Dez Bryant's catch or not all depends on your perspective
It's called the Rashomon effect -- people see the same event but come away with vastly different observations. And so it is with Dez Bryant's catch/non-catch in Sunday's Cowboys-Packers playoff game.
Whether you thought he made a spectacular grab that should have been ruled a reception or whether you agreed with the officials' reversal on replay could depend a lot on your perspective.
FOX Sports' officiating maven, Mike Pereira, said it was the right call.
Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who knows a thing or two about spectacular catches, had an opposing view.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, well, you could figure where he stood.
Jones' buddy and luxury box companion, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, didn't need any words to elaborate on his reaction.
Here's #GovChristie reaction when the Dez Bryant Play was overturned. #NJ #COWBOYS #PACKERS #NFL pic.twitter.com/TicrzQh0Kb
— Albert Gattullo (@algattullo) January 11, 2015
But Christie's new Twitter sparring partner, U.S. Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, liked the call.
.@GovChristie, do you need a hug now? #GoPackGo #WinninginWisco pic.twitter.com/32zPv6krRy
— Paul Ryan (@PRyan) January 11, 2015
Bryant himself, of course, weighed in -- with a suggestion for the NFL's Competition Committee.
Then he pleaded his case in greater detail to FOX Sports Southwest's Mike Fisher.
And then there are those whose viewpoints were a bit more influenced by schadenfreude.
Sorry @dallascowboys. We know the feeling: http://t.co/CfC95Nj3Q6. #CompletingTheProcess pic.twitter.com/7xuEA9FH49
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) January 11, 2015
Isn't it funny how things work out? #Karma #Cowboys #DALvsGB #HTTR pic.twitter.com/mNX8r3N6OH
— Adam Carriker (@AdamCarriker94) January 12, 2015
Though one Lion was on Bryant's side.
As for the rest of the football world . . . looks like it's Bryant by majority decision.
Cowboy fans are upset with the call on the @DezBryant catch. Sad 2 say it's the proper call in regard to the rules. I don't like it. #Truth
— Deion Sanders (@DeionSanders) January 11, 2015
@nickmillers it was a catch. And I'm a Skins fan. I don't envy the officials, but they have made this season difficult to watch at times.
— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) January 11, 2015
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