The Dallas Cowboys’ offense was doing just fine on their second possession of Sunday’s wild-card playoff game against the Green Bay Packers, then came a penalty flag for something that happened well before the snap.
And it left everyone wondering why the heck Cowboys receiver Brice Butler was given the 15-yard penalty.
Dak Prescott hit a 22-yard pass to Terrance Williams for a first down, which would have put the Cowboys into field-goal range, when officials announced the penalty: unsportsmanlike conduct on Butler for entering the huddle as a substitute, then leaving the field without participating in the play.