DMN Blog: Wade wants to talk to head ref Pereira

Wade Phillips made a point not to complain about any of the penalties called against the Cowboys. It's part of his anti-excuse campaign.

But Phillips plans to chat with Mike Pereira, the league's supervisor of officials, about the play at the end of the first half. DeMarcus Ware sacked Train Rex Grossman on fourth down with at least two ticks left on the clock.

Phillips told the ref on the field that the clock should have stopped. The ref explained that the clock doesn't stop on a sack. Yeah, Phillips said, but it was fourth down. Phillips didn't get a satisfactory explanation after that, and the conversation came to an abrupt end when they put Gloria Estefan's stage up at midfield.

Phillips isn't sure if the play was reviewable, and he wants to talk to Pereira to make sure he knows the rules if the situation comes up again.

"I still think they were incorrect," Phillips said. "But, obviously, we don’t want to go back and play that play. We just want to let that slide and go ahead and say the game is over."

Posted by Tim MacMahon at 5:12 PM (E-mail this entry) | Comments (0)