Dallas Cowboys vs Green Bay Packers: ‘Dez Caught It’ Revisited

So…Was it a Catch?

Well to anyone who hates the Cowboys, it wasn’t a catch. According to NFL officials and executives, it wasn’t a catch. However to most people who trust their eyes, it surely was a catch and a huge blunder by officials. Even other NFL players (like a divisional rival of the Boys, Giants wideout Odell Beckham Jr.) believed it was a catch.

Of course, opinions don’t really matter, because in the end it will always go down as an incomplete pass. However, you be the judge. Here was the play in question, which is still a touchy subject for many.

Clearly Bryant had the ball and, unlike what some of the NFL officials say, he did make a football move. By moving the ball to his dominant hand and diving to score, Bryant clearly made not one, but two football moves.

The kicker is that the refs failed to follow their own rules. Announcers drill it into our heads non-stop that there needs to be inconclusive evidence to overturn calls made on the field. If this play is still being debated two years later, there was obviously not inconclusive evidence to an incomplete pass.

In the end, it’s all just good for talk. The cast of the losing team has changed dramatically as the Cowboys have a new quarterback, rookie Dak Prescott, and running back, fellow rookie Ezekiel Elliott. These two will have more to say about the outcome of Sunday’s Divisional Playoff meeting than anything that happened two seasons ago.

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What will be interesting, though, is seeing how Bryant approaches this game. The often excitable wide receiver has been hoping for this exact rematch for two seasons. Let’s hope he doesn’t drop the ball in regards to this opportunity.