NFL media members blast officials on Twitter after Philadelphia Eagles loss
Warren Sharp is just like you if you’re a Philadelphia Eagles fan. He didn’t like the calls the officiating in Sunday’s loss either.
At this point, any self-respecting football fan wouldn’t dare dream of breaking the-hour rule or using ‘the refs cheated’ as an excuse. If you’re a Philadelphia Eagles fan this morning, you’ve got a pretty good reason to be bitter.
With the season, pretty much, on the line, Philly battled their long-time rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, to an overtime coin flip. Dallas would drive straight down the field to triumph in the extra session, but there are quite a few ‘Birds’ fans who are unhappy on the morning after and rightfully so.
This was a tough game to watch if you had any emotional investment.
Warren Sharp and the rest of the NFL world weigh in.
Analytics expert Warren Sharp seemed to be watching the game on Sunday, and he had no problem telling everyone what he felt about some of the questionable calls that were made on Sunday.
Just check out some of the tweets:
Making matters worse, officials didn’t even rule this a fumble, when it was clearly a fumble. Eagles had to use a challenge. They lost a challenge, a timeout and the ball at the Dallas 18. Egregious & ridiculous officiatinghttps://t.co/WLvJYWUkEN
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) December 9, 2018
This is a sick joke @nflcommish. No chance this is offensive pass interference. Took 7 points off the board that would have tied the game. Unconscionable pic.twitter.com/V35RtPFk9M
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) December 10, 2018
Sure, Philly went on to score after the penalty call, but a ton of time was wasted. It’s always dangerous when you get into what ifs, but is it unfair to say that Philly would have had a little time left to mount a last-minute drive at the end of the game had Dallas Goedert‘s dash to the end zone been ruled a touchdown?
It’s definitely possible. Stephen A Smith has never had any issue expressing his disdain for Cowboys fans. Check out some of his tweets from Sunday:
The @Eagles defense is exhausted. Totally spent. And decimated with injuries. And still, the @dallascowboys are getting all the help in the world from these refs. Y’all make me sick.
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) December 10, 2018
Lucky, sorry buzzards. This win don’t mean anything to me. The @Eagles were hosed all game long. Guess the @NFL was so tired of waiting on the @dallascowboys to do it themselves they finally decided to say: “Let’s Help Them.” This eon is straight B.S. All of y’all can KICK ROCKS!
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) December 10, 2018
Cue Brian Westbrook as well:
The refs need to be disciplined after this game !! They have been terrible !! #FlyEaglesFly #philly #philadelphiaeagles #eagles
— Brian Westbrook (@36westbrook) December 10, 2018
Yes ladies and gentlemen, this was tough to watch, but whether you agree with Adam Stites of SBNation in his opinion that the refs were to blame or the Eagles own Malcolm Jenkins about the ridiculous nature of a fumble recovery that was ruled non-conclusive, two things are certain.
History will forever remember this one as a loss, and it’s time to get ready for the Los Angeles Rams on next Sunday night.