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Mike Holmgren Insists Tony Romo's Ball Wasn't Doctored
Posted May 20th 2007 3:39PM by Michael David Smith
Filed under: Cowboys, Seahawks, NFL Gossip, NFL Rumors, Dallas, Seattle
In the most-discussed play of the last NFL season, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo botched the hold on what could have been a game-winning field goal against the Seahawks. The ball was one of the special K-balls the NFL uses for kicking plays, and on TV replays, the ball looked shiny and slippery, almost as if the Seattle ball boy had sent in an especially slick ball on purpose to sabotage the Cowboys.
There's no evidence at all that such a thing took place, but the league has changed its procedures for sending in game balls to keep the home team from controlling which balls are used in which situations. Still, Seattle coach Mike Holmgren wants everyone to know there was no conspiracy.
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Posted May 20th 2007 3:39PM by Michael David Smith
Filed under: Cowboys, Seahawks, NFL Gossip, NFL Rumors, Dallas, Seattle
There's no evidence at all that such a thing took place, but the league has changed its procedures for sending in game balls to keep the home team from controlling which balls are used in which situations. Still, Seattle coach Mike Holmgren wants everyone to know there was no conspiracy.
"Well, the ball looks shiny because of the light. I went to Erik Kennedy, our equipment guy, and he goes, 'Hey, listen, I was in there, the Dallas guy was in there, by the rules of how we did those things.' They both go in there, and they rub them down and inspect them. That was the way it was. "Now, if you watch Romo, he caught the ball. But then when he went to put it down, he lost it. If it was really slippery, sometimes you'll see it like a greased pig; it will kind of slip through his hands. But he caught it, and then he just got a little casual [putting it down]."
I have no doubt that Holmgren is telling the truth, but I still think the league was wise to change the rules. The hometown equipment manager will no longer have discretion over which ball is used, and that means we'll no longer have to worry about a holder dropping a doctored ball.
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