I am not a Dallas fan, but I can’t remember so much whining after one game in my life.
I take umbrage with your use of the term “whining”. As a Lions fan, I live in reality and realize that the Lions lost.
In this thread, I am attempting to make reasoned rhetoric regarding a topic that ^all^ of the NFL is debating. My point here is that the Officiating Crew holds some accountability for what is universally being panned as a bad call.
I do not ascribe to the NFL-wants-Dallas-to-win-for-the-money tin-foilers nor do I agree that there is some sort of “love-in” between Jerry/NFL/Officiating crews.
Ultimately, I argue that “The Call” deflated the Lions completely. They failed to look past that situation and lost the game. In the end, I’d rather that Dallas deflated the Lions rather than the officiating.
Either way, it’s a loss. Please, don’t intimate that I am “whining” about the loss. I’m concerned about the integrity of the game...which STARTS with the officiating crew.
Oh, and (singularly, as a Lions fan) did you not see the Chicago-Detroit game, first game of 2013?
Dallas fans did all the whining during the first half though. lol. Mostly at their own team.