Cowboys Running Illegal Wide Receiver Screens

If you're thinking "Ogletree, who?," you're not alone.


The Cowboys have run two wide receivers screens in this game to No. 85 Ogletree, and both of them have been illegal.

As soon as the ball is snapped, Marc Colombo is running down field to block any defensive back he can get his hands on, but that problem is that the screen is actually a pass, unlike a lot of wide receiver screens.

For a lot of screens, the wide receiver will take a step behind the line of scrimmage, technically making it a run. But instead of doing that, Ogletree is actually taking a step or two forward before catching the ball.

Because he's going forward, what Colombo is doing should be ruled as an illegal man down field. The way the officials are missing these calls is absolutely atrocious and if the Eagles do not bring it to their attention, then they are fools in their own right.

If you make the officials aware, they will begin to look for it and therefore have absolutely no excuse for not calling back every single screen the Cowboys run until they run one legally. And if they were to actually run one legally, it wouldn't work.

Watch to see if the Cowboys run the screen again, and if they do, watch for the yellow laundry hitting the grass.