The NFL Admits Refs Messed Up And Shouldn't Have Called 'Tripping' Penalties Against Cowboys In Game Vs Patriots

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The NFL needs to do something about the reffing situation because it’s pretty bad week in and week out.

During the Cowboys-Patriots game, refs called two phantom tripping calls against the Cowboys. One of the tripping calls came in the final minutes of the game when the Cowboys were trying to mount a comeback.

Yesterday, Tyron Smith & Travis Frederick were both penalized with Tripping Penalties.

I put them together in a Short Movie I call “Tyron & Travis Weren’t Tripping But The Refs Are” pic.twitter.com/U3WfQpmwU5

— Cowboys Nation (@CowboysNation) November 25, 2019

Two tripping penalties benefit the Patriots. Won’t see these called the rest of the year. #Cowboys #DALvsNE pic.twitter.com/L8N5JAIFsy

— Tony Clements (@TonyClementsTC) November 25, 2019

Both fans and media were irate with the calls after the game.

That tripping call belongs right up there with the phantom hands to the face call that went against the Lions in Green Bay on the list of horrible hallucinations by NFL officials this season.

— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) November 25, 2019

That’s an incomplete pass. And thus a phantom tripping call winds up deciding the most anticipated game of the year. That is an absolute joke. #Cowboys #Patriots

— Mike Greenberg (@Espngreeny) November 25, 2019

Officiating in the NFL too often is downright incompetent…bad calls, phantom calls, just b.s. game after game sunday after sunday. Garbage. The tripping penalty negating a first-down pass is sheer incompetence…

— Michael Wilbon (@RealMikeWilbon) November 25, 2019

On Monday, the NFL informed the Cowboys that the refs made a mistake and should not have called tripping on either play.

The league office informed the Cowboys that the tripping penalties on left tackle Tyron Smith and center Travis Frederick should not have been called in Sunday’s loss to New England, according to a source. The Frederick penalty negated a first down… https://t.co/iqyTWzvzTf

— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) November 26, 2019

After reviewing the two tripping penalties in yesterday’s game, the NFL told the Cowboys today that they should not have been called

— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) November 26, 2019

The NFL Admits Refs Messed Up And Shouldn’t Have Called ‘Tripping’ Penalties Against Cowboys In Game Vs Patriots