Still, even without the Hitchens penalty, the Lions should have had a first down on the Dallas 26, because Dez Bryant should have received a personal foul for inexplicably running onto the field without a helmet at a time when the defense was playing.
Reminds me of the tale that was asked after the Kennedy asasination.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ELEPHANT THAT WALKED INTO THE DALLAS POLICE STATION?
NOTHING! THEY DIDN'T SEE HIM!
You didn’t see the receiver grabbing the defender’s face mask? The defender, at that speed & angle, was controlled by the receiver at that point. The receiver PULLED him into himself....
AND the defender could NOT play the ball.
Furthermore, the pass was uncatchable because the QB hit the defender in the back.