of didn't even really touch on what I previously said to you. Forget the article. I was hoping that it would help convince you, but I'm not going to have two separate debates going on here. If you don't want to find merit in the point of the article, then so be it.
But going back to the conversation we were having, Dez did in fact have control of the ball. As I said before, there is no clear evidence that he never had control. It never left his hands. Shields jostling it a little while in midair doesn't change anything. Dez still had it secure with his first foot on the ground, as he did with his 2nd and 3rd steps. At no point did the ball leave his possession. When you consider the fact that the play was initially ruled as a catch and therefore needing indisputable evidence to overturn it, it becomes even less legitimate to argue that he didn't have control of the ball. There is nothing clear that shows us that he did not have control of the football.
I'll say again that stumbling while advancing the football is not the same as being in a straight up fall to the ground. The only reason why Dez lost the ball in the first place is because he transitioned to being a runner. He took steps and advanced the ball towards the endzone. If he wouldn't have done so, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
That article was just a thin rationalization. It talks about irrelevant plays like they were the same thing. They are not relevant to the dropped pass play.
By the time Dez got his 3rd step (which wasn't a step) he was already going down. Look at the :38 second mark of the video. He didn't put any weight on the foot, he just bounced his toe off the ground because he was already stumbling, falling, going to the ground or tripping over Shields. Since he was going down already, the move he makes while he is falling doesn't count. He has to be on his feet and under control before the lunge. You are not running if you are falling. No matter how many times your feet, elbows or any other appendages touch the ground. The key you keep skipping over is that Dez was falling, stumbling, going to the ground or however you phrase it before he could complete the pass.
On top of all that, the NFL thinks I am right. So you can argue all you want, but every time this play happens again, it will be an incompletion. Regardless of if it helps or hurts the Cowboys. The Packers have lost completions and TDs to that rule. Same thing though. The receivers caught the ball, in some cases took 3 or 4 steps in the endzone and then went down losing the ball. Since they were stumbling steps, THEY DIDN'T COUNT.
If Dez had not been stumbling, we wouldn't be having this discussion. If Dez hadn't dropped the ball, we wouldn't be having this discussion. The problem is, he was stumbling and he did drop the ball. So it was incomplete.
I’m from 2024 after the Packers beat the Cowboys in the postseason for the 3rd time in a row!
Whose is here checking this out 2024!!! Go pack go we coming for that 5-4
at 7:27 he makes a football move while in control of the football. He pushes with his left foot to try and get to the end zone.
People acting like even if Dez caught, Rodgers wouldn’t go back and score with 4:30 minutes left
exactly....
still would’ve gave them a chance. You never know they could’ve failed to get a TD. Just a bad call
i feel like dez was never the same after this..
I saw that little scar, are you ok Romo, sure you don't need surgery
😂😂😂
DEZ CAUGHT IT
makes me cry time after time
This was a great Cowboys team.
Can't believe Dallas lost this game Murray fumble Bailey miss field goal Rogers throw that led to a field goal plus the des play should've bean 38-23
I don't even like the Cowboys but that was a catch.
Then why wasn't it?
Roro Marv Home cookin'.
I'm not even a Cowboys fan, btw.
They RULED it a catch, then somehow overturned it. There wasn't enough indisputable evidence in that replay, from any angle, to overturn the original call. Around 2:05 in that video, it shows the best angle, and the ref was right there to see every last movement Dez made. HE ruled it a catch. The powers that be overturned it. If you were watching that game live, you might remember how long it took for them to make a decision. Either someone's pockets were a little heavier when leaving that day, or the officiating crew didn't and replay judge were unsure of which way to lean. Either way, the refs decided this game. Horrible ending, and GB went on to blow it in epic fashion in the NFCCG. All history now.
It was incorrectly ruled a catch and overturned by the refs after it was challenged. I could see it was incomplete live. I didn't need a replay. The ball obviously hit the ground. Dez obviously never transitioned to a runner. By rule, it was incomplete. The only controversy was that so many people don't understand the rule. It is pretty simple. Catch the ball and don't drop it. Dez dropped it.
Pretty much like the controversy in the Cowboys/ Lions game before that. The refs didn't blow anything. People just didn't understand the rules.
Can't stop watching this even though my cowboys lost. What a great game!
Your a true nice fan! :)
The cowboy fans better shut up about Dez having possession, the ball CLEARLY bounces out for a couple seconds.
your team still sucks tho
Josh F hey took 2 steps means he had possession and even the ball like you said CLEARLY bounces, dez recovered it after self fumble. So yes it was a catch and fumble but recovered at the 1 yard line.
Josh F the ball is allowed to come out if you dive for the end zone, which he did
Josh F it and should have been a touchdown because he reached the goal line
Josh F green bay will get a good ass beating by Brady super bowl game
"Grown man quarterbacking" love it 💚💛💚💛
In order for a catch to be a catch you must:
1. Catch ball
2. Have complete possession as you hit the ground
3. Get up
4. Hand it to the ref
5. And jog back to the huddle, all before it counts as a catch
Jadon Kadel You have to do the first 2, but dez only did step 1
Salty Dallas fans. Green Bay was obviously the better team and don't act like your innocent. We didn't for get the picked up flag cuz of cry baby Bryant
They barely won because of a blown call and they were in Green Bay too, so they were not obviously the better team
***** Why do people spout this crap? So what if he marched down the field? All he would of done is tied it. Then it would go to overtime and then who knows what happens.
Seriously, think
Cowboys lost, sorry.
And this guy is the classless Green Bay fan that talked a lot of shit when they were gonna play the Seahawks and lost shame
David A. ~
Irv got real quiet on commentary once the Dez play came up 😅
Coming from a packers fan this was stupid, he took three steps and even if that isn't a football move, if you look closely his elbow touched before the ball did, and if the ball hit the ground by rule it should be a fumble cause he took three steps and he technically picked it up in the end zone. So touchdown
Cowboys fan here it was a good game either way and packers played great hard team to beat
808lukeskills he didnt take 3 steps, he tripped and was falling while the ball was moving. I hate GB and Dallas so idgaf who won this game, but it wasnt a catch. He didnt have sole control of the ball until it had hit the ground and moved. He gained control of it in the endzone after the ball was dead from contacting and being influenced by the ground.
Your wrong
This is so wrong that I don't even know where to start. You don't know the rules obviously. 3 steps isn't a rule lol. Can't be a fumble because he never completed the catch when contacting the ground. Ball comes loose when you catch and hit the ground it's incomplete. Over.
Lenny Face Its based on conference record first, Seattle lost 2 NFC games,GB lost 3 NFC games (including to seattle), dallas lost 4 NFC games.
Head to Head games only matter if theres a tie in conference loses. If the 2 teams didnt play head to hear then it goes to division record.
They stole Romo's moment...
"It's ruled a touchdown, down at the 1 half yardline" 😂 which one is it?
2014 had the best teams to be in the playoffs for quite some time now... all of these teams were great. Patriots could have played the Packers or Cowboys instead and it would have been a solid SB either wY.
3:37 that fumble was what really cost the cowboys the game, not the Dez “non catch” . Had Demarco hung onto the ball, he would have scored a TD on that run and the cowboys would have gone up 21-10 in the third quarter. Instead the score ended up being 14-13 a short while later. That fumble shifted the momentum of the game and the cowboys defense couldn’t stop Rodgers for the rest of the game.
Dez caught it and Murray choked
I still shed a tear when I seen this :(
That Rodgers to Rodgers touchdown was a RIDICULOUS throw by Aaron, my god.
The first time I’ve watched this in years
If you look at the “non catch” by dez Bryant he already had taken 2 steps While having Possesion of the ball Thats a catch.
That's a incomplete pass when he hit the ground he lost control of the ball doesn't matter how many steps rule clearly states you must maintain possession through the entire process which includes going to the ground and he clearly didn't
cowboy fans act like rodgers wouldnt have 4 mins to score LOL
The Murray fumble in the 3rd was the game changer.....
The one time Romo was playing at an elite level the Cowboys defense is shredded by Rodgers and Murray fumbles.
Romo only threw it 20 times. On 4th down, romo throws a 50 ball relying on des to bail him out where he could dump it to Beasley for ez 1st down
2:42 the most Jason Garett thing Jason Garett has done
Except maybe the time he iced his own kicker to lose a game.
He had 4 feet down before it was down on the ground
Not a cowboys fan and he should have been ruled down before the ball hit the ground
I agree it was a catch, but he only had 2 feet down
This was the cowboys year. If demarco doesn’t fumble and Dan Bailey actually makes a fg. Romo put it all on the line
I had to watch this game again being a cowboy fan just to get me fired up about this weeks match up! It's still hard to watch. We lost no excuses. It's our turn now! Go Dallas!
Said it 3 years ago and I’ll say it again, that was a catch by Dez Bryant.
No it wasnt
jadon mathew actually it was
rohit puri You are salty the cowboys suck like they got crushed by the Packers yesterday
Sniper1234 Boy cowboys can’t seem to ever beat the packers smh that must suck
@@jadonmathew7025 we was suppose to win lmao packers seem to never make the superbowl
That.................was definitely..........a catch!!!!!!! SMH
No it wasn't
Now it’s a catch
Took three steps, made two football moves (switches hands with the ball and reaches for the end zone). It's a catch!
Stop crying it wasnt a catch... it's your teams fault to, yall had 4+ minutes left to score and you didn't
Anthony Ramon LOL but then you fuckers complain about the lions game when they had 2 drives left
+Anthony Ramon
It was also a stupid decision to throw a pass that long on 4th and 2
Nope it's your fault that your an idiot. You probably didn't watch the game so lemme give you a run down. It's a catch. If it was a touchdown, Cowboys could have done onside kick. Or if that didn't work Rodgers would have choke 4th and 3 by getting sacked by Jeremy Mincey
Jake F Thats not how football works.
+SmileyFrownHi kinda does xD
3 years later it was determined it WAS a catch 😪
As a packer fan this was tony Romo best season and that was a catch
Even as a die hard packers fan, i do have to say that Dez had FULL control of that ball