Cowboys benefit from questionable roughing the passer call in red zone

The big question is whether the hit was low enough to constitute roughing the passer. The NFL’s roughing the passer rules state that a defender “is prohibited from forcibly hitting in the knee area or below a passer who has one or both feet on the ground, even if the initial contact is above the knee.” If anything, it would be the last part that applied in this scenario.

Franklin-Myers appeared to initiate contact at Prescott’s hip. You could also argue that he was blocked into Prescott. Here is another angle:

The Cowboys went on to score a touchdown and tack on a 2-point conversation to take an 18-7 lead, so the call was a big one.

There was talk that the NFL might make a big change regarding roughing the passer during the offseason, but the rule did not pass.