It never should have been this close. It never should have come down to one critical play at the very end. And it definitely shouldn’t have been so close that the team’s chances of winning rested on the ability of a reliably unreliable officiating crew to do their jobs.
This seems to be the general sentiment around the Cowboys following their 25-22 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. It’s a correct one, too. The Cardinals had a long list of important players who weren’t on the field for this one and were losers of their last three games.