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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
The penalty against Dallas wasn't roughing the kicker either! It was 4th and 5 and they ran into the kicker. Detroit got the first down not because it's automatic like roughing the kicker is, but because a 5 yard penalty on a 4th and 5 is a first down through yardage. The "roughing" on the Dallas kicker was a clear case of running into the kicker (all the ref experts agreed...), but it was 4th and 12 (I think) so had the penalty been called the best Dallas can do there is 4th and 7 and a re-punt. So they would have declined it anyways.
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Could have sworn they said roughing the kicker on the broadcast, my bad.
IMO the fact that it would have been declined is irrelevant, it was still a missed call.
In the end the penalties in the game were even for the same amount of yardage. It wasn't like the Lions were penalized for 100 yards, while the Cowboys had no penalties.
I am sure if you watch the game over you can pick out missed Pass Interference calls, and missed holding calls all over. In the end it just happened at a bad time of a high profile game and that is the reason it is even a story (plus the weird aspect of the penalty being called already).
If I was a Lions fan I would be more pissed off that they only scored 3 points in the second half.