Originally Posted by joeshmo

Wrong, the refs do not call a timeout in that situation. The only time the refs calls an injury timeout is when the player stays on the ground and has to have a trainer come to his aid. It is why you see players try to hobble off the field only to be told by teammates to fall to the ground. If Laboy was injured he should have stayed or laid on the ground on the ground and he would have got the timeout call. Refs do not call injury timeouts for players limping off the field, they never have.

It was without a doubt the right call to make and the penalty was the fault of Laboy for not knowing this and for the coaching staff for not calling a timeout. It is why the booth called for a review to see if Laboy was laying on the ground or not.

Originally Posted by Fiasco

Hell, the referee crew for the Panther game is already calling penalties on the Cardinals and that game doesn't happen until after the bye week.

Originally Posted by Russ Smith

I don't think either our bench or the refs knew LaBoy was there, so falling down wouldn't have helped him get seen.

Originally Posted by joeshmo

But that is why they reviewed the play, to see if he was walking off the field or laying down on the field. So he still would have been seen because of the review.

Originally Posted by Russ Smith

I agree that's the normal way such a play occurs. In this case though I don't think any refs saw LaBoy, if they did, why did they wait until well after the play to call it when the Dallas players were literally coming off the sideline onto the field pointing at LaBoy?

I don't think either our bench or the refs knew LaBoy was there, so falling down wouldn't have helped him get seen.

Just a crazy play but there has to be some sort of decision and you just know with us, the decision will hurt us and benefit the opponent. But we still won and that's all that I care about.