Throw-up ball: Jerry Jones, Cowboys comment on plateful of penalties served by officials vs. Raiders - The Dallas Morning News

ARLINGTON — Cowboys rookie linebacker Micah Parsons shook his head Thursday after a third-quarter penalty, his reaction one of confusion as much as it was disapproval.

What had he done wrong?

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr dove forward after throwing a pass, initiating contact with Parsons’ right arm. Defensive tackle Osa Odighuzuwa incidentally clipped the back of Carr’s head when walking past him. The contact was minor, but Carr grabbed his helmet and then neck as if Martin Scorcese just yelled, “Action!”

Parsons was penalized 15 yards for roughing the passer.

Carr returned to the huddle, cracking a smile to teammates.

“We should be playing football, not tag,” Parsons said. “You know what I mean? I’m not here to support anybody and play tag like he’s my best friend. I got a job to do. I see he’s outside the pocket, so I’m going to the quarterback.

“Nothing could go our way.”

On Thanksgiving, the Cowboys were served second, third and fourth helpings of penalties, and the result was nauseating. Dallas accrued 14 penalties for a franchise-record 166 yards, disrupting any rhythm to a 36-33 overtime loss that lasted three hours and 53 painstaking minutes.

Yellow flag after yellow flag after yellow flag.

More laundry sat on the AT&T Stadium field than on an SMU dorm floor.

“That is tough, especially in our own stadium,” wide receiver Michael Gallup said. “You’re playing two teams. You’re playing the refs and the other team. We’ve just got to get better.”

From Cowboys players to coaches to owner Jerry Jones, many within the organization expressed their dissatisfaction with the game’s stifled flow. Jones credited the Raiders for leaning into how the game was called and drawing penalties as they did.

The Raiders, to be fair, attracted their own share along the way. They were flagged 14 times for 110 yards.

Jones said that he has a name for an officiated game like this.

Throw-up ball.

“This will arguably be the most-watched game other than the Super Bowl,” Jones said. “I hate that it got down to just throwing the ball up and getting the penalties to get you big plays. …This is not a criticism of the rules. It is a criticism of the discretion of how you use them and what plays. Everybody knows you can call a penalty on every play, many different ways.

“You have to have a feel for what you’re trying to do in the ball game. This one turned out that way. They did the best way of playing the game with the way the game had to be played with this officiating philosophy. If you knew it was going to be like this all the time, then you would step out there every time and throw 40-yarders, and they’ll let you get your calls.”

Cornerback Anthony Brown was flagged for pass interference four times. All were on third down, including a third-and-18 in overtime that awarded the Raiders 33 yards and decisively pushed them into field goal range.

A questionable holding call on center Tyler Biadasz negated a 31-yard Tony Pollard run in the first quarter.

In the fourth, a 7-yard Dalton Schultz touchdown was wiped away when left tackle Tyron Smith was called for illegal formation and holding. On the ensuing play, a third-and-13, Pollard absorbed a late hit from safety Johnathan Abram.

Pollard didn’t sell it like Carr did.

No flag was thrown.

The record for most Cowboys penalty yards in a game was 161, set on Nov. 22, 1970, against Washington. Dallas had it tied Thursday until cornerback C.J. Goodwin was penalized 5 yards on a second straight field goal attempt for a neutral zone infraction.

Those set up Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson’s 29-yard game-winner.

A fitting conclusion.

Scorsese would approve.

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