An NFL officiating crew seemingly called a face mask penalty on the wrong player during Cowboys-Giants

NFL referees don’t always get it right, but this face mask penalty called during Thursday night’s Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants game was beyond the pale.

Giants tight end Daniel Bellinger got called for an offensive face mask penalty on Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown early in the first quarter, which pushed New York back on Dallas’ side of the field.

What’s even less helpful is the fact that it sure looked like Overshown was the one who got his hands on Bellinger’s face mask during the play in question.

You don’t really see Bellinger get his hands near Overshown’s face mask at any point during the sequence, which means the Giants tight end both got his face mask held and a flag for it, too.

This really seems like an egregious miss by this game’s officiating crew.