There has been a lot of talk about the non-catch by Dez Bryant with 4-1/2 minutes to go in the game, with many people feeling that it is a bad rule, and if the rule wasn’t in place, Dallas would almost assuredly have scored a touchdown. While that may be true, very few people are talking about the fact that there was a lot of time left, the Packer offense was moving the ball well, and the Packers would have needed a field goal to win or tie. However, no one is talking about this:
1. The Cowboys got their first TD and momentum by scoring after a bad pass-interference call gave the Cowboys a first down at the Packer 1.
2. With 9:00 left in the 3rd quarter, and the Packers down 14-10 (the score at halftime), the Packers would have had a third-and-one from the Dallas 7, but Lang was called for unnecessary roughness, giving the Packers a 3rd-and-16 from the Dallas 22. Two defenders wrapped up Adams, the Packer receiver, and were pulling him backward. Lang ran over and blocked another player. After Lang did that, which the two players wrapping up Adams didn’t see, those two players flung Adams to the ground. Had offsetting penalties been called, the Packers have a third-and-one from the Dallas 7, and probably score a TD vs. the field goal they settled for.