In the third quarter, Cowboys cornerback Kelvin Joseph and Raiders safety Roderic Teamer were ejected following a scuffle out of bounds after a punt.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m so proud of our team for the way we hung in, hung in and came back and played, but it’s frustrating for everybody, for all of our fans at this particular time, to have a game that had you on pretty unsure footing as to where you were going to be with your fundamentals, i.e., whether those were going to be called or not.
In meeting with Mike McCarthy before the game, Jones said there was an anticipation that it would be a high-penalty game.
But just like everything in this game there is trends and patterns, and we anticipated this game being officiated this way.
We’ve tried that already and that didn’t help us overcoaching the penalties a few weeks back.
“As a DB, you definitely got to have a short memory, on to the next play,” Brown said.
I just know from my point of view that I thought he was running with the ball, personally.