The NFL has acknowledged that its officials made a mistake on a pivotal call during the Dallas Cowboys’ Week 2 home contest against the New York Jets on Sunday.
According to Jets reporter Brian Costello from the New York Post, the NFL informed the Jets that the refs “should not have” penalized defensive end John Franklin-Myers for “roughing the passer” on Dak Prescott.
Franklin-Myers was penalized for hitting Prescott after the Jets forced an incompletion on a 3rd-and-7 play at their own 11-yard line. As you can see in the clip below, Franklin-Myers’ contact on Prescott was simply a clean textbook hit:
The penalty call gave the Cowboys a fresh set of downs, and it resulted in a Prescott touchdown pass to tight end Luke Schoonmaker. Tony Pollard converted on the two-point try to extend Dallas’ lead to 11.
That call proved to be a key turning point in the game, too, as the Cowboys would go on to win 30-10. If the refs never penalized Franklin-Myers, then Dallas would have only led 13-7 after the drive, had they made the field goal.
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Costello had reported earlier in the day that Jets’ head coach Robert Saleh wanted an explanation on the Franklin-Myers penalty call.
The loss dropped the Jets to 1-1 on the young season. They’ll try to get back in the win column when they host the AFC East rival New England Patriots this Sunday.
